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by duckkg5 175 days ago
Absolutely not.

500-1000ms is borderline acceptable.

Sub-300ms is closer to SOTA.

2000ms or more means people will hang up.

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play "Just a second, one moment please <sounds of typing>".wave as soon as input goes quiet.

ChatGPT app has a audio version of the spinner icon when you ask it a question and it needs a second before answering.

I haaaaate the fake typing noises.
Alternate between that and

    play "ehh".wav
160ms is essentially optimal and you can get down to about 200ms AFAIK.
With what system?