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Real-Time Conversational Voice Bot with Turn Detection

A real-time conversational voice bot that listens through your microphone, transcribes speech, generates intelligent responses, and speaks back with natural turn-taking. Supports both local console mode and browser-based WebRTC sessions. Uses voice activity detection for natural interruption handling.

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The numbers

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The stack

telephonyWeb Only

speech-to-textDeepgram Nova-3

llmGPT-4.1

text-to-speechDeepgram Aura-2

System prompt

No prompt published.

Config

config.json

{
  "vad": "Silero VAD",
  "audio_flow": "microphone → VAD → STT → Context → LLM → TTS → speaker",
  "transport_modes": [
    "local_console",
    "daily_webrtc"
  ],
  "allow_interruptions": true
}

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