# Conversation

Ask questions to unlock precious insights from your business data!

Crystal's **natural language understanding** capabilities makes it possible to ask questions and interact with it as if you were speaking to members of your team. 

## Get the Conversation Started

To talk to Crystal**,** just click on the **gravitonium** (the purple floating bubble). 

The **Conversational Bar** will open up, where you'll be able to type in your questions. 

<figure><img src="/files/lC4h8IsiE6J5l3iRf5rm" alt=""><figcaption><p>Open the Input Bar</p></figcaption></figure>

## **Choose an Interaction Modality** <a href="#using-the-advisor-on-desktop-or-mobile" id="using-the-advisor-on-desktop-or-mobile"></a>

Communicating with Crystal is simple.

Just like speaking with a person, you can either:

* **Chat**, by *typing* your questions into the Input Bar
* **Talk**, by pressing the Microphone Button on the page and simply *dictating* your question (make sure your microphone is activated in your browser).

<figure><img src="/files/q6cVtfmalL1cJCynvGAe" alt=""><figcaption><p>Chat or Talk</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**Please Note**</mark>

You will interact with Crystal in the language selected during your first access but you can always [change languages](/crystal-advisor/customize-your-experience/how-to-interact-with-crystal.md) in your Account Settings.&#x20;
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Remember**</mark>

Before you can interact with the Advisor, make sure that:

* Topics have been [configured](/crystal-console/topics-configuration.md)[ and published](/crystal-console/topics-configuration.md) by the Admin
* The Admin has given you [permission](/crystal-console/users/manage-permissions.md) to view Topics
  {% endhint %}

Discover how to use Crystal's conversational capabilities in the sections below.&#x20;

Don't forget to say *"hi"* first!

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## Jump to Section

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[Request Topics](/crystal-advisor/talk-to-your-data/conversation/request-topics.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/LBui6Qt2P1TtJgmWdFD4" %}
[Request a Data Analysis](/crystal-advisor/talk-to-your-data/conversation/request-a-data-analysis.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/HAfn8pnEloi1mXK5t4Kq" %}
[Disambiguation](/crystal-advisor/talk-to-your-data/conversation/disambiguation.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.igenius.ai/crystal-advisor/talk-to-your-data/conversation.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.