{"title":"Audio-to-Token Latency: Real-time Stream Lag","region":"Global","category":"Operations","description":"Minimizing the delay between text generation and speech output.","lastUpdated":"2026-02-23","steps":["Implement 'Streaming-First' audio synthesis (TTS).","Monitor 'First-Phoneme Latency' in real-time agent responses.","Optimize 'Audio Buffer Size' to prevent stuttering.","Parallelize 'Text-to-Speech' and 'Vision-to-Voice' pipelines.","Use Edge-based audio caching for recurring conversational greetings."],"url":"https://checklist.day/audio-to-token-latency-real-time-stream-lag"}