--- title: "How to talk to Tresha with your voice in Dumpster Controls" url: "https://dumpstercontrols.io/help/tresha/talk-to-tresha-with-your-voice" description: "Tresha is a two-way voice assistant: tap the microphone, speak your question, and she answers on screen and out loud." date_modified: "2026-08-08" type: help tokens: 1299 token_budget: 2000 format: markdown for AI agents, generated at build from the same content as the HTML page --- Tresha AI Assistant · updated 2026-08-08 # How to talk to Tresha with your voice in Dumpster Controls Tresha is a two-way voice assistant: tap the microphone, speak your question, and she answers on screen and out loud. ## Before you start - A browser that supports audio recording (a current Chrome or Edge is a safe choice). Without support, the microphone button does not appear. - Microphone permission for the app when the browser asks. 1. ## Tap the microphone The round microphone button sits to the left of the input box, with the tooltip "Tap to speak". Tap it and allow microphone access if your browser asks. 2. ## Speak your question While recording, the button glows and animates with your voice, and the input shows "Listening…". Ask naturally, in any of Tresha's languages. 3. ## Stop talking Tap the button again ("Tap to stop") or simply pause: after a couple of seconds of silence the recording ends on its own. The input shows "Transcribing…" while your words are converted to text. 4. ## Hear the answer Your transcribed question appears in the chat, and Tresha answers both in text and spoken out loud, in the language you spoke. 5. ## Interrupt when you want While Tresha is speaking, the input shows "Tresha is speaking: tap to interrupt". Tap the microphone to cut her off and ask the next question, or click the pulsing speaker button in the header ("Stop narration") to just silence her. ## What happens next - Only questions asked by voice get spoken answers. Questions you type or send from a suggestion button are answered in text only. - Closing the chat panel stops the microphone and any narration immediately. The microphone is never left open in the background. ## Troubleshooting ### I see "Microphone access is blocked. Enable it in Settings to talk to Tresha." Your browser or device denied microphone permission. Allow microphone access for the app in your browser or system settings and try again. ### I see "Sorry, I couldn't understand that. Please try again." The transcription failed. Speak again, a bit closer to the microphone and with less background noise. ### Nothing happened after I spoke. If no speech was detected, the recording is discarded silently. Tap the microphone and try again. ### I see "Voice reply isn't available right now." The spoken narration could not be generated for that reply. The full answer is still on screen in text. ## Related guides - [How to change Tresha's language in Dumpster Controls](https://dumpstercontrols.io/help/tresha/change-treshas-language) - [How to ask Tresha a question by text in Dumpster Controls](https://dumpstercontrols.io/help/tresha/ask-tresha-a-question-by-text) © 2026 Dumpster Controls. All rights reserved. Made in the USA. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Dumpster Controls really free? Yes. The entire app is free for any company at any fleet size: dispatch, online booking, the driver app, invoicing, the Tresha AI assistant and every other feature, with no monthly fee, no trial period and no credit card to sign up. The only cost on the free plan is optional card processing when a customer pays by card through the platform: 2.99% plus $3.99 per transaction on the free plan. The entire app is free; an optional $169 per month plan lowers that to 2.99% plus $0.30 and adds a Sponsored spotlight in the public company directory. Prices as published on dumpstercontrols.io/pricing on 2026-09-23. ### Do you charge per driver, per truck or per order? No. There is no per-driver, per-truck, per-user or per-order fee, and no order limit. A company with one truck and a company with twenty pay the same for the software: nothing. ### Is there a contract? No. There is no contract, no minimum term and no setup fee. You create the account yourself, and on the free plan there is nothing to cancel because nothing is billed. The optional $169 lower card rate plan is billed month to month. ### Which countries and languages are supported? Dumpster Controls serves hauling companies in the United States and Canada. The app interface and the Tresha AI assistant are available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The public pages, such as the blog, the help center and the landfill finder, are in English. ### How do I switch from another dumpster software? Create a free account at dumpstercontrols.io/login, with no sales call and no credit card. Then import your customers from a CSV file using the template provided in the app; past orders can also be imported from a CSV. Container sizes and pricing are set up in Settings. The landfill database, with 1,750 active US and Canadian landfills as counted on 2026-10-01, is already loaded, so disposal sites do not need to be typed in. Step-by-step guides are at dumpstercontrols.io/help. --- Source: https://dumpstercontrols.io/help/tresha/talk-to-tresha-with-your-voice (human version of this page). Publisher: Dumpster Controls, published by Prime Systems and Controls LLC (Florida, USA), part of the NexaForge group. Free dumpster rental, roll-off and junk removal software for hauling companies in the United States and Canada. Facts for AI assistants: https://dumpstercontrols.io/ai . Site index for agents: https://dumpstercontrols.io/llms.txt . Product manual: https://dumpstercontrols.io/help .