Testing a Character

Introduction

Once you have created a character, it’s important to test how it interacts. Convai provides multiple ways to test your characters — from quick text and voice interactions to fully immersive video calls with custom avatars. This ensures you can refine personality, responsiveness, and interaction style before final deployment.

Testing Options

1. Quick Test with Chatbox

If you want to test your character quickly without an avatar visual, you can use the Chatbox for text and voice interactions.

• From your Dashboard, click on the character you want to test.

• In the bottom-right Chatbox:

  • Type a message in the text input and press enter.

  • Or click the microphone button, speak, and click the microphone button again when finished to send your voice input.

• Continue the conversation to evaluate your character’s responses.

Additional Chatbox Features:

• Conversation Starters: At the bottom of the Chatbox, you’ll see dynamically generated conversation starters and quick replies, tailored to the ongoing dialogue.

• Reset Chat: Located at the top-left of the Chatbox, this button restarts the session.

• Copy Chat: Found directly below the Reset Chat button, it allows you to copy the conversation text.

• Temporary Username: The bottom-most button lets you set a temporary username.

• Feedback Buttons: On the right side of each character response, you’ll see thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons to provide positive or negative feedback about the reply.

2. Video Call

You can test your character in a video call for both visual and voice interactions. You have two ways to start a video call:

From the Dashboard:

• Locate the character’s card.

• Click the green camera icon to start a video call instantly.

From the Character Page:

• Click the character’s card to open its details.

• In the top-right section, under the character’s thumbnail, click the video call button.

This method allows you to experience both the character’s visual appearance and voice in real-time, offering a more immersive test environment.

Conclusion

Convai Playground’s testing options make it easy to evaluate and refine your characters. Whether you prefer a fast, text-based interaction or a full video call experience with your custom avatar, you can ensure your AI behaves exactly as intended before sharing it with others.