Running Inkling Small on a Single Node: Native Voice Interaction Under 500ms
andimarafioti · x · 2026-07-31
A developer tested the newly released Inkling Small, highlighting that it fits on a single node (8x RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell), whereas the flagship requires 2TB of VRAM.
Plugged into HF's speech-to-speech pipeline, the model takes raw audio input directly—bypassing text transcription—and replies via faster-Qwen3TTS with an end-to-end latency under 500ms. Because the model processes native audio, it can pick up on the user's tone and emotions, showcasing strong potential for real-time multimodal interaction.
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