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Date Published
Author
Kelsey Foster
Word count
1435
Language
English
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None

Summary

The text provides a comprehensive guide to building and deploying real-time AI voice agents using technologies such as LiveKit, AssemblyAI, Cerebras, and Rime. The tutorial explains how these components work together to create a conversational AI system that can process and respond to user speech in real-time. LiveKit orchestrates the process, AssemblyAI handles speech-to-text conversion, Cerebras provides the language model for generating responses, and Rime handles text-to-speech conversion. The process is detailed, from setting up the development environment and configuring API keys to building the voice agent and testing it locally. The guide also covers customizing agent behavior, monitoring responses, and improving transcription formatting. Once the voice agent is operational locally, it can be deployed to LiveKit Cloud for global access and better management features. The tutorial concludes with suggestions for further enhancements and integrations, such as adding custom knowledge bases, multi-language support, and performance monitoring.