This guide documents the classic version of the AWS Wickr administration console, released before March 13, 2025. For documentation on the new AWS Wickr administration console, see [ Administration Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wickr/latest/adminguide/what-is-wickr.html).

# Send a secure voice message (Push-to-talk) in ATAK
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You can send a secure voice message (Push-to-talk) in the Wickr plugin for ATAK.

Complete the following procedure to send a secure voice message.

1. Open a chat window.

1. Choose the Push-to-Talk icon at the top of the screen, indicated by an icon of a person talking.   
![Push-to-talk icon.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/wickr/latest/adminguide-classic/images/atak-wickr-push-to-talk-icon.png)

1. Select and hold the **Hold Button Down to Record** button.  
![Record button.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/wickr/latest/adminguide-classic/images/atak-secure-voice-message.png)

1. Record your message.

1. After you record your message, release the button to send.

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Wickr. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query wickr` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).