introduce StartInterruptionFrame and StopInterruptionFrame

src/pipecat/frames/frames.py

@@ -216,6 +216,28 @@ class StopTaskFrame(SystemFrame):
     pass
 
 
+@dataclass
+class StartInterruptionFrame(SystemFrame):
+    """Emitted by VAD to indicate that a user has started speaking (i.e. is
+    interruption). This is similar to UserStartedSpeakingFrame except that it
+    should be pushed concurrently with other frames (so the order is not
+    guaranteed).
+
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+@dataclass
+class StopInterruptionFrame(SystemFrame):
+    """Emitted by VAD to indicate that a user has stopped speaking (i.e. no more
+    interruptions). This is similar to UserStoppedSpeakingFrame except that it
+    should be pushed concurrently with other frames (so the order is not
+    guaranteed).
+
+    """
+    pass
+
+
 #
 # Control frames
 #

src/pipecat/transports/base_input.py

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from pipecat.frames.frames import (
     StartFrame,
     EndFrame,
     Frame,
+    StartInterruptionFrame,
+    StopInterruptionFrame,
     UserStartedSpeakingFrame,
     UserStoppedSpeakingFrame)
 from pipecat.transports.base_transport import TransportParams
@@ -123,9 +125,14 @@ class BaseInputTransport(FrameProcessor):
     #
 
     async def _handle_interruptions(self, frame: Frame):
-        if self._allow_interruptions and isinstance(frame, UserStartedSpeakingFrame):
-            self._push_frame_task.cancel()
-            self._create_push_task()
+        if self._allow_interruptions:
+            # Make sure we notify about interruptions quickly out-of-band
+            if isinstance(frame, UserStartedSpeakingFrame):
+                self._push_frame_task.cancel()
+                self._create_push_task()
+                await self.push_frame(StartInterruptionFrame())
+            elif isinstance(frame, UserStoppedSpeakingFrame):
+                await self.push_frame(StopInterruptionFrame())
         await self._internal_push_frame(frame)
 
     #

src/pipecat/transports/base_output.py

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ from pipecat.frames.frames import (
     EndFrame,
     Frame,
     ImageRawFrame,
-    TransportMessageFrame,
-    UserStartedSpeakingFrame,
-    UserStoppedSpeakingFrame)
+    StartInterruptionFrame,
+    StopInterruptionFrame,
+    TransportMessageFrame)
 from pipecat.transports.base_transport import TransportParams
 
 from loguru import logger
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class BaseOutputTransport(FrameProcessor):
         elif isinstance(frame, CancelFrame):
             await self.stop()
             await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
-        elif isinstance(frame, UserStartedSpeakingFrame) or isinstance(frame, UserStoppedSpeakingFrame):
+        elif isinstance(frame, StartInterruptionFrame) or isinstance(frame, StopInterruptionFrame):
             await self._handle_interruptions(frame)
             await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
         elif self._frame_managed_by_sink(frame):
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ class BaseOutputTransport(FrameProcessor):
         if not self._allow_interruptions:
             return
 
-        if isinstance(frame, UserStartedSpeakingFrame):
+        if isinstance(frame, StartInterruptionFrame):
             self._is_interrupted.set()
-        elif isinstance(frame, UserStoppedSpeakingFrame):
+        elif isinstance(frame, StopInterruptionFrame):
             self._is_interrupted.clear()
 
     def _sink_thread_handler(self):