HHotori8h ago · 9 min readHow we deliver voice only to people nearby in a 2D virtual office (SFU subscription permissions, not mixing)In our 2D virtual office, voice reaches only nearby people because the media server refuses to forward it to anyone else. The app server works out who is near whom and gives each speaker a list of all11Ahotoriplace.hashnode.dev
MMuhammad JareerOct 7 · 8 min readBreaking Down the Per-Minute Cost of a Production Voice AgentEvery AI voice call is five services billing at the same time. Platforms advertise one of them as the headline price, which is why the number on the pricing page rarely matches the invoice. In 2026, a1keencraft.hashnode.dev
NNeeraj SharmaOct 2 · 3 min readOur voice agent costs 2.5¢ a minute. Here's the whole bill.We run an AI interviewer that talks to candidates over phone calls. It started on a managed voice platform at roughly 10¢ a minute. The same interviews now run on a custom LiveKit pipeline at about 2.1axionry.hashnode.dev
MMohammed UsmaniSep 29 · 11 min readFrom 2.44 s to 1.81 s: working through my voice agent's latency list, and the fast model that went silentTL;DR Part 1 ended with a list of things to try. I tried all of them on the same phone agent, now running a recruiter's pre-screening call. At the agent, the median reply went from 2.44 s to 1.81 s mohammed-usmani.hashnode.dev
MMohammed UsmaniSep 26 · 11 min readLiveKit turn detection on real phone calls: why a 2-second average hid a 3.6-second stallTL;DR I built a voice agent you can call from a real phone (SIP through LiveKit Cloud) and measured every turn instead of trusting averages. On a test call the average reply took about 2 seconds, bumohammed-usmani.hashnode.dev
TTakshak Singh RajawatAug 15 · 12 min readArthSakhi: Building a Voice Agent That Knows When to Speak, Act, and Ask for HelpA practical story of building a voice agent that can guide users, use tools, respect consent, and know when to ask for help. Project: ArthSakhi (अर्थसखी)Challenge: 10 Days of Voice Agents — VoiceForBtakshak.hashnode.dev
DDEEPANKAR PatelAug 15 · 16 min readKisan Mitra: Building a Voice-First AI Farming Companion for Indian FarmersHow I built a multilingual agricultural voice agent with memory, real-time data, outbound calls, human escalation, specialist agents, and analytics. What if a farmer didn't have to open an app, navigbot-docs.hashnode.dev
PPooja MAug 15 · 6 min readBuilding LearnBuddy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an AI Voice Agent for StudentsWhy I Built LearnBuddy Artificial intelligence has transformed the way we learn, but most AI learning tools still focus primarily on English. As a student, I wanted to explore how AI could make learnilearnbuddyjournal.hashnode.dev
OOm MishraMay 8 · 8 min readi didn't want to walk desk to deskA classroom problem, five design questions, and what I built to answer them Picture this: A lab of thirty students learning to build things with AI. Two hours. One teacher. And every few minutes, somepeek.hashnode.dev
VVasudev SiddhMay 4 · 8 min readVaani: Building a Voice Agent That Knows When Not to TalkThe hardest part of a voice agent is not making it speak. It is making it speak at the right time, with the right context, and then leaving behind enough evidence that a human can trust what happened.1vasu-devs.hashnode.dev