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Solving End-of-Turn Detection in Voice AI: Why Your Agent Interrupts and How to Fix It

The most infuriating thing a voice AI agent can do is interrupt you mid-sentence. Or the opposite — wait 3 seconds after you stop talking before responding. Both problems trace back to the same root cause: end-of-turn detection. This is the hardest unsolved problem in voice AI engineering, and this guide explains exactly how it works, why it breaks, and the cutting-edge approaches to fixing it.