Building the Cheapest AI Voice Agent Possible ($0.28 Per Hour)
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The post showcases a project to build an extremely cheap AI voice agent at $0.28 per hour, sparking interest in cost-effective AI solutions.
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gbessoni
3 months ago
Impressive demo. Curious how your TTS + STT + LLM stack handles real-time function calling and sustained phone/WebRTC sessions. Any benchmarks on latency or call quality?
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