OpenAI patents voice system that stops talking when you interrupt
This filing describes a method for real-time voice conversations where the system listens while it is speaking. If it detects that the user has started talking, it stops generating the rest of its response to allow for natural back-and-forth dialogue.
In the filing’s own words
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media for real-time modes of a generative response engine. The present technology includes different technologies to improve real-time operation to create natural and dynamic interactions to user experiences. A method of the present technology includes transmitting first audio frames of a first speech instance to a generative response engine; while transmitting a response from the generative response engine associated with the first speech instance to a client device, receiving second audio frames from the client device; detecting an interruption at the client device based on the second audio frames; determining interruption information corresponding to first tokens in the response that were presented to the client device; and transmitting the interruption information to the generative response engine, wherein the generative response engine uses the interruption information to remove second tokens of the response that follow the first tokens.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: transmitting first audio frames of a first speech instance to a generative response engine; while transmitting a response from the generative response engine associated with the first speech instance to a client device, receiving second audio frames from the client device; detecting an interruption at the client device based on the second audio frames; determining interruption information corresponding to first tokens in the response that were presented to the client device; and transmitting the interruption information to the generative response engine, wherein the generative response engine uses the interruption information to remove second tokens of the response that follow the first tokens.
Facts
- Company
- OpenAI (OpenAI OpCo, LLC.)
- Official title
- REAL TIME VOICE MODE GENERATIVE RESPONSE ENGINE WITH INTERRUPTION DETECTION
- Publication number
- US20260311693A1
- Application number
- 19098667
- Filed
- Apr 2, 2025
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 13
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G10L 15/22 Physics & computingG10L 13/00 Physics & computingG10L 25/78 Physics & computingMore from OpenAI in AI & software
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