Building AI calling agents shouldn't require a commercial license or massive per-minute markups. If you are a Python developer, you should be able to spin up a sub-500ms latency voice agent on your own machine. Prerequisites Python 3.10+ A Twilio or Telnyx SIP Trunk LiveKit Credentials An OpenAI API Key First, clone the Siphon repository and install the requirements. pip install siphon-ai Next, c
The Hidden UX Problem in Voice AI: When Should the AI Stop Talking? One of the hardest parts of building a voice AI product is not making the AI talk. It is knowing when the AI should stop talking. I did not fully appreciate this at the beginning. When I started building RingBooker, an AI receptionist for salons, spas, med spas, beauty clinics, I was focused on the obvious problems: Latency. Sp