Real-time AI voice is the technology stack that enables AI voice agents to hold natural conversations with sub-500ms latency. It combines streaming STT, fast LLM inference, streaming TTS, and intelligent turn-taking to create conversations that feel human.

The real-time AI voice stack

This section covers the real-time ai voice stack in detail. For the complete glossary of AI voice agent terms, see our main glossary page.

Streaming vs. batch processing

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Turn-taking and interruption handling

This section covers turn-taking and interruption handling in detail. For the complete glossary of AI voice agent terms, see our main glossary page.

Why real-time matters

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Platform benchmarks

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