Bring Voice Intelligence to Your Apps with .NET MAUI

The latest innovation in .NET MAUI brings multimodal voice intelligence to your fingertips, enabling developers to create richer, more interactive app experiences. With native voice input and output capabilities, your apps can now engage users in entirely new ways—combining audio, UI, and AI.

Here’s how to do it:

Step 1: Add the Plugin.Maui.Audio NuGet package to request microphone permissions, capture audio streams, and enable playback functionality.

Step 2: In MauiProgram.cs, configure recording settings and register IAudioService in the service container. Don’t forget to check the plugin’s documentation for any additional configuration steps.

Step 3: In your VoicePage, allow the user to tap a microphone button to start and stop recording. Implement this interaction using a simple if-else logic.

Step 4: With the audio stream captured, begin transcribing and processing the input.

Step 5: Use Microsoft.Extensions.AI with OpenAI (or your preferred service) to transcribe the audio.

Step 6: Once transcribed, analyze the text and return relevant insights—like projects or tasks—using your AI client, handled in the ExtractTaskAsync method