I built my first voice agent in a weekend
What broke, what surprised me, and why latency matters more than the model.
I thought the hard part would be the model. It was silence. Two seconds of quiet on a call feels like the line went dead.
What made it work
Stream every step, so the first word comes fast.
Let the caller interrupt at any moment.
Hand off to a person the moment it is unsure.
Start small, and test it on a real call the same day.
- Voice AI
- Agents
- Getting started
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