We’re thrilled to announce that Héctor Zelaya, WebRTC.ventures Developer Advocate and AI enthusiast, has launched an El Salvador chapter of AI Tinkerers, a global initiative designed to empower local professionals in artificial intelligence. And it will have its first meetup on Saturday, August 30, 2025. Through demos,
Voice AI applications are changing how businesses handle customer interactions and how users navigate digital interfaces. These systems process spoken requests, understand natural language, and respond with generated audio in real time. Building a voice AI application requires understanding speech processing, language models, and real-time communication infrastructure.
AI-powered voice agents are transforming communications across industries like telecom, healthcare, and enterprise customer service. But delivering low-latency, natural-sounding AI responses in real time at low costs remains a major challenge. Leveraging the “lightweight AI” of Small Language Models (SLMs) and free open-source stacks can help overcome
In a previous post, Reducing Voice Agent Latency with Parallel SLMs and LLMs, we showed how to reduce response times and create more natural conversational experiences using the LiveKit Agents framework. But optimization is only half the equation. Once your voice agents are deployed and handling real
