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# Realtime voice user

# Realtime Voice

Realtime Voice lets you have a live spoken conversation with your WednesdayAI assistant —
streaming two-way audio with near-instant responses, live transcripts, and the ability to
interrupt the assistant mid-sentence.

## What you need

A voice provider must be configured by your WednesdayAI administrator before realtime voice
is available. If no provider is configured, the feature will not appear or will return an
"unavailable" message. Ask your admin to install and configure a realtime voice provider plugin.

## How a session works

1. **Start** — your client app sends a session request; the Gateway connects to the voice provider.
2. **Speak** — your audio streams to the Gateway in real time.
3. **Listen** — the assistant's audio streams back to you with a live transcript.
4. **Interrupt (barge-in)** — start speaking at any time to interrupt the assistant's response.
5. **End** — tap Stop or disconnect; the session closes gracefully.

## During a session

| What you see       | What it means                                                     |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Connecting…        | Gateway is establishing the provider bridge                       |
| Ready              | Provider is connected and listening                               |
| Transcript updates | Live captions of both sides of the conversation                   |
| Tool activity      | Assistant is looking something up or taking an action             |
| Session ended      | Session closed normally (time limit, stop request, or disconnect) |

## Session limits

* **30 minutes** maximum per session. The session ends automatically with a "completed" notice.
* **2 concurrent sessions** per connection — starting a third requires closing one first.

## Interrupting the assistant

You can speak while the assistant is responding — this signals a barge-in and stops playback.
The assistant processes your new speech from that point. Some providers support barge-in
detection automatically; others require you to tap a button in the client UI.

## Assistant actions during voice sessions

If your assistant is configured with agent access, it can perform actions while you speak —
looking up information, checking memory, reading files, or running tools — and report the result
back as a spoken response. You may hear a brief acknowledgement ("let me check on that") while
the action runs.

## If something goes wrong

| Symptom                                 | Likely cause                                    |
| --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| "No realtime voice provider registered" | Provider plugin not installed or not configured |
| Session drops immediately               | Provider connection failed — check admin logs   |
| Audio cuts out mid-session              | Network interruption or provider error          |
| Transcript stops updating               | Non-fatal provider error; session may continue  |

Contact your WednesdayAI administrator if sessions consistently fail. Admin configuration
instructions are in [Realtime Voice — Gateway setup](/talk/realtime-voice).