RealtimeVoiceChat
AI
voice assistant
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
12 positive, 52 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 18 critical, out of 86 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 0 for, 10 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interruption handling is impressive
From 1 comment
This is very, very cool! The interrupting was a "wow" moment for me (I know it's not "new new" but to see it so well done in open source was awesome). Question about the…
joshstrange on HN
Lightweight web front end and VAD implementation liked
From 1 comment
Nice work, I like the lightweight web front end and your implementation of VAD.
oldgregg on HN
Objections
Requires a CUDA GPU; hard to set up on Windows and Python versions
From 1 comment
Every time I see these things, they look cool as hell, I get excited, then I try to get them working on my gaming PC (that has the GPU), I spend 1-2h fighting with python and…
sabellito on HN
Speech voice quality sounds worse than leading voice AIs
From 1 comment
It's fast, but it doesn't sound good. Many voice chat AIs are way ahead and sound natural.
bufferoverflow on HN
Requests
Support for Mac or Raspberry Pi
From 2 comments
Does the docker container work on Mac?
dcreater on HNWill this work on a Raspberry Pi?
nitrogen99 on HN
Better TTS models such as Dia
From 2 comments
Quite good, it would sound much better with SOTA voices though: https://github.com/nari-labs/dia
fintechie on HNHave you considered using Dia for the TTS? I believe this is currently "best in class" https://github.com/nari-labs/dia
SillyUsername on HN
Questions
How interruptions handle short noises like 'mmk' or coughs
From 1 comment
This is very, very cool! The interrupting was a "wow" moment for me (I know it's not "new new" but to see it so well done in open source was awesome). Question about the…
joshstrange on HN
Whether multiple simultaneous clients are supported
From 1 comment
Does this work for simultaneous multiple clients at the same endpoint?
blueblisters on HN
Alternatives named
Sesame
From 1 comment
Kind of surprised nobody has brought up https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo It interacts nearly like a human, can and does interrupt me once…
cannonpr on HN
Pipecat
From 1 comment
Have you looked at pipecat, seems to be similar trying to do standardized backend/webrtc turn detection pipelines.
dummydummy1234 on HN
Dia
From 1 comment
https://yummy-fir-7a4.notion.site/dia is the new hotness.
kristopolous on HN