by NodicalASDIC is a 2027-2028 research project. Published measurements are those of the notebook; targets are targets.
LearnUnderstanding a phone conversation, one page at a time.
What is known, what exists, what we measure. Every page cites its sources and keeps measured facts apart from targets.
- 1 October 2026
Detecting voicemail in under two seconds: what exists today
How an AI recognises an answering machine on the phone: the three methods, what each costs in seconds, what Twilio and research publish, and where ASDIC stands (8 s measured on 60,287 calls, 2 s target).
- 1 October 2026
End of turn: waiting for silence is not enough
How an AI knows you have finished speaking: the difference between “no more sound” and “done”, the cut-off / delay trade-off, what LiveKit, Pipecat and Kyutai publish — and what they do not (language, telephone).
- 1 October 2026
Measuring a voice agent: the five numbers that matter
A voice agent's “latency” says almost nothing about an outbound call. The five measurements ASDIC publishes (human or voicemail, end of turn, cut-offs, handovers, duration), how to read a median and a p90, and what public benchmarks are worth.
- 1 October 2026
8 kHz audio: what the models can't hear
Why speech recognition collapses over the phone: 300–3,400 Hz band, G.711 codecs, lost packets; third-party figures (Whisper, Deepgram on CallHome); and what ASDIC will measure on French calls.