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Behavior & timing

Tune interruptions, turn-taking, silence and call durations.

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These controls shape how the conversation feels. Most have tuned defaults; adjust them when a call sounds off.

Interruptions#

  • Allow interruptions: whether a caller can talk over the agent to interrupt it. On for natural back-and-forth; off for scripted or noisy environments.
  • Interruption sensitivity: how eagerly caller speech interrupts the agent. Raise it if the agent gets cut off by background noise.

Turn-taking#

  • End-of-turn sensitivity: how much silence counts as the caller finishing. Raise it if the agent jumps in on half-sentences; lower it if it waits too long.
  • Reply delay: a short pause after the caller stops before the agent replies. A little extra when a sentence sounds unfinished avoids talking over a caller who is still thinking.

Call length#

  • Pickup delay: how long after answering before the agent starts speaking.
  • Max call length: hang up after this many seconds. Raise it for long consultations.
  • Hang up after silence: end the call after this much dead air.

The AI Assistant (Troubleshoot guide) sets these for you from a real call, a fast way to fix "it interrupted me" or "it waited forever".

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