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Ultravox and Call4Me Show Why the Classic STT‑LLM‑TTS Stack
Direct‑audio LLMs and single‑model voice agents cut latency and complexity, forcing a rethink of voice‑AI architecture.
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Direct‑audio LLMs and single‑model voice agents cut latency and complexity, forcing a rethink of voice‑AI architecture.
Claude now speaks, while PUNK, SuperVoiceMode, Whispering and Paseo let developers steer AI agents from phones and Macs without cloud lock‑in.
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