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EVA 0.97 Beta: Conversational AI gets major voice and memory upgrades

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Blacksail Studio has released EVA 0.97 Beta, a significant update to their conversational AI. This version introduces substantial improvements to EVA's voice pipeline, including enhanced microphone control with a mute function, more robust voice activity detection that better distinguishes speech from background noise, and improved end-of-speech handling for clearer interactions. The update also features live partial transcription for immediate feedback and refined echo resistance to prevent the AI from interrupting itself. AI

IMPACT Enhances user experience for conversational AI by improving voice interaction clarity and responsiveness.

RANK_REASON This is a beta release of a specific conversational AI application, not a frontier model release or significant industry-wide event.

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EVA 0.97 Beta: Conversational AI gets major voice and memory upgrades

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    EVA 0.97 Beta Devlog https://youtu.be/WP_SPnjsUxo Building a more expressive, persistent, and release-ready conversational AI EVA 0.97 is the largest update we

    EVA 0.97 Beta Devlog https://youtu.be/WP_SPnjsUxo Building a more expressive, persistent, and release-ready conversational AI EVA 0.97 is the largest update we have produced so far. What began as a focused effort to improve microphone control expanded into a broad refinement of E…

    LINKS youtube.com/watch evadestiny.com

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