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Vapi AI voice agent settings tweaked after real-world call issues

A developer shared practical adjustments made to a Vapi AI voice agent after encountering issues during real phone calls. Key changes included refining the prompt to exclude sensitive information like prices, adjusting language settings to ensure consistent goodbyes in French, and disabling default background noise. The developer also modified speech-to-text settings to better handle pauses and background noise, preventing premature interruptions or misinterpretations of caller input. AI

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Vapi AI voice agent settings tweaked after real-world call issues

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    7 Vapi Settings I Changed After Real Phone Calls (Voice Agent Gotchas, Tested)

    <p>I run a voice agent on a business phone line. It answers in French, English or Chinese, takes a message (who is calling, what they need, how to reach them) and hands it to a human. The stack: Vapi for the call, Soniox for speech-to-text, Claude Haiku for the conversation, an E…