Developer pushes back: 'speech-to-speech' should mean native audio turn-based LLMs only

pbbakkum · x · 2026-10-31

A developer offers a precise definition of an often-abused voice marketing term: "speech-to-speech" should specifically mean a turn-based LLM with native audio input and output — distinct from cascaded ASR+LLM+TTS stacks hidden behind a single API, and distinct from full-duplex non-turn-based voice models like gpt-live-1. "Adjust your press releases accordingly," he writes.

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