Latency affects trust. Callers notice when an agent takes too long to respond. Measure latency across speech recognition, reasoning, tools, text-to-speech, and telephony.

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Checklist

1

Keep prompts concise.

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2

Avoid slow tools in the critical path.

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3

Cache static context.

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4

Use shorter answers.

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5

Monitor carrier and SIP performance.

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