Real-time voice AI requires handling interruptions, speech chunking, and call endings differently than text chat. Key patterns include using AbortController to cancel in-flight streams when users interrupt, combining interrupted messages to preserve context, buffering words into chunks (2 words initially, 4 words after) for
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Interruptions break context, not just audioSpeed vs. quality in voice outputLetting the AI decide when to hang upWhat I learnedSort: