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# Get started with Talkturo

> Create your first Talkturo AI voice assistant, assign a phone number, and place a test outbound call — all in under ten minutes.

This guide walks you through the fastest path from a new account to a live AI phone call. You will sign up, create an assistant with a voice and prompt, assign a phone number, and then place a test call to verify everything works.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign up and create your workspace">
    Go to [app.talkturo.com](https://app.talkturo.com) and create an account. After you confirm your email, Talkturo prompts you to create a **workspace**. A workspace is an isolated environment for your assistants, contacts, phone numbers, and billing.

    Once inside your workspace, you land on the home dashboard.

    <Tip>
      If you are joining an existing team, ask a workspace owner to send you an invite link instead of creating a new workspace.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the Quick Setup Wizard">
    In the left sidebar, click **Assistants**, then click **Quick Setup Wizard**. The wizard walks you through all setup steps in one flow — assistant, business info, phone number, company, contacts, and campaign.

    If you prefer to configure everything manually, click **New Assistant** instead and skip to step 3.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure your assistant">
    On the **Assistant** step of the wizard (or in the **Create Assistant** dialog), fill in the following fields:

    **Name**
    Give your assistant a descriptive name, for example `Sales Appointment Setter`.

    **Template**
    Choose a starting template. Talkturo ships with four built-in templates:

    | Template          | Best for                                                    |
    | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
    | `outbound-setter` | Booking appointments and qualifying leads on outbound calls |
    | `inbound-support` | Answering inbound customer questions                        |
    | `follow-up`       | Following up with existing leads                            |
    | `custom`          | Starting from a blank prompt                                |

    **System prompt**
    The system prompt tells the assistant how to behave. If you are in normal mode, describe your business and Talkturo generates a prompt for you automatically. In **Expert Mode**, write the prompt directly. You can use CRM variables that are replaced at runtime:

    ```text theme={null}
    Hi {{contact.first_name}}, I'm calling from {{campaign.from_number}}
    regarding {{campaign.name}}. Do you have a moment to chat?
    ```

    Supported variables include `{{contact.first_name}}`, `{{contact.full_name}}`, `{{contact.email}}`, `{{contact.phone}}`, `{{contact.job_title}}`, `{{contact.lead_status}}`, `{{campaign.name}}`, `{{campaign.description}}`, and `{{campaign.from_number}}`.

    **Language model (Expert Mode)**
    Select your preferred LLM provider and model. Available providers:

    | Provider      | Example models                                            |
    | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
    | OpenAI        | `openai/gpt-4o`, `openai/gpt-4o-mini`, `openai/gpt-4.1`   |
    | Google Gemini | `google/gemini-2.5-pro`, `google/gemini-2.5-flash`        |
    | Anthropic     | `claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022`, `claude-3-5-haiku-20241022` |
    | DeepSeek      | `deepseek-ai/deepseek-v3`                                 |
    | Qwen          | `qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct`                           |
    | Kimi          | `moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct`                             |

    **Voice**
    Pick a voice from the dropdown. In normal mode, Talkturo shows voices from Cartesia. In Expert Mode, you can also choose ElevenLabs, OpenAI TTS, or DashScope (Qwen) voices.

    **Transcriptor (Expert Mode)**
    Choose the speech-to-text provider and model for transcription:

    | Provider   | Available models                                          |
    | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
    | Deepgram   | `nova-3`, `nova-2`, `nova-2-phonecall`, `flux-general`    |
    | AssemblyAI | `universal-streaming`, `universal-streaming-multilingual` |
    | ElevenLabs | `scribe_v2_realtime`                                      |
    | Cartesia   | `ink-whisper`                                             |

    Select the **Language** that matches the language your callers speak.

    Click **Next** when you are done configuring the assistant.

    <Note>
      The assistant name and a selected voice are both required before you can proceed.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Purchase or assign a phone number">
    On the **Phone** step, select a phone number from your account or click **Buy Phone Number** to purchase a new one.

    Talkturo will show you all numbers currently in your account. If you have no numbers yet:

    1. Click **Buy Phone Number**.
    2. Search by area code or country.
    3. Select a number and confirm the purchase.

    Once you have a number, select it from the dropdown and click **Next**.

    <Tip>
      You can assign multiple phone numbers to a single assistant. Campaigns rotate through all assigned numbers automatically.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a company and contacts">
    The wizard asks you to associate the assistant with a **Company** and at least one **Contact**. These become part of your CRM.

    * Enter a company name (for example, `Acme Corp`) and click **Create**.
    * Add one or more contacts with first name, last name, and phone number.

    You can also select an existing company if you have already set one up.

    <Note>
      Contacts must have a phone number to be called in campaigns. Contacts marked **Do Not Call (DNC)** are automatically excluded.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create your first campaign">
    On the **Campaign** step, fill in:

    * **Campaign name** — for example, `Q2 Outreach`.
    * **Call window** — the daily time range during which Talkturo is allowed to place calls (for example, 09:00 – 17:00 in your timezone).
    * **Max concurrent calls** — how many calls can run at the same time (default: 3).

    Click **Create & Complete** to save everything. Talkturo creates the assistant, assigns the phone number, creates the company and contacts, and sets up the campaign.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Make a test call">
    After the wizard closes, go to **Assistants** and open your new assistant. Click the **Telephony** tab.

    If outbound calling is enabled and a phone number is assigned, you will see a **Test** button. Click it, then:

    1. Select the **from number** (your assigned Talkturo number).
    2. Enter a **to number** — your own mobile phone, for example.
    3. Click **Initiate Call**.

    Your phone will ring and the assistant will answer. Speak naturally to test the voice, transcription, and prompt behaviour.

    ```json theme={null}
    POST /api/assistants/{assistantId}/telephony/test-call
    {
      "accountSlug": "your-workspace",
      "fromNumber": "+14155550100",
      "toNumber": "+14155550199"
    }
    ```

    <Tip>
      Test calls are supported for numbers in the United States, Canada, India, UAE, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
    </Tip>

    After the call ends, go to **Call Logs** to review the full transcript, recording, and AI summary.
  </Step>
</Steps>