SpeakSpeak Open web app

Documentation & Help

How SpeakSpeak works, every chatbox feature at a glance.

Getting started

  • Register: during the closed beta you'll need a serial number, an email address, a username, a password and your date of birth. SpeakSpeak is for ages 16 and up — that's why we ask for your date of birth when you register. Once you've confirmed your email, you're ready to go.
  • Join or create a server (community): use the server rail on the left to create a new community or join one via an invite link.
  • Channels: within a server there are text, forum, voice and video channels, which can be grouped into categories and freely reordered.
  • Platforms: SpeakSpeak runs as a web app and as a desktop app (Windows, Linux), the same design everywhere. The Android app is finished and currently going through Play Store review, it will be released there soon; until then SpeakSpeak runs in the mobile browser.

Messages & formatting

Type your message in the chatbox below and send it with Enter (new line with Shift + Enter).

  • Formatting via Markdown codes:
    • **bold** → bold
    • *italic* → italic
    • ~~strikethrough~~ → strikethrough
    • `code` → inline code, plus ``` blocks for multi-line code
    • > quote for quotes
  • Mentions: @Name mentions a person, @Role an entire role. Mentioned users are highlighted and (depending on settings) notified.
  • Replies: right-click (desktop) or long-press (mobile) a message to reply to it directly.
  • Reactions: react with an emoji without writing a new message.
  • Quick reactions: your most-used emoji sit as a quick-reaction bar right on every message, in chat, DMs and forums, and adapt to your habits over time.
  • Threads: any message can start a thread, its own side discussion that doesn't flood the channel.
  • Pinning: important messages can be pinned (with the right permission); everyone can find them again at any time via the channel's pin list.
  • Polls: create a poll straight from the chatbox, in channels, forum posts and direct messages. Participants vote and can retract their vote; a poll can be closed at any time.
  • Editing & deleting: your own messages can be edited (with version history) or deleted. Deleted content becomes invisible to others; for moderation and legal reasons it isn't immediately purged for good (see Privacy Policy).

Attachments, media & voice messages

  • Attach files: images, videos, audio and any other files via the paperclip icon in the chatbox. Images, videos and audio play/display right in the chat. Up to 25 MB per file, with Pro up to 128 MB.
  • Voice messages: hold the microphone icon to record a voice note, including a waveform preview. Up to 60 seconds per recording, with Pro up to 10 minutes.
  • 3D models: .stl, .obj and .3mf files can be viewed in the web client directly in chat as a rotatable 3D preview; the desktop app shows a download card instead.
  • Security: uploaded files are scanned for malware and stripped of metadata (e.g. location data in photos). They're never publicly accessible, access is only granted through access-checked, time-limited links.

Emoji, reactions & soundboard

  • Emoji picker: via the smiley icon in the chatbox, with search.
  • Custom server emoji: server admins can upload custom emoji, usable in chat and as reactions. Pro users can use their emoji across servers.
  • Soundboard: short sounds played for everyone in a voice channel, both server-wide and personal sounds. With Pro you can use your personal soundboard on every server.
  • Soundboard video clips: short video clips (around 6 seconds, upload up to 8 MB) as soundboard entries: they appear for everyone in the voice channel as a small picture-in-picture with its own audio. Anyone can play them, uploading is unlocked by Pro; if you'd rather not see clips, hide them entirely or per person.
  • Join sound: a personal sound played when you join a voice channel, global across all servers, or a different one per server (from your sounds or the server's sounds), resettable to the default at any time.

Voice & video channels

  • Joining: clicking a voice channel connects you instantly. Multiple people can talk at once.
  • Controls: mute your mic, turn on your camera, adjust volume per person.
  • Screen sharing: share your screen or a single window; others can choose to watch. Pro unlocks higher resolutions and frame rates (up to 1440p at 60 fps).
  • Noise suppression: under Settings → Voice you can turn on noise suppression, from basic hiss reduction to AI-powered filtering of keyboard clatter, fan noise and background sound, so your teammates hear only you.
  • Direct, no detours: voice/video transmission runs directly to the servers (low latency).
  • Speaker overlay (desktop): an optional overlay shows who's currently talking even over a full-screen game (Windows & Linux), toggled from the tray icon.

Whisper via hotkey (like TeamSpeak)

With push-to-whisper you can briefly speak privately to a specific person, a group or a channel, without leaving your current voice channel. Just like whispering in TeamSpeak.

  • Assign a hotkey: under Settings → Voice you can set up to five whisper keys. Each key is its own whisper target.
  • Hold & talk: hold the key → only the chosen recipients hear you; release → back in your normal channel.
  • Targets: a single person, a custom whisper group you define, or an entire channel.
  • Permissions: server admins decide whether whispering to users and/or channels is allowed.
  • Pro feature: whispering is one of the features a Pro account unlocks.

Translation & link previews

  • Translate: foreign-language messages can be translated directly in chat on request, via a self-hosted translation service, with no external cloud AI.
  • Link previews: an optional preview card is shown for posted links (can be disabled per user).

Search & hashtags

  • Global search (Ctrl + K): opens the search palette. Jump to channels, servers and settings or run actions directly, all from the keyboard.
  • Message search: search messages within a server, in your direct messages, or across all your servers at once.
  • Help assistant: ask the search palette a question about the app and you'll get an answer from the help content. These answers are AI-generated, labelled as such in the app, and may be wrong.
  • Clickable hashtags: a #word in a message is clickable and starts a message search for it, within the server or conversation you're currently in.

Forums & boards

Alongside classic chat channels there are forum and board channels for topic-based posts with comments, ideal for longer discussions, announcements or collections of knowledge. Posts support the same attachments, emoji and mentions as chat.

Direct messages & groups

  • Direct messages (DMs): private 1:1 conversations with friends.
  • Group DMs: private conversations with multiple people, with the same chat features (attachments, reactions, mentions).
  • Calls: start a voice or video call straight from a direct message or group. It rings on the other side, with accept and decline; missed, ongoing and ended calls show up as a note in the history.
  • On mobile: the upcoming Android app (currently in Play Store review) shows incoming calls as a full-screen call over the lock screen, accept or decline without opening the app.
  • Friends: use your friends list to send and manage friend requests and see online status.

Mentions & notifications

  • Mentions inbox: every place you've been mentioned, gathered in one spot, with an unread-mentions counter. Individual entries can be dismissed by swipe (mobile) or click.
  • Who can mention @everyone & roles: server admins decide per target (@everyone, @here and each role) who's allowed to ping it, everyone, specific roles only, or admins only. This keeps mass pings under control.
  • Notifications: system notifications for mentions, direct messages and friend requests. In settings you choose per category whether and with what content (preview or just "new message") you're notified.
  • Muting: individual channels or DMs can be muted.

Roles, permissions & moderation

  • Roles & permissions: server admins assign roles with finely tunable permissions (e.g. send messages, react, manage channels), globally and per channel.
  • Voice channel moderation: with the right permission you can moderate people in a voice channel via right-click, server-mute, deafen, move to another channel, or disconnect from voice.
  • Reporting: users can report messages and people via the report function.
  • Moderation: admins can remove content, warn, restrict features or suspend accounts. Central responsibility for legally required measures lies with the provider.

Settings

  • Theme: a dark theme across all platforms, with an accent colour you pick yourself in the settings.
  • Language: German and English.
  • Timezone: timestamps are shown in your timezone.
  • Notifications & sounds: categories, content and sounds are freely configurable.
  • Your data: under Settings → "Your data" you can request a copy of your stored data (GDPR data export) or file a request to delete your account.

API

Available (beta). SpeakSpeak offers a public bot API at https://api.speakspeak.net/api/v1: REST endpoints and a real-time gateway, authenticated with a bot token (Authorization: Bot <token>). The API follows the de-facto standard of popular bot libraries, existing bot libraries can be ported with a few adjustments (base URL, ID format, permission bits). The full API reference — every endpoint, object, error code, rate limit and gateway intent — is at speakspeak.net/en/api. Questions and beta feedback are answered directly: contact@speakspeak.net.

Still have questions?

Write to us at contact@speakspeak.net.