Today Anthropos is launching something game-changing. AI Simulations now support voice interaction, and the difference it makes is remarkable. The team has been testing this for weeks, and the results speak for themselves. There’s something fundamentally different about speaking and listening versus typing and reading. It changes everything.

Why voice makes simulations feel real

Think about the last important conversation you had at work. The way you paused before delivering difficult news. How you changed your tone when moving from small talk to the main point. The slight laugh when easing tension.

None of that comes through in text.

That’s exactly why Anthropos has been working so hard to bring voice capabilities to AI simulations. When participants can speak naturally and hear AI characters respond with human-like voices, the entire experience transforms. It stops feeling like a training exercise and starts feeling like a real conversation. The difference is immediate and obvious: People communicate more naturally. They express nuance, emphasis, and emotion that text simply can’t capture. And they complete scenarios in about a third of the time compared to typing.

AI Simulations with voice make the entire experience a lot better for candidates and end users but they also open a world of information for managers. Let’s see why.

Three ways voice transforms how you’ll use AI simulations

Hear who candidates really are before you hire them

We’ve all been there. The candidate who interviewed brilliantly but somehow couldn’t handle basic customer conversations once hired. With voice-enabled AI simulations in the Anthropos hiring platform, you can actually hear how candidates handle the exact scenarios they’ll face on the job. Want to know how that sales candidate handles objections from a skeptical buyer? Listen to them do it. Curious if that customer success applicant can de-escalate an angry client? Hear it happen in real time.

Voice gives a lot more information to managers and recruiters but it also allows candidates to be a lot more expressive and really prove some themselves in skills like communication or negotiation. There is no doubt that audio is particularly important for sales and client facing roles, but even in more technical roles, you can truly learn a lot from the way someone talks to other people.

Give your team a safe place to practice what matters

Everyone knows people need practice to improve. But meaningful practice opportunities for workplace skills are hard to come by.

That’s what makes voice-enabled training simulations so powerful. Team members can now verbally work through challenging scenarios, over and over, refining their approach each time.

A project manager practices delivering bad news to executives. A sales rep perfects their discovery questions with different customer types. A new team lead develops their coaching style with simulated team members.

The voice interaction makes these sessions feel real. And because they’re simulations, people can experiment freely without fear of damaging actual relationships or deals.

Finally, skills assessment that shows what people can actually do in real tasks and problems

Most skill assessments are basically clever surveys. They measure what people say they know or how they might hypothetically approach a situation.

Anthropos assessment simulations take a completely different approach. They measure what people actually do and say when faced with realistic challenges.

With voice capabilities, these assessments become even more revealing. When participants verbally engage with simulated colleagues or customers, you hear their authentic communication style, their thought process, and how they handle pressure.

This gives you something rare and valuable: an objective look at how someone actually performs, not just how they describe their performance.

Why sales teams are going to love this

While voice transforms all simulations, it’s a complete game-changer for sales teams and for all those scenarios that involve roles and people that need to spend time with customers every single day.

In sales hiring, you can finally hear how candidates build rapport, ask discovery questions, communicate value, handle objections, and close deals. These verbal skills make or break sales success, but they’re almost impossible to evaluate in traditional interviews.

For sales training, reps can practice their messaging, try different questioning approaches, and develop responses to objections—all through natural conversation. The voice technology makes these sessions feel like real sales calls, so the skills transfer directly to actual client interactions. And for sales coaching, managers can review recordings to provide targeted feedback on the specific verbal elements that drive sales outcomes.

Our library has a growing number of AI Simulations for Sales and Account Managers and we are now adding new one on a monthly basis.

How to try voice in AI Simulations

All our AI Simulations have now voice integrated. You can simply signup for Anthropos and use up to 2 AI Simulations for free to test them yourself. If you are looking for a trial of Anthropos Hiring or Anthropos Workforce for your team contact us: you will get a full live demo of our enterprise functionalities, including Anthropos Studio, and you will be able to invite your people into the account for a free trial.