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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit
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Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here

Quail Voice Focus 2.0 launches with native LiveKit integration, bringing foreground speaker isolation and reliable audio to production voice agents.

Dark background with ai-coustics logo and text: Behind Quail Voice Focus 2.0: Technical benchmark and evaluation
Dark background with ai-coustics logo and text: Behind Quail Voice Focus 2.0: Technical benchmark and evaluation

Behind Quail Voice Focus 2.0: Technical benchmark and evaluation

A technical deep dive into Quail Voice Focus 2.0. See benchmarks, training methods, and how foreground speaker isolation improves ASR and VAD.

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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit

How Synthesia scaled voice cloning quality by improving audio at the source

When Synthesia reduced training data to 30 seconds, recording inconsistencies became critical. See how audio preprocessing improves voice clone stability.

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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit

What Word Error Rate tells us about Voice AI quality in production

In Voice AI, sounding clean isn’t enough. We explain what’s Word Error Rate and why transcription accuracy matters more than perceptual audio quality.

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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit

Simplifying audio enhancement for voice AI: Human vs. machine models explained

Speech enhancement for human perception is not the same as for machines. Learn the difference between Rook and Quail and how to choose the right SDK model.

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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit

Get started with the ai-coustics SDK in four simple steps

Want to test speech enhancement in your pipeline? This guide shows how to set up the ai-coustics SDK and run your first Quail test.

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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit

Meet Quail Voice Focus: Primary speaker isolation in real-time

Quail Voice Focus isolates the foreground speaker to reduce transcription errors in real-world, multi-speaker audio to improve reliability in the real-world.

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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit

The top 5 speech-to-text APIs for real-time voice AI (2026 Guide)

Choosing an STT provider isn’t enough. This article compares leading STT tools and shows how speech enhancement improves reliability.

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Header image for a blog titled ‘Voice Focus 2.0 + Native LiveKit Integration: Production-ready voice agents are here’ displaying jointly logos of ai-coustic and LiveKit

Meet Quail: Improving transcription in every condition

Real-world audio breaks many STT systems. Quail is a speech enhancement model built to improve transcription accuracy across noisy environments.

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Bring real-time audio intelligence into your voice AI stack

Bring real-time audio intelligence into your voice AI stack