# Bad Influence story: OpenRouter publishes Python tutorial for a voice AI booking agent

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 19:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/6a39d59f-bc61-48e1-97e3-9bfe92d5fdb5

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Latest update (11-09 19:00): OpenRouter shows how to build a voice AI agent in Python

Overview: OpenRouter's blog publishes a tutorial for building a restaurant booking voice agent in Python. The agent chains speech-to-text, an LLM with tool calls, and text-to-speech, all through one OpenRouter API key. In the post's October 8 tests, the median server-side time to first audio was 1.9 seconds across 12 turns, and text-to-speech accounted for about 90% of the measured cost. The post also compares speech-to-text and models, and recommends confirming names with callers because transcription errors were common.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-09 19:00 · OpenRouter Blog (from the company) · [OpenRouter shows how to build a voice AI agent in Python](https://badinfluence.news/items/hcipvqcx7f30713m94tej5zxa)
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