DEFINITION
VAD
Voice Activity Detection
Definition
A signal processing technique that identifies whether audio contains speech or silence. VAD is commonly used in voice AI pipelines to trigger processing only when speech is detected, reducing latency and computational overhead.
Examples in the Wild
- Example 1:Silero VAD for detecting speech in voice AI pipelines
- Example 2:Running gender classification after VAD detection in voice agents
- Example 3:Optimizing voice agent responsiveness by skipping silence processing