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Audio Object Storage (Recordings, Prompts, Datasets) Speech-to-Text (STT) API / Hosting Text-to-Speech (TTS) API / Hosting GPU Compute for Speech Inference (Whisper/TTS) Real-time Voice Infra (WebRTC, Voice Agents) Conversation State Management (Dialog Memory) Vector Database for Conversation Memory & RAG LLM Inference for Dialogue Management / Agent Reasoning Background Jobs for Async Transcription & TTS Queue for Audio Processing Jobs (Durable) API Gateway + Rate Limiting for Voice API Telephony API (PSTN / SIP for Voice Agents) Usage Metering (Audio Minutes, Characters, Tokens) Monitoring & Observability for ASR/TTS Latency Inference Hosting Platform (Serverless GPU for Whisper/TTS/LLM) CDN for Audio Delivery (TTS playback, recordings) Authentication & Authorization for Voice API Logging & Analytics for Conversations Secrets Management (API Keys, Voice Credentials) Options and prices come straight from our research sheets for a small scale speech and conversational project. Prices are estimates and change often — always confirm on the provider's page before committing. 