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Build low-latency conversational voice agents and voice bots with Svara TTS Turbo, streaming LLM tokens straight into speech (~80 ms to first audio). Use when building a voice assistant, AI receptionist, realtime voice bot, speech output for an LLM or chatbot, or when wiring TTS into LiveKit Agents, Pipecat, or a custom WebSocket pipeline, especially for Indian or multilingual users. Covers Python (svara-voice) and raw WebSocket from JavaScript.

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Voice agents with Svara TTS Turbo

In a voice agent, TTS is the last hop: caller → STT → LLM → Svara → caller. Svara's input-streaming WebSocket takes the LLM's tokens as they arrive. It starts speaking eight words in, and it keeps prosody continuous across the reply because the whole reply is one generation.

Svara TTS Turbo delivers first audio in about 80 ms. The fastest paths, in order:

prepared.stream(): the socket is opened before the text exists, so connecting costs nothing when the reply starts.
stream_input(): the socket opens when the reply starts.
HTTP stream() per sentence: each sentence waits for the LLM to finish it.
The ElevenLabs realtime protocol against Svara: it buffers 120 characters before generating.

Rule: for a live agent, use stream_input/prepare. Do not split the LLM output into sentences and call stream() per sentence. That splitting adds the wait for each sentence to finish, and it flattens the pauses between sentences.

Setup: pip install svara-voice, export SVARA_API_KEY, and pick a voice id with the svara-voices skill. sv_enhdbrj5 is the default.

Python: LLM tokens → speech

import asyncio
from svara import AsyncSvara, FLUSH

async def speak_reply(client: AsyncSvara, llm_deltas, player):
    # llm_deltas: any (async) iterable of text fragments
    async for pcm in client.speech.stream_input(llm_deltas, voice="sv_enhdbrj5"):
        player.write(pcm)               # 24 kHz, 16-bit LE mono PCM

With the OpenAI Python SDK as the LLM:

async def deltas(openai_client, messages):
    stream = await openai_client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-4.1-mini", messages=messages, stream=True)
    async for event in stream:
        if event.choices and event.choices[0].delta.content:
            yield event.choices[0].delta.content
    yield FLUSH                         # turn over: speak whatever is buffered

Lowest latency: prepare the socket during the user's turn

async def handle_turn(client: AsyncSvara, user_text, player):
    prepared = await client.speech.prepare(voice="sv_enhdbrj5")     # while the user is still talking
    async for pcm in prepared.stream(deltas(openai_client, history + [user_text])):
        player.write(pcm)

A prepared socket carries one utterance. Prepare a new one for each turn.
A prepared socket stays usable for minutes. prepared.expired reports when one has gone stale.
Open prepare() with async with so an unused socket is closed.

Barge-in

When the user interrupts, stop iterating and close the stream. Abandoning it costs less than 1 ms. Then flush your player's buffer. The next turn uses a new socket.

Tuning knobs

The defaults are measured; change them only for a reason.

chunk_words: default 4, which is also the minimum. Larger values delay the first audio.
peek_words: lookahead, 1–5, default 2.
max_chunk_words: default 20.
sample_rate: for example 16000 if your transport runs at 16 kHz. The server renders at that rate, so no resampling is needed.
language: for example "hi", to force the language and normalise numbers and dates.
speed: 0.7–1.5.
pronunciation_dictionary_id: applies brand terms (see svara-multilingual).
on_event: a callback that receives each spoken chunk's text. Use it for captions.

Blocking code without an event loop can call Svara().speech.stream_input(iterable, voice=...).

LiveKit Agents

pip install "svara-voice[livekit]"

from livekit.agents import AgentSession
from svara.livekit import TTS as SvaraTTS

session = AgentSession(
    vad=..., stt=..., llm=...,
    tts=SvaraTTS(voice="sv_enhdbrj5"),        # eager WebSocket by default; prewarms the next socket
)

Options:

language="hi", speed=1.05 and pronunciation_dictionary_id=... are accepted.
tts.update_options(voice=..., language=...) changes them live.
mode="http" buffers sentences over HTTP. Use it only if a proxy blocks WebSockets.

Eager mode reaches first audio sooner than sentence mode, so keep the default. For phone numbers, put LiveKit SIP in front (see svara-telephony). Full example: https://github.com/kenpath-labs/svara-python/blob/main/examples/livekit_agent.py

Pipecat

pip install "svara-voice[pipecat]" (pipecat-ai ≥ 0.0.105)

from svara.pipecat import SvaraTTSService

tts = SvaraTTSService(voice="sv_enhdbrj5", language="hi")
pipeline = Pipeline([transport.input(), stt, context_aggregator.user(), llm, tts,
                     transport.output(), context_aggregator.assistant()])

The service renders PCM at the transport's audio_out_sample_rate. Never request ulaw here: Pipecat's telephony serializers do the G.711 encoding.

JavaScript / any language: the raw WebSocket

import WebSocket from "ws";

const ws = new WebSocket(
  "wss://api.kenpathlabs.com/v1/audio/speech/stream-input?voice=sv_enhdbrj5&mode=eager",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SVARA_API_KEY}` } },
);
ws.on("open", async () => {
  for await (const delta of llmTokenStream()) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: delta }));
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: "" }));                 // end of input
});
ws.on("message", (data, isBinary) => {
  if (isBinary) player.feed(data);                       // PCM16 LE mono, 24 kHz
  else {
    const msg = JSON.parse(data);
    if (msg.type === "done") ws.close();
    if (msg.type === "error") console.error(msg.message);
  }
});

Always set mode=eager, because the server's default is sentence.
Send {"flush": true} to speak buffered text immediately.
One socket carries one utterance. To cut first-audio latency, open the next socket while the user is talking.
If the socket closes without {"type":"done"}, the audio is truncated.
Close code 1013 means no engine was ready. Retry that utterance.

Full protocol: the svara-tts skill's references/rest-api.md.

Where the time goes

With Svara at about 80 ms to first audio, TTS is rarely the bottleneck. Most of a turn's delay goes to end-of-turn detection, STT and the LLM's first token, plus the PSTN hop on phone calls. Optimise those first, using a streaming STT and a fast LLM. Then add prepare(), and reuse one AsyncSvara per process: a new client for each turn pays a fresh TCP and TLS handshake.

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name: svara-voice-agent
description: Build low-latency conversational voice agents and voice bots with Svara TTS Turbo, streaming LLM tokens straight into speech (~80 ms to first audio). Use when building a voice assistant, AI receptionist, realtime voice bot, speech output for an LLM or chatbot, or when wiring TTS into LiveKit Agents, Pipecat, or a custom WebSocket pipeline, especially for Indian or multilingual users. Covers Python (svara-voice) and raw WebSocket from JavaScript.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Needs SVARA_API_KEY and outbound WebSocket (wss) access to api.kenpathlabs.com. Python 3.9+ with `pip install svara-voice` (extras [livekit] or [pipecat] for those frameworks).
metadata:
  author: Kenpath Labs
  version: "1.0"
  homepage: https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/input-streaming

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---
name: svara-voice-agent
description: Build low-latency conversational voice agents and voice bots with Svara TTS Turbo, streaming LLM tokens straight into speech (~80 ms to first audio). Use when building a voice assistant, AI receptionist, realtime voice bot, speech output for an LLM or chatbot, or when wiring TTS into LiveKit Agents, Pipecat, or a custom WebSocket pipeline, especially for Indian or multilingual users. Covers Python (svara-voice) and raw WebSocket from JavaScript.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Needs SVARA_API_KEY and outbound WebSocket (wss) access to api.kenpathlabs.com. Python 3.9+ with `pip install svara-voice` (extras [livekit] or [pipecat] for those frameworks).
metadata:
  author: Kenpath Labs
  version: "1.0"
  homepage: https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/input-streaming
---

# Voice agents with Svara TTS Turbo

In a voice agent, TTS is the last hop: caller → STT → LLM → **Svara** → caller.
Svara's input-streaming WebSocket takes the LLM's tokens as they arrive. It
starts speaking eight words in, and it keeps prosody continuous across the
reply because the whole reply is one generation.

Svara TTS Turbo delivers first audio in about **80 ms**. The fastest paths,
in order:

1. `prepared.stream()`: the socket is opened before the text exists, so connecting costs nothing when the reply starts.
2. `stream_input()`: the socket opens when the reply starts.
3. HTTP `stream()` per sentence: each sentence waits for the LLM to finish it.
4. The ElevenLabs realtime protocol against Svara: it buffers 120 characters before generating.

**Rule: for a live agent, use `stream_input`/`prepare`. Do not split the LLM
output into sentences and call `stream()` per sentence.** That splitting adds
the wait for each sentence to finish, and it flattens the pauses between
sentences.

Setup: `pip install svara-voice`, export `SVARA_API_KEY`, and pick a voice id
with the **svara-voices** skill. `sv_enhdbrj5` is the default.

## Python: LLM tokens → speech

```python
import asyncio
from svara import AsyncSvara, FLUSH

async def speak_reply(client: AsyncSvara, llm_deltas, player):
    # llm_deltas: any (async) iterable of text fragments
    async for pcm in client.speech.stream_input(llm_deltas, voice="sv_enhdbrj5"):
        player.write(pcm)               # 24 kHz, 16-bit LE mono PCM
```

With the OpenAI Python SDK as the LLM:

```python
async def deltas(openai_client, messages):
    stream = await openai_client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-4.1-mini", messages=messages, stream=True)
    async for event in stream:
        if event.choices and event.choices[0].delta.content:
            yield event.choices[0].delta.content
    yield FLUSH                         # turn over: speak whatever is buffered
```

### Lowest latency: prepare the socket during the user's turn

```python
async def handle_turn(client: AsyncSvara, user_text, player):
    prepared = await client.speech.prepare(voice="sv_enhdbrj5")     # while the user is still talking
    async for pcm in prepared.stream(deltas(openai_client, history + [user_text])):
        player.write(pcm)
```

- A prepared socket carries one utterance. Prepare a new one for each turn.
- A prepared socket stays usable for minutes. `prepared.expired` reports when one has gone stale.
- Open `prepare()` with `async with` so an unused socket is closed.

### Barge-in

When the user interrupts, stop iterating and close the stream. Abandoning it
costs less than 1 ms. Then flush your player's buffer. The next turn uses a new
socket.

### Tuning knobs

The defaults are measured; change them only for a reason.

- `chunk_words`: default 4, which is also the minimum. Larger values delay the first audio.
- `peek_words`: lookahead, 1–5, default 2.
- `max_chunk_words`: default 20.
- `sample_rate`: for example 16000 if your transport runs at 16 kHz. The server renders at that rate, so no resampling is needed.
- `language`: for example `"hi"`, to force the language and normalise numbers and dates.
- `speed`: 0.7–1.5.
- `pronunciation_dictionary_id`: applies brand terms (see **svara-multilingual**).
- `on_event`: a callback that receives each spoken chunk's text. Use it for captions.

Blocking code without an event loop can call
`Svara().speech.stream_input(iterable, voice=...)`.

## LiveKit Agents

`pip install "svara-voice[livekit]"`

```python
from livekit.agents import AgentSession
from svara.livekit import TTS as SvaraTTS

session = AgentSession(
    vad=..., stt=..., llm=...,
    tts=SvaraTTS(voice="sv_enhdbrj5"),        # eager WebSocket by default; prewarms the next socket
)
```

Options:
- `language="hi"`, `speed=1.05` and `pronunciation_dictionary_id=...` are accepted.
- `tts.update_options(voice=..., language=...)` changes them live.
- `mode="http"` buffers sentences over HTTP. Use it only if a proxy blocks WebSockets.

Eager mode reaches first audio sooner than sentence mode, so keep the
default. For phone numbers,
put LiveKit SIP in front (see **svara-telephony**). Full example:
https://github.com/kenpath-labs/svara-python/blob/main/examples/livekit_agent.py

## Pipecat

`pip install "svara-voice[pipecat]"` (pipecat-ai ≥ 0.0.105)

```python
from svara.pipecat import SvaraTTSService

tts = SvaraTTSService(voice="sv_enhdbrj5", language="hi")
pipeline = Pipeline([transport.input(), stt, context_aggregator.user(), llm, tts,
                     transport.output(), context_aggregator.assistant()])
```

The service renders PCM at the transport's `audio_out_sample_rate`. Never
request `ulaw` here: Pipecat's telephony serializers do the G.711 encoding.

## JavaScript / any language: the raw WebSocket

```javascript
import WebSocket from "ws";

const ws = new WebSocket(
  "wss://api.kenpathlabs.com/v1/audio/speech/stream-input?voice=sv_enhdbrj5&mode=eager",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SVARA_API_KEY}` } },
);
ws.on("open", async () => {
  for await (const delta of llmTokenStream()) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: delta }));
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: "" }));                 // end of input
});
ws.on("message", (data, isBinary) => {
  if (isBinary) player.feed(data);                       // PCM16 LE mono, 24 kHz
  else {
    const msg = JSON.parse(data);
    if (msg.type === "done") ws.close();
    if (msg.type === "error") console.error(msg.message);
  }
});
```

- Always set `mode=eager`, because the server's default is `sentence`.
- Send `{"flush": true}` to speak buffered text immediately.
- One socket carries one utterance. To cut first-audio latency, open the next
  socket while the user is talking.
- If the socket closes without `{"type":"done"}`, the audio is truncated.
- Close code 1013 means no engine was ready. Retry that utterance.

Full protocol: the `svara-tts` skill's `references/rest-api.md`.

## Where the time goes

With Svara at about 80 ms to first audio, TTS is rarely the bottleneck. Most
of a turn's delay goes to end-of-turn detection, STT and the LLM's first token,
plus the PSTN hop on phone calls. Optimise those first, using a streaming STT
and a fast LLM. Then add `prepare()`, and reuse one `AsyncSvara` per process:
a new client for each turn pays a fresh TCP and TLS handshake.

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Voice agents with Svara TTS Turbo

Svara TTS Turbo delivers first audio in about 80 ms. The fastest paths, in order:

prepared.stream(): the socket is opened before the text exists, so connecting costs nothing when the reply starts.
stream_input(): the socket opens when the reply starts.
HTTP stream() per sentence: each sentence waits for the LLM to finish it.
The ElevenLabs realtime protocol against Svara: it buffers 120 characters before generating.

Setup: pip install svara-voice, export SVARA_API_KEY, and pick a voice id with the svara-voices skill. sv_enhdbrj5 is the default.

Python: LLM tokens → speech

import asyncio
from svara import AsyncSvara, FLUSH

async def speak_reply(client: AsyncSvara, llm_deltas, player):
    # llm_deltas: any (async) iterable of text fragments
    async for pcm in client.speech.stream_input(llm_deltas, voice="sv_enhdbrj5"):
        player.write(pcm)               # 24 kHz, 16-bit LE mono PCM

With the OpenAI Python SDK as the LLM:

async def deltas(openai_client, messages):
    stream = await openai_client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-4.1-mini", messages=messages, stream=True)
    async for event in stream:
        if event.choices and event.choices[0].delta.content:
            yield event.choices[0].delta.content
    yield FLUSH                         # turn over: speak whatever is buffered

Lowest latency: prepare the socket during the user's turn

async def handle_turn(client: AsyncSvara, user_text, player):
    prepared = await client.speech.prepare(voice="sv_enhdbrj5")     # while the user is still talking
    async for pcm in prepared.stream(deltas(openai_client, history + [user_text])):
        player.write(pcm)

A prepared socket carries one utterance. Prepare a new one for each turn.
A prepared socket stays usable for minutes. prepared.expired reports when one has gone stale.
Open prepare() with async with so an unused socket is closed.

Barge-in

When the user interrupts, stop iterating and close the stream. Abandoning it costs less than 1 ms. Then flush your player's buffer. The next turn uses a new socket.

Tuning knobs

The defaults are measured; change them only for a reason.

chunk_words: default 4, which is also the minimum. Larger values delay the first audio.
peek_words: lookahead, 1–5, default 2.
max_chunk_words: default 20.
sample_rate: for example 16000 if your transport runs at 16 kHz. The server renders at that rate, so no resampling is needed.
language: for example "hi", to force the language and normalise numbers and dates.
speed: 0.7–1.5.
pronunciation_dictionary_id: applies brand terms (see svara-multilingual).
on_event: a callback that receives each spoken chunk's text. Use it for captions.

Blocking code without an event loop can call Svara().speech.stream_input(iterable, voice=...).

LiveKit Agents

pip install "svara-voice[livekit]"

from livekit.agents import AgentSession
from svara.livekit import TTS as SvaraTTS

session = AgentSession(
    vad=..., stt=..., llm=...,
    tts=SvaraTTS(voice="sv_enhdbrj5"),        # eager WebSocket by default; prewarms the next socket
)

Options:

language="hi", speed=1.05 and pronunciation_dictionary_id=... are accepted.
tts.update_options(voice=..., language=...) changes them live.
mode="http" buffers sentences over HTTP. Use it only if a proxy blocks WebSockets.

Pipecat

pip install "svara-voice[pipecat]" (pipecat-ai ≥ 0.0.105)

from svara.pipecat import SvaraTTSService

tts = SvaraTTSService(voice="sv_enhdbrj5", language="hi")
pipeline = Pipeline([transport.input(), stt, context_aggregator.user(), llm, tts,
                     transport.output(), context_aggregator.assistant()])

The service renders PCM at the transport's audio_out_sample_rate. Never request ulaw here: Pipecat's telephony serializers do the G.711 encoding.

JavaScript / any language: the raw WebSocket

import WebSocket from "ws";

const ws = new WebSocket(
  "wss://api.kenpathlabs.com/v1/audio/speech/stream-input?voice=sv_enhdbrj5&mode=eager",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SVARA_API_KEY}` } },
);
ws.on("open", async () => {
  for await (const delta of llmTokenStream()) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: delta }));
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: "" }));                 // end of input
});
ws.on("message", (data, isBinary) => {
  if (isBinary) player.feed(data);                       // PCM16 LE mono, 24 kHz
  else {
    const msg = JSON.parse(data);
    if (msg.type === "done") ws.close();
    if (msg.type === "error") console.error(msg.message);
  }
});

Always set mode=eager, because the server's default is sentence.
Send {"flush": true} to speak buffered text immediately.
One socket carries one utterance. To cut first-audio latency, open the next socket while the user is talking.
If the socket closes without {"type":"done"}, the audio is truncated.
Close code 1013 means no engine was ready. Retry that utterance.

Full protocol: the svara-tts skill's references/rest-api.md.

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name: svara-voice-agent
description: Build low-latency conversational voice agents and voice bots with Svara TTS Turbo, streaming LLM tokens straight into speech (~80 ms to first audio). Use when building a voice assistant, AI receptionist, realtime voice bot, speech output for an LLM or chatbot, or when wiring TTS into LiveKit Agents, Pipecat, or a custom WebSocket pipeline, especially for Indian or multilingual users. Covers Python (svara-voice) and raw WebSocket from JavaScript.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Needs SVARA_API_KEY and outbound WebSocket (wss) access to api.kenpathlabs.com. Python 3.9+ with `pip install svara-voice` (extras [livekit] or [pipecat] for those frameworks).
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---
name: svara-voice-agent
description: Build low-latency conversational voice agents and voice bots with Svara TTS Turbo, streaming LLM tokens straight into speech (~80 ms to first audio). Use when building a voice assistant, AI receptionist, realtime voice bot, speech output for an LLM or chatbot, or when wiring TTS into LiveKit Agents, Pipecat, or a custom WebSocket pipeline, especially for Indian or multilingual users. Covers Python (svara-voice) and raw WebSocket from JavaScript.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Needs SVARA_API_KEY and outbound WebSocket (wss) access to api.kenpathlabs.com. Python 3.9+ with `pip install svara-voice` (extras [livekit] or [pipecat] for those frameworks).
metadata:
  author: Kenpath Labs
  version: "1.0"
  homepage: https://docs.kenpathlabs.com/input-streaming
---

# Voice agents with Svara TTS Turbo

In a voice agent, TTS is the last hop: caller → STT → LLM → **Svara** → caller.
Svara's input-streaming WebSocket takes the LLM's tokens as they arrive. It
starts speaking eight words in, and it keeps prosody continuous across the
reply because the whole reply is one generation.

Svara TTS Turbo delivers first audio in about **80 ms**. The fastest paths,
in order:

1. `prepared.stream()`: the socket is opened before the text exists, so connecting costs nothing when the reply starts.
2. `stream_input()`: the socket opens when the reply starts.
3. HTTP `stream()` per sentence: each sentence waits for the LLM to finish it.
4. The ElevenLabs realtime protocol against Svara: it buffers 120 characters before generating.

**Rule: for a live agent, use `stream_input`/`prepare`. Do not split the LLM
output into sentences and call `stream()` per sentence.** That splitting adds
the wait for each sentence to finish, and it flattens the pauses between
sentences.

Setup: `pip install svara-voice`, export `SVARA_API_KEY`, and pick a voice id
with the **svara-voices** skill. `sv_enhdbrj5` is the default.

## Python: LLM tokens → speech

```python
import asyncio
from svara import AsyncSvara, FLUSH

async def speak_reply(client: AsyncSvara, llm_deltas, player):
    # llm_deltas: any (async) iterable of text fragments
    async for pcm in client.speech.stream_input(llm_deltas, voice="sv_enhdbrj5"):
        player.write(pcm)               # 24 kHz, 16-bit LE mono PCM
```

With the OpenAI Python SDK as the LLM:

```python
async def deltas(openai_client, messages):
    stream = await openai_client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-4.1-mini", messages=messages, stream=True)
    async for event in stream:
        if event.choices and event.choices[0].delta.content:
            yield event.choices[0].delta.content
    yield FLUSH                         # turn over: speak whatever is buffered
```

### Lowest latency: prepare the socket during the user's turn

```python
async def handle_turn(client: AsyncSvara, user_text, player):
    prepared = await client.speech.prepare(voice="sv_enhdbrj5")     # while the user is still talking
    async for pcm in prepared.stream(deltas(openai_client, history + [user_text])):
        player.write(pcm)
```

- A prepared socket carries one utterance. Prepare a new one for each turn.
- A prepared socket stays usable for minutes. `prepared.expired` reports when one has gone stale.
- Open `prepare()` with `async with` so an unused socket is closed.

### Barge-in

When the user interrupts, stop iterating and close the stream. Abandoning it
costs less than 1 ms. Then flush your player's buffer. The next turn uses a new
socket.

### Tuning knobs

The defaults are measured; change them only for a reason.

- `chunk_words`: default 4, which is also the minimum. Larger values delay the first audio.
- `peek_words`: lookahead, 1–5, default 2.
- `max_chunk_words`: default 20.
- `sample_rate`: for example 16000 if your transport runs at 16 kHz. The server renders at that rate, so no resampling is needed.
- `language`: for example `"hi"`, to force the language and normalise numbers and dates.
- `speed`: 0.7–1.5.
- `pronunciation_dictionary_id`: applies brand terms (see **svara-multilingual**).
- `on_event`: a callback that receives each spoken chunk's text. Use it for captions.

Blocking code without an event loop can call
`Svara().speech.stream_input(iterable, voice=...)`.

## LiveKit Agents

`pip install "svara-voice[livekit]"`

```python
from livekit.agents import AgentSession
from svara.livekit import TTS as SvaraTTS

session = AgentSession(
    vad=..., stt=..., llm=...,
    tts=SvaraTTS(voice="sv_enhdbrj5"),        # eager WebSocket by default; prewarms the next socket
)
```

Options:
- `language="hi"`, `speed=1.05` and `pronunciation_dictionary_id=...` are accepted.
- `tts.update_options(voice=..., language=...)` changes them live.
- `mode="http"` buffers sentences over HTTP. Use it only if a proxy blocks WebSockets.

Eager mode reaches first audio sooner than sentence mode, so keep the
default. For phone numbers,
put LiveKit SIP in front (see **svara-telephony**). Full example:
https://github.com/kenpath-labs/svara-python/blob/main/examples/livekit_agent.py

## Pipecat

`pip install "svara-voice[pipecat]"` (pipecat-ai ≥ 0.0.105)

```python
from svara.pipecat import SvaraTTSService

tts = SvaraTTSService(voice="sv_enhdbrj5", language="hi")
pipeline = Pipeline([transport.input(), stt, context_aggregator.user(), llm, tts,
                     transport.output(), context_aggregator.assistant()])
```

The service renders PCM at the transport's `audio_out_sample_rate`. Never
request `ulaw` here: Pipecat's telephony serializers do the G.711 encoding.

## JavaScript / any language: the raw WebSocket

```javascript
import WebSocket from "ws";

const ws = new WebSocket(
  "wss://api.kenpathlabs.com/v1/audio/speech/stream-input?voice=sv_enhdbrj5&mode=eager",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SVARA_API_KEY}` } },
);
ws.on("open", async () => {
  for await (const delta of llmTokenStream()) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: delta }));
  ws.send(JSON.stringify({ text: "" }));                 // end of input
});
ws.on("message", (data, isBinary) => {
  if (isBinary) player.feed(data);                       // PCM16 LE mono, 24 kHz
  else {
    const msg = JSON.parse(data);
    if (msg.type === "done") ws.close();
    if (msg.type === "error") console.error(msg.message);
  }
});
```

- Always set `mode=eager`, because the server's default is `sentence`.
- Send `{"flush": true}` to speak buffered text immediately.
- One socket carries one utterance. To cut first-audio latency, open the next
  socket while the user is talking.
- If the socket closes without `{"type":"done"}`, the audio is truncated.
- Close code 1013 means no engine was ready. Retry that utterance.

Full protocol: the `svara-tts` skill's `references/rest-api.md`.

## Where the time goes

With Svara at about 80 ms to first audio, TTS is rarely the bottleneck. Most
of a turn's delay goes to end-of-turn detection, STT and the LLM's first token,
plus the PSTN hop on phone calls. Optimise those first, using a streaming STT
and a fast LLM. Then add `prepare()`, and reuse one `AsyncSvara` per process:
a new client for each turn pays a fresh TCP and TLS handshake.

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Voice agents with Svara TTS Turbo

Python: LLM tokens → speech

Lowest latency: prepare the socket during the user's turn

Barge-in

Tuning knobs

LiveKit Agents

Pipecat

JavaScript / any language: the raw WebSocket

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Use with my agent

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Start with one small task

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Overview

Voice agents with Svara TTS Turbo

Python: LLM tokens → speech

Lowest latency: prepare the socket during the user's turn

Barge-in

Tuning knobs

LiveKit Agents

Pipecat

JavaScript / any language: the raw WebSocket

Where the time goes

Use with my agent

Price & running costs

Start with one small task

Source & usage notes

Agent access

Related skills

For the creator

Community submitted

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