Pipecat 1.16 adds PerceptionReader to read prosody, tone and sarcasm in voice agents
m4rkmc · x · 2026-11-13
Pipecat 1.16 ships PerceptionReader, filling a long-standing gap in voice agents: understanding how users speak, not just what they say. Paired with Google's Decision 1 (released yesterday), streaming audio yields accurate reads on prosody, tone, and sarcasm. A live demo is available, and the team says more expressivity measurement work is coming.
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