Voice Mode

#!/bin/bash # Voice Mode Comparison Script # Runs local voice mode vs OpenAI voice mode side-by-side for demo purposes # # This script creates two tmux panes above the current pane with different voice configurations: # - Left pane: OpenAI (cloud-based TTS/STT) # - Right pane: Local (Whisper + Kokoro) # # Usage: ./compare-voice-modes.sh [message] # message: Optional message to speak (default: provider-specific greeting) # (Must be run from within a tmux session) # Get message from argument or use defaults MESSAGE="${1:-}" # Pane name identifiers OPENAI_PANE_NAME="voice-compare-openai" LOCAL_PANE_NAME="voice-compare-local" # Check if we're in a tmux session if [ -z "$TMUX" ]; then echo "❌ Error: This script must be run from within a tmux session" echo " Start tmux first: tmux" exit 1 fi echo "🎬 Starting voice mode comparison demo..." echo "" # Clean up existing comparison panes if they exist EXISTING_PANES=$(tmux list-panes -F '#{pane_id} #{pane_title}' | grep -E "(${OPENAI_PANE_NAME}|${LOCAL_PANE_NAME})" | cut -d' ' -f1) if [ -n "$EXISTING_PANES" ]; then echo "🧹 Cleaning up existing comparison panes..." for pane_id in $EXISTING_PANES; do tmux kill-pane -t "$pane_id" 2>/dev/null || true done sleep 0.2 fi echo "Configuration:" echo " Top-left pane: OpenAI (Cloud)" echo " Top-right pane: Local (Whisper + Kokoro)" echo " Bottom pane: Control/output (current)" echo "" # Get current pane ID CURRENT_PANE="$(tmux display-message -p '#{pane_id}')" # Split current pane horizontally (create top pane) tmux split-window -v -b -p 75 # Get the new top pane ID TOP_PANE="$(tmux display-message -p '#{pane_id}')" # Split the top pane vertically to create left and right tmux split-window -h -t "$TOP_PANE" # Get the two pane IDs (after the split, we need to find them) # The top-left will be the one we just split, top-right is the new one PANES=($(tmux list-panes -F '#{pane_id}' | grep -v "$CURRENT_PANE")) LEFT_PANE="${PANES[0]}" RIGHT_PANE="${PANES[1]}" # Name the panes so we can identify them later tmux select-pane -t "$LEFT_PANE" -T "$OPENAI_PANE_NAME" tmux select-pane -t "$RIGHT_PANE" -T "$LOCAL_PANE_NAME" sleep 0.3 # Add visual separators to each pane tmux send-keys -t "$LEFT_PANE" "clear && echo '╔════════════════════════════════════╗' && echo '║ OpenAI Voice Mode (Cloud) ║' && echo '╚════════════════════════════════════╝' && echo ''" Enter tmux send-keys -t "$RIGHT_PANE" "clear && echo '╔════════════════════════════════════╗' && echo '║ Local Voice Mode (Whisper+Kokoro)║' && echo '╚════════════════════════════════════╝' && echo ''" Enter sleep 0.3 # Set default messages if not provided if [ -z "$MESSAGE" ]; then OPENAI_MESSAGE='.cloud' LOCAL_MESSAGE='.voice' else OPENAI_MESSAGE="$MESSAGE" LOCAL_MESSAGE="$MESSAGE" fi # Configuration for OpenAI (left pane) # Forces OpenAI endpoints for both TTS and STT OPENAI_CMD="VOICEMODE_TTS_BASE_URLS=https://api.openai.com/v1 VOICEMODE_STT_BASE_URLS=https://api.openai.com/v1 voicemode converse --transport local --message '$OPENAI_MESSAGE'" # Configuration for Local (right pane) # Uses local endpoints (defaults to Kokoro TTS + Whisper STT) LOCAL_CMD="VOICEMODE_VOICES=af_sky voicemode converse --transport local --message '$LOCAL_MESSAGE'" echo "⏳ Preparing both voice modes for simultaneous start..." # Send commands to both panes without executing yet tmux send-keys -t "$LEFT_PANE" "$OPENAI_CMD" tmux send-keys -t "$RIGHT_PANE" "$LOCAL_CMD" sleep 0.2 echo "▶️ Starting both voice modes simultaneously..." # Execute both commands at the same time (minimize timing difference) tmux send-keys -t "$LEFT_PANE" Enter tmux send-keys -t "$RIGHT_PANE" Enter sleep 0.5 echo "" echo "✅ Both voice modes initialized!" echo "📊 Comparison demo is running" echo "" echo "Pane IDs:" echo " • OpenAI (left): $LEFT_PANE" echo " • Local (right): $RIGHT_PANE" echo " • Control (this): $CURRENT_PANE" echo "" echo "📊 Metrics to observe:" echo " • Time to First Audio (TTFA) - shown in voice response timing" echo " • Total round-trip latency" echo " • STT processing time" echo " • Response generation time" echo " • Audio playback time" echo "" echo "Key advantages of local:" echo " ✓ Lower latency (no network round-trips)" echo " ✓ No bandwidth costs" echo " ✓ Full privacy (data stays local)" echo " ✓ Works offline" echo "" echo "👀 Both voice modes are now running above." echo "💬 Speak naturally in either pane to test." echo "⏹️ Press Ctrl+C in a pane to stop it, or run: tmux kill-pane -t PANE_ID" echo ""