AIRI integrates ElevenLabs' speech synthesis technology, which is considered one of the most advanced speech synthesis solutions in the industry today, in order to meet users' natural conversation needs. The system supports voice input and output through a browser or Discord interface, realizing a true real-time two-way voice interaction experience.
In terms of implementation technology, AIRI's speech system has several innovations: first, it uses automated speech state detection to intelligently recognize the start and stop points of the user's speech, avoiding the common problem of false triggering in traditional speech recognition. Second, the system has excellent speech synthesis quality, which can generate natural, smooth and expressive voice responses. Finally, the speech processing latency is kept at a very low level, which is crucial for maintaining the naturalness of the dialog.
To configure the voice feature, users need to add the ElevenLabs API key to the project's environment variables file. This design ensures flexible customization for professional users while providing an easy-to-use path for general users. Notably, the voice system supports multiple languages, which greatly expands AIRI's potential user base.
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