Voice & Conversational AI
Build voice agents that feel natural — the STT→LLM→TTS pipeline vs. speech-native models, latency and turn-taking, and the cloning-fraud and disclosure law you can't ignore.
Voice is becoming a primary interface for AI — customer service, assistants, and agents that talk. But building voice AI that feels natural is hard: latency, turn-taking, interruption, and a cascading error stack where one misheard word derails the whole conversation. This course teaches developers and product teams the voice-AI pipeline, the technology components (STT, TTS, speech-to-speech), conversation design for voice, and the real ethical and legal issues — voice-cloning fraud and disclosure law.
It is practical and current for 2026, and honest about what's hard (latency isn't as low as the marketing suggests). Specific products and latency numbers change fast, so the course emphasizes durable concepts.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the voice-AI pipeline (STT, LLM, TTS) and speech-native models
- Design for latency, turn-taking, and interruption
- Handle the cascading error stack and build reliable voice agents
- Navigate voice-cloning fraud, consent, and disclosure law (FCC/TCPA)
Curriculum
Module 1: Foundations
FreeHow voice AI works, cascade vs. speech-native, the honest truth about latency, and turn-taking.
Module 2: The Technology Components
PremiumSpeech-to-text and Whisper's hallucination issue, TTS and voice cloning, speech-to-speech, and orchestration frameworks.
- Speech-to-text and the Whisper hallucination problem15 min
- Text-to-speech and voice cloning12 min
- Realtime speech-to-speech models12 min
- Orchestration frameworks12 min
Module 3: Building Good Voice Agents
PremiumConversation design for voice, the cascading error stack, telephony, and grounding/guardrails.
- Conversation design for voice12 min
- The cascading error stack12 min
- Telephony integration12 min
- Grounding and guardrails for voice12 min
Module 4: Risks, Ethics & Law
PremiumVoice-cloning fraud, the FCC/TCPA ruling and disclosure law, accessibility, and the road ahead.
- Voice cloning and deepfake fraud12 min
- The law: FCC/TCPA, disclosure, and voice rights15 min
- Accessibility: benefits and considerations12 min
- The road ahead12 min
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