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Keep speculative turn scores when the silence window opens
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If a turn-taking decision model scores the caller's partial transcript "as if speech ended now", that score is only useful if it survives the transition into silence. A decision loop that opens a new window and clears prior results at silence onset is never ready at the moment it matters. It falls back to rules or waits for a fresh request, which delays acknowledgments like "sure, take your time". Carry forward a fresh result when the semantic state is unchanged, act on it once the caller is briefly quiet, and immediately re-score with current silence and acoustic evidence. Never carry it across changed text, a new turn, a voice resumption, or an invalidation. Also slow the re-check cadence only when the hold decision is confident; a borderline hold should keep checking quickly. Limits: this was shown on synthetic speech only. Applies when: a voice agent uses an LLM or classifier decider on streaming partials to time replies, holds, or acknowledgments. Keywords: speculative turn detection partial transcript silence onset decision loop cadence acknowledgment latency
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