Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-time video

Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by wumms on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:24PM (#46785028)

You could add a Max Headroom to the hn link. You might reach real time by interspersing freeze frames, duplicates, or static.

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by sid-the-kid on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:34PM (#46785214)

And, just like that, Max Headroom is back: https://lemonslice.com/try/agent_ccb102bdfc1fcb30

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by sbarre on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @09:20PM (#46790217)

That.. is not Max Headroom.

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by andrew-w on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @10:32PM (#46790728)

I wonder how it would come across with the right voice. We're focused on building out the video layer tech, but at the end of the day, the voice is also pretty important for a positive experience.

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by lcolucci on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @01:12PM (#46799309)

Can you help us make him? What's the right voice? https://lemonslice.com/hn

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by sbarre on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @07:05PM (#46803668)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYdpOjletnc

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by sid-the-kid on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:28PM (#46785117)

1) yes on Max Headroom. we are on it. 2) it already is real time...?

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by wumms on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:51PM (#46785488)

Whoops! Mistook the "You're about to speak with an AI."-progress bar for processing delay.

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by sid-the-kid on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:19PM (#46785916)

Makes sense. The init should be about 10s. But, after that, it should be real time. TBH, this is probably a common confusion. So thanks for calling it out.

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Re:Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-t... by lcolucci on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:45PM (#46788211)

I wonder if we should make the UI a more common interface (e.g. "the call is ringing") to avoid this confusion?

It's a normal mp4 video that's looping initially (the "welcome message") and then as soon as you send the bot a message, we connect you to a GPU and the call becomes interactive. Connecting to the GPU takes about 10s.

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