# Configurations

The Configurations section is crucial for your virtual being's functionality as it manages all essential technology integrations. This is where you set up and maintain speech recognition, voice synthesis, and AI model connections.

<figure><img src="/files/HrAy4kfyKeKsPfEr1tZF" alt=""><figcaption><p>Engines Configurations in Virbe Dashboard</p></figcaption></figure>

### Default Configuration Status

**Virbe-hosted Dashboards**

* Come pre-configured with:
  * Google Speech-to-Text
  * Azure Speech-to-Text
  * Azure Text-to-Speech
* Require manual setup of:
  * AI model credentials
  * Additional engines such as external conversational engines

**Self-hosted Dashboards**

* Require manual configuration of all components:
  * Speech-to-Text engines
  * Text-to-Speech engines
  * AI model credentials
  * Optionally: Conversational engines as above

{% hint style="info" %}
**Best Practices**

* Store your credentials securely
* Verify endpoints before saving
* Test configurations after setup
* Monitor usage and performance
* Keep backup configurations – add backup configurations in advance so that you can quickly replace them in case of the provider's outage.
  {% endhint %}


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