OpenAI Realtime APIgpt-4o-realtime-previewWebRTC PeerConnectionServer VADBarge-in Interruption
OpenAI Realtime WebRTC Voice & Multimodal Agent Studio
Eliminate cascaded speech pipeline latency (STT → LLM → TTS). Stream live microphone audio directly into OpenAI's multimodal speech-to-speech engine using WebRTC peer connections, Server Voice Activity Detection (VAD), and instant voice barge-in interruptions under 300ms.
Total Voice Latency
<280 ms
Sub-second conversation
Audio Codec
Opus 24kHz
Direct SRTP media stream
Turn Detection
Server VAD
500ms silence threshold
Cascaded Latency Cut
-58% Latency
Direct Speech-to-Speech
⚙️ Realtime Voice Config Live Sync
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Speech-to-Speech ROI
By avoiding three sequential API round-trips (Whisper STT 800ms + GPT-4o LLM 1200ms + ElevenLabs TTS 700ms = 2.7s total latency), WebRTC direct streaming achieves 280ms human-like response velocity with built-in acoustic barge-in cancellation.
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WebRTC Audio PeerConnection