hkjarral
But if you want to go full local route then you need GPU and if call volume is heavy then more RAM and CPU.
Basic hardware should be handle 20-30 concurrent calls with a cloud provider.
Full breakdown of hardware requirements is captured in this document: https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk/...
It also supports full local agent if you have a GPU with 25GB RAM which enables realtime conversation along with tool calling.
I started this as a hobby project last year when I started exploring voice agents and every saw every Saas tried to lock you in their eco system. Since then project has taken off and a lot of asterisk people started using it due to ease of setup and wide range of providers and flexibility.
Core is MIT: https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk Free and open source forever.
No install Mock UI us hosted at: https://demo.agent6789.com
I am also exploring to convert this into a more polished version for Operators to handle multiple customer and multi tenant environment and I would genuinely like to hear feedback on it.
Happy to answer any questions and gather any feedback. Thanks.
Show HN: Ava – AI Voice Agent for Traditional Phone Systems(Python+Asterisk/ARI)
https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk
Hi HN, I'm the creator of AVA - AI Voice Agent for AsteriskMy repo was shared here once before by someone else so I wanted to follow up with the progress since then.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380399I've been working with Asterisk/FreePBX systems for years. I wanted to add AI voice capabilities to legacy phone systems without paying per-minute SaaS fees or ripping out the entire...