Optimizing TTS and STT models for real-time conversational experiences under 500ms.
In voice conversation, latency kills the vibe. If an agent takes 2 seconds to respond, the user starts talking over it. Optimizing specifically for speed is non-negotiable.
Optimizing the Pipeline
Traditional pipelines serialize steps: ASR -> LLM -> TTS. This is too slow. We use Streaming pipelines where the TTS starts generating audio tokens before the LLM has even finished its sentence.
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