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We used LemonSlice, LiveKit, and ElevenLabs. We just shared the full interview, and here's the repo if anyone is interested in building the same thing: https://github.com/openserv-labs/openclaw-voice-avatar Our avatar was a really hard one to handle, but I think it's still really good. All we did was connect the APIs. LemonSl", "context": "", "use_case": "voice avatar", "switched_from": "", "story": "We Interviewed Our OpenClaw Agent Using a Voice Avatar"}, {"id": 748706496, "item_id": 46794156, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794156", "by": "armcat", "date": "2026-01-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is so awesome, well done LemonSlice team!", "excerpt": "This is so awesome, well done LemonSlice team! Super interesting on the ASR->LLM->TTS pipeline, and I agree, you can make it super fast (I did something myself as a 2-hour hobby project: https://github.com/acatovic/ova). I've been following full-duplex models as well and so far couldn't get even PersonaPlex to run properly (without choppiness/latency), but have you peeps tried Sesame, e.g. https://app.sesame.com/? I ", "context": "", "use_case": "Voice agent avatars", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}, {"id": 748639056, "item_id": 46789941, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46789941", "by": "snowmaker", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Having a real-time video conversation with an AI is a trippy feeling.", "excerpt": "I made a golden retriever you can talk to using Lemon Slice: https://lemonslice.com/hn/agent_5af522f5042ff0a8 Having a real-time video conversation with an AI is a trippy feeling. Talk about a \"feel the AGI moment\", it really does feel like the computer has come alive.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI video avatars", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}, {"id": 748591568, "item_id": 46786973, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786973", "by": "tmshapland", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's very easy to get started.", "excerpt": "Here's the link to the LiveKit LemonSlice plugin. It's very easy to get started. https://docs.livekit.io/agents/models/avatar/plugins/lemonslice/", "context": "", "use_case": "AI avatar for voice agents", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}, {"id": 748559168, "item_id": 46784948, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46784948", "by": "r0fl", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Wow I can\u2019t get enough of this site! This is literally all I\u2019ve been playing with for like half an hour.", "excerpt": "Wow I can\u2019t get enough of this site! This is literally all I\u2019ve been playing with for like half an hour. Even moved a meeting! My mind is blown! It feels like the first time I used my microphone to chat with ai", "context": "", "use_case": "voice agents with a face", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["voice avatar", "voice agent avatars", "ai video avatars", "ai avatar for voice agents", "voice agents with a face"], "compared": [{"slug": "livekit", "name": "LiveKit", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 749139696, "item_id": 46821231, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821231", "by": "lcolucci", "date": "2026-01-29", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "why would you want to stop this little guy from existing in the world?", "excerpt": "Do you think the same about text that is indistinguishable from human-written text (LLM chatbots)? Or voice that is indistinguishable from a human talking? Illegal things, like fraud and impersonation, are illegal. There's a difference between the tool and the actions people do with the tool. There are tons of useful applications of interactive avatars - from corporate training to kids education to language learning ", "context": "", "use_case": "interactive AI avatars", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}, {"id": 748788944, "item_id": 46799309, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46799309", "by": "lcolucci", "date": "2026-01-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Can you help us make him?", "excerpt": "Can you help us make him? What's the right voice? https://lemonslice.com/hn", "context": "", "use_case": "Animated face for voice agents", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}, {"id": 748550784, "item_id": 46784424, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46784424", "by": "lcolucci", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "You can combine any TTS, LLM and STT combination with LemonSlice as the avatar layer.", "excerpt": "Good question! Yes and to do this you'd want to use our \"Self-Managed Pipeline\": https://lemonslice.com/docs/self-managed/overview. 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I've been following full-duplex models as well and so far couldn't get even PersonaPlex to run properly (without choppiness/latency), but have you peeps tried Sesame, e.g. https://app.sesame.com/? I ", "context": "", "use_case": "Voice agent avatars", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}, {"id": 748639056, "item_id": 46789941, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46789941", "by": "snowmaker", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Having a real-time video conversation with an AI is a trippy feeling.", "excerpt": "I made a golden retriever you can talk to using Lemon Slice: https://lemonslice.com/hn/agent_5af522f5042ff0a8 Having a real-time video conversation with an AI is a trippy feeling. 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This is literally all I\u2019ve been playing with for like half an hour.", "excerpt": "Wow I can\u2019t get enough of this site! This is literally all I\u2019ve been playing with for like half an hour. Even moved a meeting! My mind is blown! It feels like the first time I used my microphone to chat with ai", "context": "", "use_case": "voice agents with a face", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}, {"id": 748558928, "item_id": 46784933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46784933", "by": "lcolucci", "date": "2026-01-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There's a button for \"Get 1st month free\" in the Developer Quickstart", "excerpt": "https://lemonslice.com/hn - There's a button for \"Get 1st month free\" in the Developer Quickstart", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: LemonSlice \u2013 Give your voice agents a face"}]}