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600–800 ms perceived willingness drop

Perceived willingness to continue the interaction begins to decline after 600 ms and drops significantly between 700 and 800 ms.

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Real-Time Voice AI Stack for Agents: Architecture Guide

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Perceived willingness begins to drop after 600 ms and steps down significantly from 700 to 800 ms.
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Transport, recognition, endpointing, the LLM's first token, TTS first byte, and the return network hop each take a slice of that budget. This guide breaks down what each layer costs and where you can cut to keep your voice AI stack inside it.

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