ElevenLabs explains turn taking in conversational AI voice agents
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ElevenLabs publishes a blog post explaining turn taking in conversational AI, which decides when a voice agent replies, holds the floor, or listens.
The company says its ElevenAgents combine voice activity detection with semantic analysis to make these decisions.
ElevenLabs also reports that Eleven v4 Turbo has a 142 ms median time from request to audible speech. The post is first-party, so these claims come from ElevenLabs and have not been independently verified.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 29, 5:28 PM ET
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AIElevenLabs explains that turn taking in conversational AI determines when a voice agent replies, holds the floor, or listens. Its ElevenAgents combine voice activity detection with semantic analysis, and the company says Eleven v4 Turbo has a 142 ms median time from request to audible speech.
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