Concepts
Understanding audio streaming
Stream audio as it generates to reduce latency.
Rather than waiting for a full audio file, you can stream audio chunks as they are generated. Streaming dramatically reduces time-to-first-byte, which is essential for real-time and conversational use cases.
- Use the streaming endpoint or SDK stream helper.
- Play chunks as they arrive instead of buffering the whole file.
- Choose a low-latency model only when that model is exposed by the configured runtime and has been benchmarked for the use case.
Machine-readable source: /docs/concepts/audio-streaming.md