Sparrow-2 – Noise cancellation isn't designed for conversational AI
Have a real conversation with a Tavus PAL and watch Sparrow-2 read it live: who holds the floor, who is acknowledging, and who just cut in.
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The #1 ranked turn-taking model on TurnBench. Talk to a PAL and watch it understand the conversation as itfrom sparrow2.tavuslabs.org
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