services(tts): don't wait for BotStoppedSpeakingFrame to resume input queue

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206 changed files with 1602 additions and 12439 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,11 +28,4 @@ share/python-wheels/
 MANIFEST
 .DS_Store
 .env
-fly.toml
-
-# Example files
-pipecat/examples/twilio-chatbot/templates/streams.xml
-
-# Documentation
-docs/api/_build/
-docs/api/api
+fly.toml
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-
-build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
-  tools:
-    python: '3.12'
-  apt_packages:
-    - portaudio19-dev
-    - python3-dev
-    - libasound2-dev
-  jobs:
-    pre_build:
-      - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      - pip install wheel setuptools
-    post_build:
-      - echo "Build completed"
-
-sphinx:
-  configuration: docs/api/conf.py
-  fail_on_warning: false
-
-python:
-  install:
-    - requirements: docs/api/requirements.txt
-    - method: pip
-      path: .
-
-search:
-  ranking:
-    api/*: 5
-    getting-started/*: 4
-    guides/*: 3
-
-submodules:
-  include: all
-  recursive: true
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,178 +9,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0

 ### Added

- Add support for more languages to ElevenLabs (Arabic, Croatian, Filipino,
-  Tamil) and PlayHT (Afrikans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Croatian,
-  Galician, Hebrew, Mandarin, Serbian, Tagalog, Urdu, Xhosa).
-
-### Changed
-
- It's no longer necessary to call `super().start/stop/cancel(frame)` if you
-  subclass and implement `AIService.start/stop/cancel()`. This is all now done
-  internally and will avoid possible issues if you forget to add it.
-
- It's no longer necessary to call `super().process_frame(frame, direction)` if
-  you subclass and implement `FrameProcessor.process_frame()`. This is all now
-  done internally and will avoid possible issues if you forget to add it.
-
-### Deprecated
-
- `AWSTTSService` is now deprecated, use `PollyTTSService` instead.
-
-### Fixed
-
- Fixed a `BaseOutputTransport` issue that was causing non-audio frames being
-  processed before the previous audio frames were played. This will allow, for
-  example, sending a frame `A` after a `TTSSpeakFrame` and the frame `A` will
-  only be pushed downstream after the audio generated from `TTSSpeakFrame` has
-  been spoken.
-
-## [0.0.50] - 2024-12-11
-
-### Added
-
- Added `GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService`. This is an integration for Google's
-  Gemini Multimodal Live API, supporting:
-
-  - Real-time audio and video input processing
-  - Streaming text responses with TTS
-  - Audio transcription for both user and bot speech
-  - Function calling
-  - System instructions and context management
-  - Dynamic parameter updates (temperature, top_p, etc.)
-
- Added `AudioTranscriber` utility class for handling audio transcription with
-  Gemini models.
-
- Added new context classes for Gemini:
-
-  - `GeminiMultimodalLiveContext`
-  - `GeminiMultimodalLiveUserContextAggregator`
-  - `GeminiMultimodalLiveAssistantContextAggregator`
-  - `GeminiMultimodalLiveContextAggregatorPair`
-
- Added new foundational examples for `GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService`:
-
-  - `26-gemini-multimodal-live.py`
-  - `26a-gemini-multimodal-live-transcription.py`
-  - `26b-gemini-multimodal-live-video.py`
-  - `26c-gemini-multimodal-live-video.py`
-
- Added `SimliVideoService`. This is an integration for Simli AI avatars.
-  (see https://www.simli.com)
-
- Added NVIDIA Riva's `FastPitchTTSService` and `ParakeetSTTService`.
-  (see https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-data-science/products/riva/)
-
- Added `IdentityFilter`. This is the simplest frame filter that lets through
-  all incoming frames.
-
- New `STTMuteStrategy` called `FUNCTION_CALL` which mutes the STT service
-  during LLM function calls.
-
- `DeepgramSTTService` now exposes two event handlers `on_speech_started` and
-  `on_utterance_end` that could be used to implement interruptions. See new
-  example `examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram-vad.py`.
-
- Added `GroqLLMService`, `GrokLLMService`, and `NimLLMService` for Groq, Grok,
-  and NVIDIA NIM API integration, with an OpenAI-compatible interface.
-
- New examples demonstrating function calling with Groq, Grok, Azure OpenAI,
-  Fireworks, and NVIDIA NIM: `14f-function-calling-groq.py`,
-  `14g-function-calling-grok.py`, `14h-function-calling-azure.py`,
-  `14i-function-calling-fireworks.py`, and `14j-function-calling-nvidia.py`.
-
- In order to obtain the audio stored by the `AudioBufferProcessor` you can now
-  also register an `on_audio_data` event handler. The `on_audio_data` handler
-  will be called every time `buffer_size` (a new constructor argument) is
-  reached. If `buffer_size` is 0 (default) you need to manually get the audio as
-  before using `AudioBufferProcessor.merge_audio_buffers()`.
-
-```
-@audiobuffer.event_handler("on_audio_data")
-async def on_audio_data(processor, audio, sample_rate, num_channels):
-    await save_audio(audio, sample_rate, num_channels)
-```
-
 - Added a new RTVI message called `disconnect-bot`, which when handled pushes
  an `EndFrame` to trigger the pipeline to stop.

 ### Changed

- `STTMuteFilter` now supports multiple simultaneous muting strategies.
-
- `XTTSService` language now defaults to `Language.EN`.
-
- `SoundfileMixer` doesn't resample input files anymore to avoid startup
-  delays. The sample rate of the provided sound files now need to match the
-  sample rate of the output transport.
-
- Input frames (audio, image and transport messages) are now system frames. This
-  means they are processed immediately by all processors instead of being queued
-  internally.
-
 - Expanded the transcriptions.language module to support a superset of
  languages.

 - Updated STT and TTS services with language options that match the supported
  languages for each service.

- Updated the `AzureLLMService` to use the `OpenAILLMService`. Updated the
-  `api_version` to `2024-09-01-preview`.
-
- Updated the `FireworksLLMService` to use the `OpenAILLMService`. Updated the
-  default model to `accounts/fireworks/models/firefunction-v2`.
-
- Updated the `simple-chatbot` example to include a Javascript and React client
-  example, using RTVI JS and React.
-
-### Removed
-
- Removed `AppFrame`. This was used as a special user custom frame, but there's
-  actually no use case for that.
-
 ### Fixed

- Fixed a `ParallelPipeline` issue that would cause system frames to be queued.
-
- Fixed `FastAPIWebsocketTransport` so it can work with binary data (e.g. using
-  the protobuf serializer).
-
- Fixed an issue in `CartesiaTTSService` that could cause previous audio to be
-  received after an interruption.
-
- Fixed Cartesia, ElevenLabs, LMNT and PlayHT TTS websocket
-  reconnection. Before, if an error occurred no reconnection was happening.
-
- Fixed a `BaseOutputTransport` issue that was causing audio to be discarded
-  after an `EndFrame` was received.
-
- Fixed an issue in `WebsocketServerTransport` and `FastAPIWebsocketTransport`
-  that would cause a busy loop when using audio mixer.
-
- Fixed a `DailyTransport` and `LiveKitTransport` issue where connections were
-  being closed in the input transport prematurely. This was causing frames
-  queued inside the pipeline being discarded.
-
- Fixed an issue in `DailyTransport` that would cause some internal callbacks to
-  not be executed.
-
- Fixed an issue where other frames were being processed while a `CancelFrame`
-  was being pushed down the pipeline.
-
- `AudioBufferProcessor` now handles interruptions properly.
-
- Fixed a `WebsocketServerTransport` issue that would prevent interruptions with
-  `TwilioSerializer` from working.
-
- `DailyTransport.capture_participant_video` now allows capturing user's screen
-  share by simply passing `video_source="screenVideo"`.
-
- Fixed Google Gemini message handling to properly convert appended messages to
-  Gemini's required format.
-
- Fixed an issue with `FireworksLLMService` where chat completions were failing
-  by removing the `stream_options` from the chat completion options.
+- Fixed Google Gemini message handling to properly convert appended messages to Gemini's required format

 ## [0.0.49] - 2024-11-17

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ pip install "pipecat-ai[option,...]"

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-| Audio Processing    | [Silero VAD](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/utilities/audio/silero-vad-analyzer), [Krisp](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/utilities/audio/krisp-filter), [Noisereduce](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/utilities/audio/noisereduce-filter)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `pip install "pipecat-ai[silero]"`      |
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+| Category            | Services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Install Command Example               |
+| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
+| Speech-to-Text      | [AssemblyAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/stt/assemblyai), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/stt/azure), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/stt/deepgram), [Gladia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/stt/gladia), [Whisper](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/stt/whisper)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `pip install "pipecat-ai[deepgram]"`  |
+| LLMs                | [Anthropic](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/llm/anthropic), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/llm/azure), [Fireworks AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/llm/fireworks), [Gemini](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/llm/gemini), [Ollama](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/llm/ollama), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/llm/openai), [Together AI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/llm/together)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | `pip install "pipecat-ai[openai]"`    |
+| Text-to-Speech      | [AWS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/aws), [Azure](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/azure), [Cartesia](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/cartesia), [Deepgram](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/deepgram), [ElevenLabs](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/elevenlabs), [Google](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/google), [LMNT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/lmnt), [OpenAI](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/openai), [PlayHT](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/playht), [Rime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/rime), [XTTS](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/tts/xtts) | `pip install "pipecat-ai[cartesia]"`  |
+| Speech-to-Speech    | [OpenAI Realtime](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/s2s/openai)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | `pip install "pipecat-ai[openai]"`    |
+| Transport           | [Daily (WebRTC)](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/transport/daily), WebSocket, Local                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | `pip install "pipecat-ai[daily]"`     |
+| Video               | [Tavus](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/video/tavus)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `pip install "pipecat-ai[tavus]"`     |
+| Vision & Image      | [Moondream](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/vision/moondream), [fal](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/services/image-generation/fal)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `pip install "pipecat-ai[moondream]"` |
+| Audio Processing    | [Silero VAD](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/utilities/audio/silero-vad-analyzer), [Krisp](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/utilities/audio/krisp-filter), [Noisereduce](https://docs.pipecat.ai/api-reference/utilities/audio/noisereduce-filter)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `pip install "pipecat-ai[silero]"`    |
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--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 build~=1.2.1
-grpcio-tools~=1.65.4
+grpcio-tools~=1.62.2
 pip-tools~=7.4.1
 pyright~=1.1.376
 pytest~=8.3.2
--- a/docs/api/Makefile
+++ b/docs/api/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Minimal makefile for Sphinx documentation
-#
-
-# You can set these variables from the command line, and also
-# from the environment for the first two.
-SPHINXOPTS    ?=
-SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
-SOURCEDIR     = .
-BUILDDIR      = _build
-
-# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
-help:
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
-
-.PHONY: help Makefile
-
-# Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
-# "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
-%: Makefile
-	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
--- a/docs/api/README.md
+++ b/docs/api/README.md
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-# Pipecat Documentation
-
-This directory contains the source files for auto-generating Pipecat's server API reference documentation.
-
-## Setup
-
-1. Install documentation dependencies:
-
-```bash
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-```
-
-2. Make the build scripts executable:
-
-```bash
-chmod +x build-docs.sh rtd-test.py
-```
-
-## Building Documentation
-
-From this directory, you can build the documentation in several ways:
-
-### Local Build
-
-```bash
-# Using the build script (automatically opens docs when done)
-./build-docs.sh
-
-# Or directly with sphinx-build
-sphinx-build -b html . _build/html -W --keep-going
-```
-
-### ReadTheDocs Test Build
-
-To test the documentation build process exactly as it would run on ReadTheDocs:
-
-```bash
-./rtd-test.py
-```
-
-This script:
-
- Creates a fresh virtual environment
- Installs all dependencies as specified in requirements files
- Handles conflicting dependencies (like grpcio versions for Riva and PlayHT)
- Builds the documentation in an isolated environment
- Provides detailed logging of the build process
-
-Use this script to verify your documentation will build correctly on ReadTheDocs before pushing changes.
-
-## Viewing Documentation
-
-The built documentation will be available at `_build/html/index.html`. To open:
-
-```bash
-# On MacOS
-open _build/html/index.html
-
-# On Linux
-xdg-open _build/html/index.html
-
-# On Windows
-start _build/html/index.html
-```
-
-## Directory Structure
-
-```
-.
-├── api/            # Auto-generated API documentation
-├── _build/         # Built documentation
-├── _static/        # Static files (images, css, etc.)
-├── conf.py         # Sphinx configuration
-├── index.rst       # Main documentation entry point
-├── requirements-base.txt    # Base documentation dependencies
-├── requirements-riva.txt    # Riva-specific dependencies
-├── requirements-playht.txt  # PlayHT-specific dependencies
-├── build-docs.sh   # Local build script
-└── rtd-test.py     # ReadTheDocs test build script
-```
-
-## Notes
-
- Documentation is auto-generated from Python docstrings
- Service modules are automatically detected and included
- The build process matches our ReadTheDocs configuration
- Warnings are treated as errors (-W flag) to maintain consistency
- The --keep-going flag ensures all errors are reported
- Dependencies are split into multiple requirements files to handle version conflicts
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-If you encounter missing service modules:
-
-1. Verify the service is installed with its extras: `pip install pipecat-ai[service-name]`
-2. Check the build logs for import errors
-3. Ensure the service module is properly initialized in the package
-4. Run `./rtd-test.py` to test in an isolated environment matching ReadTheDocs
-
-For dependency conflicts:
-
-1. Check the requirements files for version specifications
-2. Use `rtd-test.py` to verify dependency resolution
-3. Consider adding service-specific requirements files if needed
-
-For more information:
-
- [ReadTheDocs Configuration](.readthedocs.yaml)
- [Sphinx Documentation](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/)
--- a/docs/api/build-docs.sh
+++ b/docs/api/build-docs.sh
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Clean previous build
-rm -rf _build
-
-# Build docs matching ReadTheDocs configuration
-sphinx-build -b html -d _build/doctrees . _build/html -W --keep-going
-
-# Open docs (MacOS)
-open _build/html/index.html
--- a/docs/api/conf.py
+++ b/docs/api/conf.py
@@ -1,252 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
-# Configure logging
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
-logger = logging.getLogger("sphinx-build")
-
-# Add source directory to path
-docs_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-project_root = docs_dir.parent.parent
-sys.path.insert(0, str(project_root / "src"))
-
-# Project information
-project = "pipecat-ai"
-copyright = "2024, Daily"
-author = "Daily"
-
-# General configuration
-extensions = [
-    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
-    "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
-    "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
-    "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
-]
-
-# Napoleon settings
-napoleon_google_docstring = True
-napoleon_numpy_docstring = False
-napoleon_include_init_with_doc = True
-
-# AutoDoc settings
-autodoc_default_options = {
-    "members": True,
-    "member-order": "bysource",
-    "special-members": "__init__",
-    "undoc-members": True,
-    "exclude-members": "__weakref__",
-    "no-index": True,
-    "show-inheritance": True,
-}
-
-# Mock imports for optional dependencies
-autodoc_mock_imports = [
-    "riva",
-    "livekit",
-    "pyht",  # Base PlayHT package
-    "pyht.async_client",  # PlayHT specific imports
-    "pyht.client",
-    "pyht.protos",
-    "pyht.protos.api_pb2",
-    "pipecat_ai_playht",  # PlayHT wrapper
-    "anthropic",
-    "assemblyai",
-    "boto3",
-    "azure",
-    "cartesia",
-    "deepgram",
-    "elevenlabs",
-    "fal",
-    "gladia",
-    "google",
-    "krisp",
-    "langchain",
-    "lmnt",
-    "noisereduce",
-    "openai",
-    "openpipe",
-    "simli",
-    "soundfile",
-    # Existing mocks
-    "pipecat_ai_krisp",
-    "pyaudio",
-    "_tkinter",
-    "tkinter",
-    "daily",
-    "daily_python",
-    "pydantic.BaseModel",
-    "pydantic.Field",
-    "pydantic._internal._model_construction",
-    "pydantic._internal._fields",
-]
-
-# HTML output settings
-html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
-html_static_path = ["_static"]
-autodoc_typehints = "description"
-html_show_sphinx = False
-
-
-def verify_modules():
-    """Verify that required modules are available."""
-    required_modules = {
-        "services": [
-            "assemblyai",
-            "aws",
-            "cartesia",
-            "deepgram",
-            "google",
-            "lmnt",
-            "riva",
-            "simli",
-        ],
-        "serializers": ["livekit"],
-        "vad": ["silero", "vad_analyzer"],
-        "transports": {
-            "services": ["daily", "livekit"],
-            "local": ["audio", "tk"],
-            "network": ["fastapi_websocket", "websocket_server"],
-        },
-    }
-
-    missing = []
-    for category, modules in required_modules.items():
-        if isinstance(modules, dict):
-            # Handle nested structure
-            for subcategory, submodules in modules.items():
-                for module in submodules:
-                    try:
-                        __import__(f"pipecat.{category}.{subcategory}.{module}")
-                        logger.info(
-                            f"Successfully imported pipecat.{category}.{subcategory}.{module}"
-                        )
-                    except (ImportError, TypeError, NameError) as e:
-                        missing.append(f"pipecat.{category}.{subcategory}.{module}")
-                        logger.warning(
-                            f"Optional module not available: pipecat.{category}.{subcategory}.{module} - {str(e)}"
-                        )
-        else:
-            # Handle flat structure
-            for module in modules:
-                try:
-                    __import__(f"pipecat.{category}.{module}")
-                    logger.info(f"Successfully imported pipecat.{category}.{module}")
-                except (ImportError, TypeError, NameError) as e:
-                    missing.append(f"pipecat.{category}.{module}")
-                    logger.warning(
-                        f"Optional module not available: pipecat.{category}.{module} - {str(e)}"
-                    )
-
-    if missing:
-        logger.warning(f"Some optional modules are not available: {missing}")
-
-
-def clean_title(title: str) -> str:
-    """Automatically clean module titles."""
-    # Remove everything after space (like 'module', 'processor', etc.)
-    title = title.split(" ")[0]
-
-    # Get the last part of the dot-separated path
-    parts = title.split(".")
-    title = parts[-1]
-
-    # Special cases for service names and common acronyms
-    special_cases = {
-        "ai": "AI",
-        "aws": "AWS",
-        "api": "API",
-        "vad": "VAD",
-        "assemblyai": "AssemblyAI",
-        "deepgram": "Deepgram",
-        "elevenlabs": "ElevenLabs",
-        "openai": "OpenAI",
-        "openpipe": "OpenPipe",
-        "playht": "PlayHT",
-        "xtts": "XTTS",
-        "lmnt": "LMNT",
-    }
-
-    # Check if the entire title is a special case
-    if title.lower() in special_cases:
-        return special_cases[title.lower()]
-
-    # Otherwise, capitalize each word
-    words = title.split("_")
-    cleaned_words = []
-    for word in words:
-        if word.lower() in special_cases:
-            cleaned_words.append(special_cases[word.lower()])
-        else:
-            cleaned_words.append(word.capitalize())
-
-    return " ".join(cleaned_words)
-
-
-def setup(app):
-    """Generate API documentation during Sphinx build."""
-    from sphinx.ext.apidoc import main
-
-    docs_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-    project_root = docs_dir.parent.parent
-    output_dir = str(docs_dir / "api")
-    source_dir = str(project_root / "src" / "pipecat")
-
-    # Clean existing files
-    if Path(output_dir).exists():
-        import shutil
-
-        shutil.rmtree(output_dir)
-        logger.info(f"Cleaned existing documentation in {output_dir}")
-
-    logger.info(f"Generating API documentation...")
-    logger.info(f"Output directory: {output_dir}")
-    logger.info(f"Source directory: {source_dir}")
-
-    excludes = [
-        str(project_root / "src/pipecat/pipeline/to_be_updated"),
-        str(project_root / "src/pipecat/processors/gstreamer"),
-        str(project_root / "src/pipecat/services/to_be_updated"),
-        str(project_root / "src/pipecat/vad"),  # deprecated
-        "**/test_*.py",
-        "**/tests/*.py",
-    ]
-
-    try:
-        main(
-            [
-                "-f",  # Force overwriting
-                "-e",  # Don't generate empty files
-                "-M",  # Put module documentation before submodule documentation
-                "--no-toc",  # Don't create a table of contents file
-                "--separate",  # Put documentation for each module in its own page
-                "--module-first",  # Module documentation before submodule documentation
-                "--implicit-namespaces",  # Added: Handle implicit namespace packages
-                "-o",
-                output_dir,
-                source_dir,
-            ]
-            + excludes
-        )
-
-        logger.info("API documentation generated successfully!")
-
-        # Process generated RST files to update titles
-        for rst_file in Path(output_dir).glob("**/*.rst"):  # Changed to recursive glob
-            content = rst_file.read_text()
-            lines = content.split("\n")
-
-            # Find and clean up the title
-            if lines and "=" in lines[1]:  # Title is typically the first line
-                old_title = lines[0]
-                new_title = clean_title(old_title)
-                content = content.replace(old_title, new_title)
-                rst_file.write_text(content)
-                logger.info(f"Updated title: {old_title} -> {new_title}")
-
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Error generating API documentation: {e}", exc_info=True)
-
-
-# Run module verification
-verify_modules()
--- a/docs/api/index.rst
+++ b/docs/api/index.rst
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-Pipecat API Reference Docs
-==========================
-
-Welcome to Pipecat's API reference documentation!
-
-Pipecat is an open source framework for building voice and multimodal assistants.
-It provides a flexible pipeline architecture for connecting various AI services,
-audio processing, and transport layers.
-
-Quick Links
-----------
-
-* `GitHub Repository <https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat>`_
-* `Website <https://pipecat.ai>`_
-
-API Reference
-------------
-
-Core Components
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-* :mod:`Frames <pipecat.frames>`
-* :mod:`Processors <pipecat.processors>`
-* :mod:`Pipeline <pipecat.pipeline>`
-
-Audio Processing
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-* :mod:`Audio <pipecat.audio>`
-
-Services
-~~~~~~~~
-
-* :mod:`Services <pipecat.services>`
-
-Transport & Serialization
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-* :mod:`Transports <pipecat.transports>`
-   * :mod:`Local <pipecat.transports.local>`
-   * :mod:`Network <pipecat.transports.network>`
-   * :mod:`Services <pipecat.transports.services>`
-* :mod:`Serializers <pipecat.serializers>`
-
-Utilities
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-* :mod:`Clocks <pipecat.clocks>`
-* :mod:`Metrics <pipecat.metrics>`
-* :mod:`Sync <pipecat.sync>`
-* :mod:`Transcriptions <pipecat.transcriptions>`
-* :mod:`Utils <pipecat.utils>`
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 3
-   :caption: API Reference
-   :hidden:
-
-   Audio <api/pipecat.audio>
-   Clocks <api/pipecat.clocks>
-   Frames <api/pipecat.frames>
-   Metrics <api/pipecat.metrics>
-   Pipeline <api/pipecat.pipeline>
-   Processors <api/pipecat.processors>
-   Serializers <api/pipecat.serializers>
-   Services <api/pipecat.services>
-   Sync <api/pipecat.sync>
-   Transcriptions <api/pipecat.transcriptions>
-   Transports <api/pipecat.transports>
-   Utils <api/pipecat.utils>
-
-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`modindex`
-* :ref:`search`
--- a/docs/api/make.bat
+++ b/docs/api/make.bat
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-
-pushd %~dp0
-
-REM Command file for Sphinx documentation
-
-if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" (
-	set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
-)
-set SOURCEDIR=.
-set BUILDDIR=_build
-
-%SPHINXBUILD% >NUL 2>NUL
-if errorlevel 9009 (
-	echo.
-	echo.The 'sphinx-build' command was not found. Make sure you have Sphinx
-	echo.installed, then set the SPHINXBUILD environment variable to point
-	echo.to the full path of the 'sphinx-build' executable. Alternatively you
-	echo.may add the Sphinx directory to PATH.
-	echo.
-	echo.If you don't have Sphinx installed, grab it from
-	echo.https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
-	exit /b 1
-)
-
-if "%1" == "" goto help
-
-%SPHINXBUILD% -M %1 %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
-goto end
-
-:help
-%SPHINXBUILD% -M help %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
-
-:end
-popd
--- a/docs/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/api/requirements.txt
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Sphinx dependencies
-sphinx>=8.1.3
-sphinx-rtd-theme
-sphinx-markdown-builder
-sphinx-autodoc-typehints
-toml
-
-# Install all extras individually to ensure they're properly resolved
-pipecat-ai[anthropic]
-pipecat-ai[assemblyai]
-pipecat-ai[aws]
-pipecat-ai[azure]
-pipecat-ai[canonical]
-pipecat-ai[cartesia]
-pipecat-ai[daily]
-pipecat-ai[deepgram]
-pipecat-ai[elevenlabs]
-pipecat-ai[fal]
-pipecat-ai[fireworks]
-pipecat-ai[gladia]
-pipecat-ai[google]
-pipecat-ai[grok]
-pipecat-ai[groq]
-# pipecat-ai[krisp] # Mocked instead
-pipecat-ai[langchain]
-pipecat-ai[livekit]
-pipecat-ai[lmnt]
-pipecat-ai[local]
-pipecat-ai[moondream]
-pipecat-ai[nim]
-pipecat-ai[noisereduce]
-pipecat-ai[openai]
-# pipecat-ai[openpipe]
-# pipecat-ai[playht] # Mocked due to grpcio conflict with riva
-pipecat-ai[riva]
-pipecat-ai[silero]
-pipecat-ai[simli]
-pipecat-ai[soundfile]
-pipecat-ai[websocket]
-pipecat-ai[whisper]
--- a/docs/api/rtd-test.sh
+++ b/docs/api/rtd-test.sh
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# Configuration
-DOCS_DIR=$(pwd)
-PROJECT_ROOT=$(cd ../../ && pwd)
-TEST_DIR="/tmp/rtd-test-$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
-
-echo "Creating test directory: $TEST_DIR"
-mkdir -p "$TEST_DIR"
-cd "$TEST_DIR"
-
-# Create virtual environment
-python -m venv venv
-source venv/bin/activate
-
-echo "Installing build dependencies..."
-pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
-
-echo "Installing documentation dependencies..."
-pip install -r "$DOCS_DIR/requirements.txt"
-
-echo "Building documentation..."
-cd "$DOCS_DIR"
-sphinx-build -b html . "_build/html"
-
-echo "Build complete. Check _build/html directory for output."
-
-# Print summary
-echo -e "\n=== Build Summary ==="
-echo "Documentation: $DOCS_DIR/_build/html"
-echo "Test environment: $TEST_DIR"
-echo -e "\nTo view the documentation:"
-echo "open $DOCS_DIR/_build/html/index.html"
-
-# Print installed packages for verification
-echo -e "\n=== Installed Packages ==="
-pip freeze | grep -E "sphinx|pipecat"
--- a/docs/frame.md
+++ b/docs/frame.md
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ Notable control frames:

 ## 7. Special Purpose Frames

+### AppFrame
+Base class for application-specific custom frames.
+
 ### MetricsFrame
 Contains performance metrics data.

--- a/dot-env.template
+++ b/dot-env.template
@@ -54,9 +54,5 @@ TAVUS_API_KEY=...
 TAVUS_REPLICA_ID=...
 TAVUS_PERSONA_ID=...

-# Simli
-SIMLI_API_KEY=...
-SIMLI_FACE_ID=...
-
-# Krisp
-KRISP_MODEL_PATH=...
+#Krisp
+KRISP_MODEL_PATH=...
--- a/examples/canonical-metrics/bot.py
+++ b/examples/canonical-metrics/bot.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ async def main():
            audio_buffer_processor=audio_buffer_processor,
            aiohttp_session=session,
            api_key=os.getenv("CANONICAL_API_KEY"),
+            api_url=os.getenv("CANONICAL_API_URL"),
            call_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
            assistant="pipecat-chatbot",
            assistant_speaks_first=True,
--- a/examples/chatbot-audio-recording/bot.py
+++ b/examples/chatbot-audio-recording/bot.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
 #

-import aiofiles
 import asyncio
-import io
 import os
 import sys

@@ -34,17 +32,15 @@ logger.remove(0)
 logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")


-async def save_audio(audio: bytes, sample_rate: int, num_channels: int):
-    if len(audio) > 0:
+async def save_audio(audiobuffer):
+    if audiobuffer.has_audio():
+        merged_audio = audiobuffer.merge_audio_buffers()
        filename = f"conversation_recording{datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')}.wav"
-        with io.BytesIO() as buffer:
-            with wave.open(buffer, "wb") as wf:
-                wf.setsampwidth(2)
-                wf.setnchannels(num_channels)
-                wf.setframerate(sample_rate)
-                wf.writeframes(audio)
-            async with aiofiles.open(filename, "wb") as file:
-                await file.write(buffer.getvalue())
+        with wave.open(filename, "wb") as wf:
+            wf.setnchannels(2)
+            wf.setsampwidth(2)
+            wf.setframerate(audiobuffer._sample_rate)
+            wf.writeframes(merged_audio)
        print(f"Merged audio saved to {filename}")
    else:
        print("No audio data to save")
@@ -110,9 +106,7 @@ async def main():
        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages)
        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)

-        # Save audio every 10 seconds.
-        audiobuffer = AudioBufferProcessor(buffer_size=480000)
-
+        audiobuffer = AudioBufferProcessor()
        pipeline = Pipeline(
            [
                transport.input(),  # microphone
@@ -127,10 +121,6 @@ async def main():

        task = PipelineTask(pipeline, PipelineParams(allow_interruptions=True))

-        @audiobuffer.event_handler("on_audio_data")
-        async def on_audio_data(buffer, audio, sample_rate, num_channels):
-            await save_audio(audio, sample_rate, num_channels)
-
        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
@@ -140,6 +130,7 @@ async def main():
        async def on_participant_left(transport, participant, reason):
            print(f"Participant left: {participant}")
            await task.queue_frame(EndFrame())
+            await save_audio(audiobuffer)

        runner = PipelineRunner()

--- a/examples/chatbot-audio-recording/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/chatbot-audio-recording/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-aiofiles
 python-dotenv
 fastapi[all]
 uvicorn
--- a/examples/deployment/modal-example/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/deployment/modal-example/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ python-dotenv==1.0.1
 modal==0.65.48
 pipecat-ai[daily,silero,cartesia,openai]==0.0.48
 fastapi==0.115.4
-aiohttp==3.11.9
+aiohttp==3.10.10
--- a/examples/foundational/01c-fastpitch.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/01c-fastpitch.py
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import aiohttp
-import os
-import sys
-
-from pipecat.frames.frames import EndFrame, TTSSpeakFrame
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineTask
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.services.riva import FastPitchTTSService
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-from runner import configure
-
-from loguru import logger
-
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, _) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url, None, "Say One Thing", DailyParams(audio_out_enabled=True)
-        )
-
-        tts = FastPitchTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("NVIDIA_API_KEY"))
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        task = PipelineTask(Pipeline([tts, transport.output()]))
-
-        # Register an event handler so we can play the audio when the
-        # participant joins.
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            participant_name = participant.get("info", {}).get("userName", "")
-            await task.queue_frames([TTSSpeakFrame(f"Aloha, {participant_name}!"), EndFrame()])
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/05-sync-speech-and-image.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/05-sync-speech-and-image.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass

 from pipecat.frames.frames import (
-    DataFrame,
+    AppFrame,
    Frame,
    LLMFullResponseStartFrame,
    LLMMessagesFrame,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")


@dataclass
-class MonthFrame(DataFrame):
+class MonthFrame(AppFrame):
    month: str

    def __str__(self):
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class MonthPrepender(FrameProcessor):
        self.prepend_to_next_text_frame = False

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, MonthFrame):
            self.most_recent_month = frame.month
        elif self.prepend_to_next_text_frame and isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
--- a/examples/foundational/05a-local-sync-speech-and-image.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/05a-local-sync-speech-and-image.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ async def main():
                    self.text = ""

                async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+                    await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
                    if isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
                        self.text = frame.text
                    await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ async def main():
                    self.frame = None

                async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+                    await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
                    if isinstance(frame, TTSAudioRawFrame):
                        self.audio.extend(frame.audio)
                        self.frame = OutputAudioRawFrame(
@@ -86,6 +90,8 @@ async def main():
                    self.frame = None

                async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+                    await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
                    if isinstance(frame, URLImageRawFrame):
                        self.frame = frame
                    await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
--- a/examples/foundational/06a-image-sync.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/06a-image-sync.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class ImageSyncAggregator(FrameProcessor):
        self._waiting_image_bytes = self._waiting_image.tobytes()

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if not isinstance(frame, SystemFrame) and direction == FrameDirection.DOWNSTREAM:
            await self.push_frame(
                OutputImageRawFrame(
--- a/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram-vad.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/07c-interruptible-deepgram-vad.py
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from deepgram import LiveOptions
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.frames.frames import (
-    BotInterruptionFrame,
-    LLMMessagesFrame,
-    StopInterruptionFrame,
-    UserStartedSpeakingFrame,
-    UserStoppedSpeakingFrame,
-)
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.services.deepgram import DeepgramSTTService, DeepgramTTSService
-from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, _) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            None,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_in_enabled=True,
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        stt = DeepgramSTTService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"),
-            live_options=LiveOptions(vad_events=True, utterance_end_ms="1000"),
-        )
-
-        tts = DeepgramTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"), voice="aura-helios-en")
-
-        llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), model="gpt-4o")
-
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),  # Transport user input
-                stt,  # STT
-                context_aggregator.user(),  # User responses
-                llm,  # LLM
-                tts,  # TTS
-                transport.output(),  # Transport bot output
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),  # Assistant spoken responses
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(pipeline, PipelineParams(allow_interruptions=True))
-
-        @stt.event_handler("on_speech_started")
-        async def on_speech_started(stt, *args, **kwargs):
-            await task.queue_frames([BotInterruptionFrame(), UserStartedSpeakingFrame()])
-
-        @stt.event_handler("on_utterance_end")
-        async def on_utterance_end(stt, *args, **kwargs):
-            await task.queue_frames([StopInterruptionFrame(), UserStoppedSpeakingFrame()])
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            messages.append({"role": "system", "content": "Please introduce yourself to the user."})
-            await task.queue_frames([LLMMessagesFrame(messages)])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/07i-interruptible-xtts.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/07i-interruptible-xtts.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ async def main():
        tts = XTTSService(
            aiohttp_session=session,
            voice_id="Claribel Dervla",
+            language="en",
            base_url="http://localhost:8000",
        )

--- a/examples/foundational/07m-interruptible-polly.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/07m-interruptible-polly.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
 from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
 from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.services.aws import PollyTTSService
+from pipecat.services.aws import AWSTTSService
 from pipecat.services.deepgram import DeepgramSTTService
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ async def main():

        stt = DeepgramSTTService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"))

-        tts = PollyTTSService(
+        tts = AWSTTSService(
            api_key=os.getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
            aws_access_key_id=os.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
            region=os.getenv("AWS_REGION"),
            voice_id="Amy",
-            params=PollyTTSService.InputParams(engine="neural", language="en-GB", rate="1.05"),
+            params=AWSTTSService.InputParams(engine="neural", language="en-GB", rate="1.05"),
        )

        llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), model="gpt-4o")
--- a/examples/foundational/07p-interruptible-google-audio-in.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/07p-interruptible-google-audio-in.py
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class UserAudioCollector(FrameProcessor):
        self._user_speaking = False

    async def process_frame(self, frame, direction):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
            # We could gracefully handle both audio input and text/transcription input ...
            # but let's leave that as an exercise to the reader. :-)
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ class TranscriptExtractor(FrameProcessor):
        self._accumulating_transcript = False

    async def process_frame(self, frame, direction):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
        if isinstance(frame, LLMFullResponseStartFrame):
            self._processing_llm_response = True
            self._accumulating_transcript = True
@@ -177,6 +180,8 @@ class TanscriptionContextFixup(FrameProcessor):
            self._context.messages[-1].parts[-1].text += f"\n\n{marker}\n{self._transcript}\n"

    async def process_frame(self, frame, direction):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, MagicDemoTranscriptionFrame):
            self._transcript = frame.text
        elif isinstance(frame, LLMFullResponseEndFrame) or isinstance(
--- a/examples/foundational/07r-interruptible-riva-nim.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/07r-interruptible-riva-nim.py
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.services.nim import NimLLMService
-from pipecat.services.riva import FastPitchTTSService, ParakeetSTTService
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, _) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            None,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-                vad_audio_passthrough=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        stt = ParakeetSTTService(api_key=os.getenv("NVIDIA_API_KEY"))
-
-        llm = NimLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("NVIDIA_API_KEY"), model="meta/llama-3.1-405b-instruct"
-        )
-
-        tts = FastPitchTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("NVIDIA_API_KEY"))
-
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),  # Transport user input
-                stt,  # STT
-                context_aggregator.user(),  # User responses
-                llm,  # LLM
-                tts,  # TTS
-                transport.output(),  # Transport bot output
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),  # Assistant spoken responses
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(pipeline, PipelineParams(allow_interruptions=True))
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            messages.append({"role": "system", "content": "Please introduce yourself to the user."})
-            await task.queue_frames([LLMMessagesFrame(messages)])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/09-mirror.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/09-mirror.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 class MirrorProcessor(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, InputAudioRawFrame):
            await self.push_frame(
                OutputAudioRawFrame(
--- a/examples/foundational/09a-local-mirror.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/09a-local-mirror.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 class MirrorProcessor(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, InputAudioRawFrame):
            await self.push_frame(
                OutputAudioRawFrame(
--- a/examples/foundational/11-sound-effects.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/11-sound-effects.py
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@ from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
 from pipecat.frames.frames import (
    Frame,
    LLMFullResponseEndFrame,
+    LLMMessagesFrame,
    OutputAudioRawFrame,
 )
 from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
 from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
 from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineTask
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import (
-    OpenAILLMContext,
-    OpenAILLMContextFrame,
-)
+from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.processors.frame_processor import FrameDirection, FrameProcessor
 from pipecat.processors.logger import FrameLogger
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
+from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaHttpTTSService
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport

@@ -60,6 +58,8 @@ for file in sound_files:

 class OutboundSoundEffectWrapper(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, LLMFullResponseEndFrame):
            await self.push_frame(sounds["ding1.wav"])
            # In case anything else downstream needs it
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ class OutboundSoundEffectWrapper(FrameProcessor):

 class InboundSoundEffectWrapper(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
-        if isinstance(frame, OpenAILLMContextFrame):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
+        if isinstance(frame, LLMMessagesFrame):
            await self.push_frame(sounds["ding2.wav"])
            # In case anything else downstream needs it
            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ async def main():

        llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), model="gpt-4o")

-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
+        tts = CartesiaHttpTTSService(
            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
        )
--- a/examples/foundational/12-describe-video.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/12-describe-video.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class UserImageRequester(FrameProcessor):
        self._participant_id = participant_id

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if self._participant_id and isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
            await self.push_frame(
                UserImageRequestFrame(self._participant_id), FrameDirection.UPSTREAM
--- a/examples/foundational/12a-describe-video-gemini-flash.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/12a-describe-video-gemini-flash.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class UserImageRequester(FrameProcessor):
        self._participant_id = participant_id

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if self._participant_id and isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
            await self.push_frame(
                UserImageRequestFrame(self._participant_id), FrameDirection.UPSTREAM
--- a/examples/foundational/12b-describe-video-gpt-4o.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/12b-describe-video-gpt-4o.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class UserImageRequester(FrameProcessor):
        self._participant_id = participant_id

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if self._participant_id and isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
            await self.push_frame(
                UserImageRequestFrame(self._participant_id), FrameDirection.UPSTREAM
--- a/examples/foundational/12c-describe-video-anthropic.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/12c-describe-video-anthropic.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class UserImageRequester(FrameProcessor):
        self._participant_id = participant_id

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if self._participant_id and isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
            await self.push_frame(
                UserImageRequestFrame(self._participant_id), FrameDirection.UPSTREAM
--- a/examples/foundational/13-whisper-transcription.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/13-whisper-transcription.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 class TranscriptionLogger(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
            print(f"Transcription: {frame.text}")

--- a/examples/foundational/13a-whisper-local.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/13a-whisper-local.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 class TranscriptionLogger(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
            print(f"Transcription: {frame.text}")

--- a/examples/foundational/13b-deepgram-transcription.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/13b-deepgram-transcription.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 class TranscriptionLogger(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
            print(f"Transcription: {frame.text}")

--- a/examples/foundational/13c-gladia-transcription.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/13c-gladia-transcription.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 class TranscriptionLogger(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
            print(f"Transcription: {frame.text}")

--- a/examples/foundational/13d-assemblyai-transcription.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/13d-assemblyai-transcription.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 class TranscriptionLogger(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
            print(f"Transcription: {frame.text}")

--- a/examples/foundational/14c-function-calling-together.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/14c-function-calling-together.py
@@ -5,15 +5,10 @@
 #

 import asyncio
+import aiohttp
 import os
 import sys

-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
-from runner import configure
-
 from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
 from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
 from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
@@ -23,6 +18,14 @@ from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.services.together import TogetherLLMService
 from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport

+from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
+
+from runner import configure
+
+from loguru import logger
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
 load_dotenv(override=True)

 logger.remove(0)
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ async def main():
        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
            # Kick off the conversation.
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
+            # await tts.say("Hi! Ask me about the weather in San Francisco.")

        runner = PipelineRunner()

--- a/examples/foundational/14f-function-calling-groq.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/14f-function-calling-groq.py
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.groq import GroqLLMService
-from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def start_fetch_weather(function_name, llm, context):
-    # note: we can't push a frame to the LLM here. the bot
-    # can interrupt itself and/or cause audio overlapping glitches.
-    # possible question for Aleix and Chad about what the right way
-    # to trigger speech is, now, with the new queues/async/sync refactors.
-    # await llm.push_frame(TextFrame("Let me check on that."))
-    logger.debug(f"Starting fetch_weather_from_api with function_name: {function_name}")
-
-
-async def fetch_weather_from_api(function_name, tool_call_id, args, llm, context, result_callback):
-    await result_callback({"conditions": "nice", "temperature": "75"})
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
-        )
-
-        llm = GroqLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("GROQ_API_KEY"), model="llama3-groq-70b-8192-tool-use-preview"
-        )
-        # Register a function_name of None to get all functions
-        # sent to the same callback with an additional function_name parameter.
-        llm.register_function(None, fetch_weather_from_api, start_callback=start_fetch_weather)
-
-        tools = [
-            ChatCompletionToolParam(
-                type="function",
-                function={
-                    "name": "get_current_weather",
-                    "description": "Get the current weather",
-                    "parameters": {
-                        "type": "object",
-                        "properties": {
-                            "location": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
-                            },
-                            "unit": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
-                                "description": "The temperature unit to use. Infer this from the users location.",
-                            },
-                        },
-                        "required": ["location"],
-                    },
-                },
-            )
-        ]
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                tts,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/14g-function-calling-grok.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/14g-function-calling-grok.py
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.grok import GrokLLMService
-from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def start_fetch_weather(function_name, llm, context):
-    # note: we can't push a frame to the LLM here. the bot
-    # can interrupt itself and/or cause audio overlapping glitches.
-    # possible question for Aleix and Chad about what the right way
-    # to trigger speech is, now, with the new queues/async/sync refactors.
-    # await llm.push_frame(TextFrame("Let me check on that."))
-    logger.debug(f"Starting fetch_weather_from_api with function_name: {function_name}")
-
-
-async def fetch_weather_from_api(function_name, tool_call_id, args, llm, context, result_callback):
-    await result_callback({"conditions": "nice", "temperature": "75"})
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
-        )
-
-        llm = GrokLLMService(api_key=os.getenv("GROK_API_KEY"))
-        # Register a function_name of None to get all functions
-        # sent to the same callback with an additional function_name parameter.
-        llm.register_function(None, fetch_weather_from_api, start_callback=start_fetch_weather)
-
-        tools = [
-            ChatCompletionToolParam(
-                type="function",
-                function={
-                    "name": "get_current_weather",
-                    "description": "Get the current weather",
-                    "parameters": {
-                        "type": "object",
-                        "properties": {
-                            "location": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
-                            },
-                            "format": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
-                                "description": "The temperature unit to use. Infer this from the users location.",
-                            },
-                        },
-                        "required": ["location", "format"],
-                    },
-                },
-            )
-        ]
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                tts,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/14h-function-calling-azure.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/14h-function-calling-azure.py
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.services.azure import AzureLLMService
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def start_fetch_weather(function_name, llm, context):
-    # note: we can't push a frame to the LLM here. the bot
-    # can interrupt itself and/or cause audio overlapping glitches.
-    # possible question for Aleix and Chad about what the right way
-    # to trigger speech is, now, with the new queues/async/sync refactors.
-    # await llm.push_frame(TextFrame("Let me check on that."))
-    logger.debug(f"Starting fetch_weather_from_api with function_name: {function_name}")
-
-
-async def fetch_weather_from_api(function_name, tool_call_id, args, llm, context, result_callback):
-    await result_callback({"conditions": "nice", "temperature": "75"})
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
-        )
-
-        llm = AzureLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_CHATGPT_API_KEY"),
-            endpoint=os.getenv("AZURE_CHATGPT_ENDPOINT"),
-            model=os.getenv("AZURE_CHATGPT_MODEL"),
-        )
-        # Register a function_name of None to get all functions
-        # sent to the same callback with an additional function_name parameter.
-        llm.register_function(None, fetch_weather_from_api, start_callback=start_fetch_weather)
-
-        tools = [
-            ChatCompletionToolParam(
-                type="function",
-                function={
-                    "name": "get_current_weather",
-                    "description": "Get the current weather",
-                    "parameters": {
-                        "type": "object",
-                        "properties": {
-                            "location": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
-                            },
-                            "format": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
-                                "description": "The temperature unit to use. Infer this from the users location.",
-                            },
-                        },
-                        "required": ["location", "format"],
-                    },
-                },
-            )
-        ]
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                tts,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/14i-function-calling-fireworks.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/14i-function-calling-fireworks.py
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.fireworks import FireworksLLMService
-from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def start_fetch_weather(function_name, llm, context):
-    # note: we can't push a frame to the LLM here. the bot
-    # can interrupt itself and/or cause audio overlapping glitches.
-    # possible question for Aleix and Chad about what the right way
-    # to trigger speech is, now, with the new queues/async/sync refactors.
-    # await llm.push_frame(TextFrame("Let me check on that."))
-    logger.debug(f"Starting fetch_weather_from_api with function_name: {function_name}")
-
-
-async def fetch_weather_from_api(function_name, tool_call_id, args, llm, context, result_callback):
-    await result_callback({"conditions": "nice", "temperature": "75"})
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
-        )
-
-        llm = FireworksLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("FIREWORKS_API_KEY"),
-            model="accounts/fireworks/models/firefunction-v2",
-        )
-        # Register a function_name of None to get all functions
-        # sent to the same callback with an additional function_name parameter.
-        llm.register_function(None, fetch_weather_from_api, start_callback=start_fetch_weather)
-
-        tools = [
-            ChatCompletionToolParam(
-                type="function",
-                function={
-                    "name": "get_current_weather",
-                    "description": "Get the current weather",
-                    "parameters": {
-                        "type": "object",
-                        "properties": {
-                            "location": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
-                            },
-                            "format": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
-                                "description": "The temperature unit to use. Infer this from the users location.",
-                            },
-                        },
-                        "required": ["location", "format"],
-                    },
-                },
-            )
-        ]
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                tts,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/14j-function-calling-nim.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/14j-function-calling-nim.py
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.nim import NimLLMService
-from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def start_fetch_weather(function_name, llm, context):
-    # note: we can't push a frame to the LLM here. the bot
-    # can interrupt itself and/or cause audio overlapping glitches.
-    # possible question for Aleix and Chad about what the right way
-    # to trigger speech is, now, with the new queues/async/sync refactors.
-    # await llm.push_frame(TextFrame("Let me check on that."))
-    logger.debug(f"Starting fetch_weather_from_api with function_name: {function_name}")
-
-
-async def fetch_weather_from_api(function_name, tool_call_id, args, llm, context, result_callback):
-    await result_callback({"conditions": "nice", "temperature": "75"})
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
-            # text_filter=MarkdownTextFilter(),
-        )
-
-        llm = NimLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("NVIDIA_API_KEY"), model="meta/llama-3.1-405b-instruct"
-        )
-        # Register a function_name of None to get all functions
-        # sent to the same callback with an additional function_name parameter.
-        llm.register_function(None, fetch_weather_from_api, start_callback=start_fetch_weather)
-
-        tools = [
-            ChatCompletionToolParam(
-                type="function",
-                function={
-                    "name": "get_current_weather",
-                    "description": "Get the current weather",
-                    "parameters": {
-                        "type": "object",
-                        "properties": {
-                            "location": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
-                            },
-                            "format": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
-                                "description": "The temperature unit to use. Infer this from the users location.",
-                            },
-                        },
-                        "required": ["location", "format"],
-                    },
-                },
-            )
-        ]
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                tts,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/15a-switch-languages.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/15a-switch-languages.py
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ import aiohttp
 import os
 import sys

-from deepgram import LiveOptions
-
 from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame
+from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame, TTSUpdateSettingsFrame
 from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
 from pipecat.pipeline.parallel_pipeline import ParallelPipeline
 from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.processors.filters.function_filter import FunctionFilter
 from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.deepgram import DeepgramSTTService
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport

@@ -64,16 +61,13 @@ async def main():
            "Pipecat",
            DailyParams(
                audio_out_enabled=True,
+                transcription_enabled=True,
                vad_enabled=True,
                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
                vad_audio_passthrough=True,
            ),
        )

-        stt = DeepgramSTTService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"), live_options=LiveOptions(language="multi")
-        )
-
        english_tts = CartesiaTTSService(
            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
@@ -119,7 +113,6 @@ async def main():
        pipeline = Pipeline(
            [
                transport.input(),  # Transport user input
-                stt,  # STT
                context_aggregator.user(),  # User responses
                llm,  # LLM
                ParallelPipeline(  # TTS (bot will speak the chosen language)
--- a/examples/foundational/18-gstreamer-filesrc.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/18-gstreamer-filesrc.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async def main():
            out_params=GStreamerPipelineSource.OutputParams(
                video_width=1280,
                video_height=720,
-                audio_sample_rate=24000,
+                audio_sample_rate=16000,
                audio_channels=1,
            ),
        )
--- a/examples/foundational/22b-natural-conversation-proposal.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/22b-natural-conversation-proposal.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class StatementJudgeContextFilter(FrameProcessor):
        self._notifier = notifier

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
        # We must not block system frames.
        if isinstance(frame, SystemFrame):
            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ class CompletenessCheck(FrameProcessor):
        self._notifier = notifier

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
        if isinstance(frame, TextFrame) and frame.text == "YES":
            logger.debug("Completeness check YES")
            await self.push_frame(UserStoppedSpeakingFrame())
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ class OutputGate(FrameProcessor):
        self._gate_open = True

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        # We must not block system frames.
        if isinstance(frame, SystemFrame):
            if isinstance(frame, StartFrame):
--- a/examples/foundational/22c-natural-conversation-mixed-llms.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/22c-natural-conversation-mixed-llms.py
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ HIGH PRIORITY SIGNALS:

 Examples:
 # Complete Wh-question
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help you learn."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help you learn."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "What's the fastest way to learn Spanish"}]
 Output: YES

 # Complete Yes/No question despite STT error
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I know about planets."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I know about planets."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Is is Jupiter the biggest planet"}]
 Output: YES

@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ Output: YES

 Examples:
 # Direct instruction
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain many topics."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain many topics."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Tell me about black holes"}]
 Output: YES

 # Action demand
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help with math."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help with math."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Solve this equation x plus 5 equals 12"}]
 Output: YES

@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ Output: YES

 Examples:
 # Specific answer
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What's your favorite color?"},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What's your favorite color?"}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "I really like blue"}]
 Output: YES

 # Option selection
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Would you prefer morning or evening?"},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Would you prefer morning or evening?"}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Morning"}]
 Output: YES

@@ -153,17 +153,17 @@ MEDIUM PRIORITY SIGNALS:

 Examples:
 # Self-correction reaching completion
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What would you like to know?"},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What would you like to know?"}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Tell me about... no wait, explain how rainbows form"}]
 Output: YES

 # Topic change with complete thought
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "The weather is nice today."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "The weather is nice today."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Actually can you tell me who invented the telephone"}]
 Output: YES

 # Mid-sentence completion
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello I'm ready."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello I'm ready."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "What's the capital of? France"}]
 Output: YES

@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ Output: YES

 Examples:
 # Acknowledgment
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Should we talk about history?"},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Should we talk about history?"}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Sure"}]
 Output: YES

 # Disagreement with completion
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Is that what you meant?"},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "Is that what you meant?"}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "No not really"}]
 Output: YES

@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ LOW PRIORITY SIGNALS:

 Examples:
 # Word repetition but complete
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help with that."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help with that."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "What what is the time right now"}]
 Output: YES

 # Missing punctuation but complete
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain that."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain that."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Please tell me how computers work"}]
 Output: YES

@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ Output: YES

 Examples:
 # Filler words but complete
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What would you like to know?"},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What would you like to know?"}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Um uh how do airplanes fly"}]
 Output: YES

 # Thinking pause but incomplete
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain anything."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain anything."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Well um I want to know about the"}]
 Output: NO

@@ -241,17 +241,17 @@ DECISION RULES:

 Examples:
 # Incomplete despite corrections
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What would you like to know about?"},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "What would you like to know about?"}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "Can you tell me about"}]
 Output: NO

 # Complete despite multiple artifacts
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help you learn."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can help you learn."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "How do you I mean what's the best way to learn programming"}]
 Output: YES

 # Trailing off incomplete
-[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain anything."},
+[{"role": "assistant", "content": "I can explain anything."}, 
 {"role": "user", "content": "I was wondering if you could tell me why"}]
 Output: NO
 """
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ class StatementJudgeContextFilter(FrameProcessor):
        self._notifier = notifier

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
        # We must not block system frames.
        if isinstance(frame, SystemFrame):
            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
@@ -319,6 +320,8 @@ class CompletenessCheck(FrameProcessor):
        self._notifier = notifier

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TextFrame) and frame.text == "YES":
            logger.debug("!!! Completeness check YES")
            await self.push_frame(UserStoppedSpeakingFrame())
@@ -341,6 +344,8 @@ class OutputGate(FrameProcessor):
        self._gate_open = True

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        # We must not block system frames.
        if isinstance(frame, SystemFrame):
            if isinstance(frame, StartFrame):
--- a/examples/foundational/22d-natural-conversation-gemini-audio.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/22d-natural-conversation-gemini-audio.py
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class StatementJudgeAudioContextAccumulator(FrameProcessor):
        self._user_speaking = False

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        # ignore context frame
        if isinstance(frame, OpenAILLMContextFrame):
            return
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ class CompletenessCheck(FrameProcessor):
        self._audio_accumulator = audio_accumulator

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TextFrame) and frame.text.startswith("YES"):
            logger.debug("Completeness check YES")
            await self.push_frame(UserStoppedSpeakingFrame())
@@ -155,6 +159,8 @@ class OutputGate(FrameProcessor):
        self._gate_open = True

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        # We must not block system frames.
        if isinstance(frame, SystemFrame):
            if isinstance(frame, StartFrame):
--- a/examples/foundational/24-stt-mute-filter.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/24-stt-mute-filter.py
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import sys
 import aiohttp
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from loguru import logger
-from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam
 from runner import configure

 from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame
+from pipecat.frames.frames import (
+    LLMMessagesFrame,
+)
 from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
 from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
 from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
@@ -31,18 +32,6 @@ logger.remove(0)
 logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")


-async def start_fetch_weather(function_name, llm, context):
-    logger.debug(f"Starting fetch_weather_from_api with function_name: {function_name}")
-
-
-async def fetch_weather_from_api(function_name, tool_call_id, args, llm, context, result_callback):
-    # Add a delay to test interruption during function calls
-    logger.info("Weather API call starting...")
-    await asyncio.sleep(5)  # 5-second delay
-    logger.info("Weather API call completed")
-    await result_callback({"conditions": "nice", "temperature": "75"})
-
-
 async def main():
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        (room_url, _) = await configure(session)
@@ -60,52 +49,23 @@ async def main():
        )

        stt = DeepgramSTTService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"))
-        # Configure the mute processor with both strategies
+        # Configure the mute processor to mute only during first speech
        stt_mute_processor = STTMuteFilter(
-            stt_service=stt,
-            config=STTMuteConfig(
-                strategies={STTMuteStrategy.FIRST_SPEECH, STTMuteStrategy.FUNCTION_CALL}
-            ),
+            stt_service=stt, config=STTMuteConfig(strategy=STTMuteStrategy.FIRST_SPEECH)
        )

        tts = DeepgramTTSService(api_key=os.getenv("DEEPGRAM_API_KEY"), voice="aura-helios-en")

        llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), model="gpt-4o")
-        llm.register_function(None, fetch_weather_from_api, start_callback=start_fetch_weather)
-
-        tools = [
-            ChatCompletionToolParam(
-                type="function",
-                function={
-                    "name": "get_current_weather",
-                    "description": "Get the current weather",
-                    "parameters": {
-                        "type": "object",
-                        "properties": {
-                            "location": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
-                            },
-                            "format": {
-                                "type": "string",
-                                "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
-                                "description": "The temperature unit to use. Infer this from the users location.",
-                            },
-                        },
-                        "required": ["location", "format"],
-                    },
-                },
-            )
-        ]

        messages = [
            {
                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful assistant who can check the weather. Always check the weather when a location is mentioned. Respond concisely and naturally. Your output will be converted to audio so use only simple words and punctuation.",
+                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
            },
        ]

-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
+        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages)
        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)

        pipeline = Pipeline(
@@ -125,13 +85,8 @@ async def main():

        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            # Kick off the conversation with a weather-related prompt
-            messages.append(
-                {
-                    "role": "system",
-                    "content": "Ask the user what city they'd like to know the weather for.",
-                }
-            )
+            # Kick off the conversation.
+            messages.append({"role": "system", "content": "Please introduce yourself to the user."})
            await task.queue_frames([LLMMessagesFrame(messages)])

        runner = PipelineRunner()
--- a/examples/foundational/25-google-audio-in.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/25-google-audio-in.py
@@ -1,366 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import aiohttp
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import google.ai.generativelanguage as glm
-
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.parallel_pipeline import ParallelPipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import (
-    OpenAILLMContext,
-    OpenAILLMContextFrame,
-)
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.google import GoogleLLMService, GoogleLLMContext
-from pipecat.processors.frame_processor import FrameProcessor
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-from pipecat.frames.frames import (
-    Frame,
-    InputAudioRawFrame,
-    LLMFullResponseEndFrame,
-    MetricsFrame,
-    SystemFrame,
-    TextFrame,
-    TranscriptionFrame,
-    UserStartedSpeakingFrame,
-    UserStoppedSpeakingFrame,
-)
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-#
-# The system prompt for the main conversation.
-#
-conversation_system_message = """
-You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goals are to be helpful and brief in your responses. Respond with one or two sentences at most, unless you are asked to
-respond at more length. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers.
-"""
-
-#
-# The system prompt for the LLM doing the audio transcription.
-#
-# Note that we could provide additional instructions per-conversation, here, if that's helpful
-# for our use case. For example, names of people so that the transcription gets the spelling
-# right.
-#
-# A possible future improvement would be to use structured output so that we can include a
-# language tag and perhaps other analytic information.
-#
-transcriber_system_message = """
-You are an audio transcriber. You are receiving audio from a user. Your job is to
-transcribe the input audio to text exactly as it was said by the user..
-
-You will receive the full conversation history before the audio input, to help with context. Use the full history only to help improve the accuracy of your transcription.
-
-Rules:
-  - Respond with an exact transcription of the audio input.
-  - Do not include any text other than the transcription.
-  - Do not explain or add to your response.
-  - Transcribe the audio input simply and precisely.
-  - If the audio is not clear, emit the special string "EMPTY".
-  - No response other than exact transcription, or "EMPTY", is allowed.
-"""
-
-
-class UserAudioCollector(FrameProcessor):
-    """
-    This FrameProcessor collects audio frames in a buffer, then adds them to the
-    LLM context when the user stops speaking.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, context, user_context_aggregator):
-        super().__init__()
-        self._context = context
-        self._user_context_aggregator = user_context_aggregator
-        self._audio_frames = []
-        self._start_secs = 0.2  # this should match VAD start_secs (hardcoding for now)
-        self._user_speaking = False
-
-    async def process_frame(self, frame, direction):
-        if isinstance(frame, TranscriptionFrame):
-            # We could gracefully handle both audio input and text/transcription input ...
-            # but let's leave that as an exercise to the reader. :-)
-            return
-        if isinstance(frame, UserStartedSpeakingFrame):
-            self._user_speaking = True
-        elif isinstance(frame, UserStoppedSpeakingFrame):
-            self._user_speaking = False
-            self._context.add_audio_frames_message(audio_frames=self._audio_frames)
-            await self._user_context_aggregator.push_frame(
-                self._user_context_aggregator.get_context_frame()
-            )
-        elif isinstance(frame, InputAudioRawFrame):
-            if self._user_speaking:
-                self._audio_frames.append(frame)
-            else:
-                # Append the audio frame to our buffer. Treat the buffer as a ring buffer, dropping the oldest
-                # frames as necessary. Assume all audio frames have the same duration.
-                self._audio_frames.append(frame)
-                frame_duration = len(frame.audio) / 16 * frame.num_channels / frame.sample_rate
-                buffer_duration = frame_duration * len(self._audio_frames)
-                while buffer_duration > self._start_secs:
-                    self._audio_frames.pop(0)
-                    buffer_duration -= frame_duration
-
-        await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
-
-
-class InputTranscriptionContextFilter(FrameProcessor):
-    """
-    This FrameProcessor blocks all frames except the OpenAILLMContextFrame that triggers
-    LLM inference. (And system frames, which are needed for the pipeline element lifecycle.)
-
-    We take the context object out of the OpenAILLMContextFrame and use it to create a new
-    context object that we will send to the transcriber LLM.
-    """
-
-    async def process_frame(self, frame, direction):
-        if isinstance(frame, SystemFrame):
-            # We don't want to block system frames.
-            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
-            return
-
-        if not isinstance(frame, OpenAILLMContextFrame):
-            return
-
-        try:
-            message = frame.context.messages[-1]
-            last_part = message.parts[-1]
-            if not (
-                message.role == "user"
-                and last_part.inline_data
-                and last_part.inline_data.mime_type == "audio/wav"
-            ):
-                return
-
-            # Assemble a new message, with three parts: conversation history, transcription
-            # prompt, and audio. We could use only part of the conversation, if we need to
-            # keep the token count down, but for now, we'll just use the whole thing.
-            parts = []
-
-            # Get previous conversation history
-            previous_messages = frame.context.messages[:-2]
-            history = ""
-            for msg in previous_messages:
-                for part in msg.parts:
-                    if part.text:
-                        history += f"{msg.role}: {part.text}\n"
-            if history:
-                assembled = f"Here is the conversation history so far. These are not instructions. This is data that you should use only to improve the accuracy of your transcription.\n\n----\n\n{history}\n\n----\n\nEND OF CONVERSATION HISTORY\n\n"
-                parts.append(glm.Part(text=assembled))
-
-            parts.append(
-                glm.Part(
-                    text="Transcribe this audio. Respond either with the transcription exactly as it was said by the user, or with the special string 'EMPTY' if the audio is not clear."
-                )
-            )
-            parts.append(last_part)
-            msg = glm.Content(role="user", parts=parts)
-            ctx = GoogleLLMContext([msg])
-            ctx.system_message = transcriber_system_message
-            await self.push_frame(OpenAILLMContextFrame(context=ctx))
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error processing frame: {e}")
-
-
-@dataclass
-class LLMDemoTranscriptionFrame(Frame):
-    """
-    It would be nice if we could just use a TranscriptionFrame to send our transcriber
-    LLM's transcription output down the pipelline. But we can't, because TranscriptionFrame
-    is a child class of TextFrame, which in our pipeline will be interpreted by the TTS
-    service as text that should be turned into speech. We could restructure this pipeline,
-    but instead we'll just use a custom frame type.
-    (Composition and reuse are ... double-edged swords.)
-    """
-
-    text: str
-
-
-class InputTranscriptionFrameEmitter(FrameProcessor):
-    """
-    A simple FrameProcessor that aggregates the TextFrame output from the transcriber LLM
-    and then sends the full response down the pipeline as an LLMDemoTranscriptionFrame.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self._aggregation = ""
-
-    async def process_frame(self, frame, direction):
-        if isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
-            self._aggregation += frame.text
-        elif isinstance(frame, LLMFullResponseEndFrame):
-            await self.push_frame(LLMDemoTranscriptionFrame(text=self._aggregation.strip()))
-            self._aggregation = ""
-        elif isinstance(frame, MetricsFrame):
-            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
-
-
-class TranscriptionContextFixup(FrameProcessor):
-    """
-    This FrameProcessor looks for the LLMDemoTranscriptionFrame and swaps out the
-    audio part of the most recent user message with the text transcription.
-
-    Audio is big, using a lot of tokens and network bandwidth. So doing this is
-    important if we want to keep both latency and cost low.
-
-    This class is a bit of a hack, especially because it directly creates a
-    GoogleLLMContext object, which we don't generally do. We usually try to leave
-    the implementation-specific details of the LLM context encapsulated inside the
-    service classes.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, context):
-        super().__init__()
-        self._context = context
-        self._transcript = "THIS IS A TRANSCRIPT"
-
-    def is_user_audio_message(self, message):
-        last_part = message.parts[-1]
-        return (
-            message.role == "user"
-            and last_part.inline_data
-            and last_part.inline_data.mime_type == "audio/wav"
-        )
-
-    def swap_user_audio(self):
-        if not self._transcript:
-            return
-        message = self._context.messages[-2]
-        if not self.is_user_audio_message(message):
-            message = self._context.messages[-1]
-            if not self.is_user_audio_message(message):
-                return
-
-        audio_part = message.parts[-1]
-        audio_part.inline_data = None
-        audio_part.text = self._transcript
-
-    async def process_frame(self, frame, direction):
-        if isinstance(frame, LLMDemoTranscriptionFrame):
-            logger.info(f"Transcription from Gemini: {frame.text}")
-            self._transcript = frame.text
-            self.swap_user_audio()
-            self._transcript = ""
-
-        await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                # No transcription at all. just audio input to Gemini!
-                # transcription_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-                vad_audio_passthrough=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="79a125e8-cd45-4c13-8a67-188112f4dd22",  # British Lady
-        )
-
-        conversation_llm = GoogleLLMService(
-            name="Conversation",
-            model="gemini-1.5-flash-latest",
-            # model="gemini-exp-1121",
-            api_key=os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY"),
-            # we can give the GoogleLLMService a system instruction to use directly
-            # in the GenerativeModel constructor. Let's do that rather than put
-            # our system message in the messages list.
-            system_instruction=conversation_system_message,
-        )
-
-        input_transcription_llm = GoogleLLMService(
-            name="Transcription",
-            model="gemini-1.5-flash-latest",
-            # model="gemini-exp-1121",
-            api_key=os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY"),
-            system_instruction=transcriber_system_message,
-        )
-
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "user",
-                "content": "Start by saying hello.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages)
-        context_aggregator = conversation_llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-        audio_collector = UserAudioCollector(context, context_aggregator.user())
-        input_transcription_context_filter = InputTranscriptionContextFilter()
-        transcription_frames_emitter = InputTranscriptionFrameEmitter()
-        fixup_context_messages = TranscriptionContextFixup(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                audio_collector,
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                ParallelPipeline(
-                    [  # transcribe
-                        input_transcription_context_filter,
-                        input_transcription_llm,
-                        transcription_frames_emitter,
-                    ],
-                    [  # conversation inference
-                        conversation_llm,
-                    ],
-                ),
-                tts,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-                fixup_context_messages,
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            # Kick off the conversation.
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/26-gemini-multimodal-live.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/26-gemini-multimodal-live.py
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import aiohttp
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.services.gemini_multimodal_live.gemini import GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.audio.vad.vad_analyzer import VADParams
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_in_sample_rate=16000,
-                audio_out_sample_rate=24000,
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_audio_passthrough=True,
-                # set stop_secs to something roughly similar to the internal setting
-                # of the Multimodal Live api, just to align events. This doesn't really
-                # matter because we can only use the Multimodal Live API's phrase
-                # endpointing, for now.
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(params=VADParams(stop_secs=0.5)),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        llm = GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY"),
-            # system_instruction="Talk like a pirate."
-        )
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                llm,
-                transport.output(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/26a-gemini-multimodal-live-transcription.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/26a-gemini-multimodal-live-transcription.py
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.audio.vad.vad_analyzer import VADParams
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.services.gemini_multimodal_live.gemini import GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_in_sample_rate=16000,
-                audio_out_sample_rate=24000,
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_audio_passthrough=True,
-                # set stop_secs to something roughly similar to the internal setting
-                # of the Multimodal Live api, just to align events. This doesn't really
-                # matter because we can only use the Multimodal Live API's phrase
-                # endpointing, for now.
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(params=VADParams(stop_secs=0.5)),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        llm = GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="Aoede",  # Puck, Charon, Kore, Fenrir, Aoede
-            # system_instruction="Talk like a pirate."
-            transcribe_user_audio=True,
-            transcribe_model_audio=True,
-            # inference_on_context_initialization=False,
-        )
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(
-            [
-                {
-                    "role": "user",
-                    "content": "Say hello. Then ask if I want to hear a joke.",
-                },
-                #     {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello! Why don't scientists trust atoms?"},
-                #     {
-                #         "role": "user",
-                #         "content": [
-                #             {
-                #                 "type": "text",
-                #                 "text": "Oh, I know this one: because they make up everything.",
-                #             }
-                #         ],
-                #     },
-            ],
-        )
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/26b-gemini-multimodal-live-function-calling.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/26b-gemini-multimodal-live-function-calling.py
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-from datetime import datetime
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.audio.vad.vad_analyzer import VADParams
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.services.gemini_multimodal_live.gemini import GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def fetch_weather_from_api(function_name, tool_call_id, args, llm, context, result_callback):
-    temperature = 75 if args["format"] == "fahrenheit" else 24
-    await result_callback(
-        {
-            "conditions": "nice",
-            "temperature": temperature,
-            "format": args["format"],
-            "timestamp": datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"),
-        }
-    )
-
-
-tools = [
-    {
-        "function_declarations": [
-            {
-                "name": "get_current_weather",
-                "description": "Get the current weather",
-                "parameters": {
-                    "type": "object",
-                    "properties": {
-                        "location": {
-                            "type": "string",
-                            "description": "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
-                        },
-                        "format": {
-                            "type": "string",
-                            "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
-                            "description": "The temperature unit to use. Infer this from the users location.",
-                        },
-                    },
-                    "required": ["location", "format"],
-                },
-            },
-        ]
-    }
-]
-
-system_instruction = """
-You are a helpful assistant who can answer questions and use tools.
-
-You have a tool called "get_current_weather" that can be used to get the current weather. If the user asks
-for the weather, call this function.
-"""
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_in_sample_rate=16000,
-                audio_out_sample_rate=24000,
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_audio_passthrough=True,
-                # set stop_secs to something roughly similar to the internal setting
-                # of the Multimodal Live api, just to align events. This doesn't really
-                # matter because we can only use the Multimodal Live API's phrase
-                # endpointing, for now.
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(params=VADParams(stop_secs=0.5)),
-            ),
-        )
-
-        llm = GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY"),
-            system_instruction=system_instruction,
-            tools=tools,
-        )
-
-        llm.register_function("get_current_weather", fetch_weather_from_api)
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(
-            [{"role": "user", "content": "Say hello."}],
-        )
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-                transport.output(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/26c-gemini-multimodal-live-video.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/26c-gemini-multimodal-live-video.py
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import os
-import sys
-
-import aiohttp
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from loguru import logger
-from runner import configure
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.audio.vad.vad_analyzer import VADParams
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.services.gemini_multimodal_live.gemini import GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)
-
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room_url,
-            token,
-            "Respond bot",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_in_sample_rate=16000,
-                audio_out_sample_rate=24000,
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_audio_passthrough=True,
-                # set stop_secs to something roughly similar to the internal setting
-                # of the Multimodal Live api, just to align events. This doesn't really
-                # matter because we can only use the Multimodal Live API's phrase
-                # endpointing, for now.
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(params=VADParams(stop_secs=0.5)),
-                start_audio_paused=True,
-                start_video_paused=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        llm = GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("GOOGLE_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="Aoede",  # Puck, Charon, Kore, Fenrir, Aoede
-            # system_instruction="Talk like a pirate."
-            transcribe_user_audio=True,
-            transcribe_model_audio=True,
-            # inference_on_context_initialization=False,
-        )
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(
-            [
-                {
-                    "role": "user",
-                    "content": "Say hello.",
-                },
-            ],
-        )
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            # Enable both camera and screenshare. From the client side
-            # send just one.
-            await transport.capture_participant_video(
-                participant["id"], framerate=1, video_source="camera"
-            )
-            await transport.capture_participant_video(
-                participant["id"], framerate=1, video_source="screenVideo"
-            )
-            await task.queue_frames([context_aggregator.user().get_context_frame()])
-            await asyncio.sleep(3)
-            logger.debug("Unpausing audio and video")
-            llm.set_audio_input_paused(False)
-            llm.set_video_input_paused(False)
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/27-simli-layer.py
+++ b/examples/foundational/27-simli-layer.py
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
-#
-
-import asyncio
-import aiohttp
-import os
-import sys
-
-from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
-from pipecat.pipeline.pipeline import Pipeline
-from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
-from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
-from pipecat.frames.frames import LLMMessagesFrame
-
-from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
-from pipecat.services.cartesia import CartesiaTTSService
-from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
-from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport
-
-from runner import configure
-from loguru import logger
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-from simli import SimliConfig
-from pipecat.services.simli import SimliVideoService
-
-load_dotenv(override=True)
-
-logger.remove(0)
-logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")
-
-
-async def main():
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        room, token = await configure(session)
-        transport = DailyTransport(
-            room,
-            token,
-            "Simli",
-            DailyParams(
-                audio_out_enabled=True,
-                camera_out_enabled=True,
-                camera_out_width=512,
-                camera_out_height=512,
-                vad_enabled=True,
-                vad_analyzer=SileroVADAnalyzer(),
-                transcription_enabled=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        tts = CartesiaTTSService(
-            api_key=os.getenv("CARTESIA_API_KEY"),
-            voice_id="a167e0f3-df7e-4d52-a9c3-f949145efdab",
-        )
-
-        simli_ai = SimliVideoService(
-            SimliConfig(os.getenv("SIMLI_API_KEY"), os.getenv("SIMLI_FACE_ID"))
-        )
-
-        llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), model="gpt-4o-mini")
-
-        messages = [
-            {
-                "role": "system",
-                "content": "You are a helpful LLM in a WebRTC call. Your goal is to demonstrate your capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio so don't include special characters in your answers. Respond to what the user said in a creative and helpful way.",
-            },
-        ]
-
-        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages)
-        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)
-
-        pipeline = Pipeline(
-            [
-                transport.input(),
-                context_aggregator.user(),
-                llm,
-                tts,
-                simli_ai,
-                transport.output(),
-                context_aggregator.assistant(),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
-        async def on_first_participant_joined(transport, participant):
-            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
-            await task.queue_frames([LLMMessagesFrame(messages)])
-
-        runner = PipelineRunner()
-        await runner.run(task)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(main())
--- a/examples/foundational/assets/ding1.wav
+++ b/examples/foundational/assets/ding1.wav
--- a/examples/foundational/assets/ding2.wav
+++ b/examples/foundational/assets/ding2.wav
--- a/examples/moondream-chatbot/bot.py
+++ b/examples/moondream-chatbot/bot.py
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ from PIL import Image

 from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
 from pipecat.frames.frames import (
-    BotStartedSpeakingFrame,
-    BotStoppedSpeakingFrame,
    ImageRawFrame,
    OutputImageRawFrame,
    SpriteFrame,
    Frame,
    LLMMessagesFrame,
+    TTSAudioRawFrame,
+    TTSStoppedFrame,
    TextFrame,
    UserImageRawFrame,
    UserImageRequestFrame,
@@ -81,15 +81,16 @@ class TalkingAnimation(FrameProcessor):
        self._is_talking = False

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
-        if isinstance(frame, BotStartedSpeakingFrame):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
+        if isinstance(frame, TTSAudioRawFrame):
            if not self._is_talking:
                await self.push_frame(talking_frame)
                self._is_talking = True
-        elif isinstance(frame, BotStoppedSpeakingFrame):
+        elif isinstance(frame, TTSStoppedFrame):
            await self.push_frame(quiet_frame)
            self._is_talking = False
-
-        await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+        await self.push_frame(frame)


 class UserImageRequester(FrameProcessor):
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ class UserImageRequester(FrameProcessor):
        self.participant_id = participant_id

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if self.participant_id and isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
            if frame.text == user_request_answer:
                await self.push_frame(
@@ -117,17 +120,21 @@ class TextFilterProcessor(FrameProcessor):
        self.text = text

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if isinstance(frame, TextFrame):
            if frame.text != self.text:
                await self.push_frame(frame)
        else:
-            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+            await self.push_frame(frame)


 class ImageFilterProcessor(FrameProcessor):
    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)
+
        if not isinstance(frame, ImageRawFrame):
-            await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
+            await self.push_frame(frame)


 async def main():
--- a/examples/patient-intake/README.md
+++ b/examples/patient-intake/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@

 This project implements an AI-powered chatbot designed to streamline the medical intake process for Tri-County Health Services. The chatbot, named Jessica, interacts with patients to collect essential information before their doctor's visit, enhancing efficiency and improving the patient experience.

-💡 Looking to build structured conversations? Check out [Pipecat Flows](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat-flows) for managing complex conversational states and transitions.
-
 ## Features

 Identity Verification: Confirms patient identity by verifying their date of birth.
@@ -64,32 +62,3 @@ Then, visit `http://localhost:7860/` in your browser to start a chatbot session.
 docker build -t chatbot .
 docker run --env-file .env -p 7860:7860 chatbot
 ```
-## Cartesia best practices
-
-Since this example is using Cartesia, checkout the best practices given in Cartesia's docs. LLM prompts should be modified accordingly.
-<https://docs.cartesia.ai/build-with-sonic/formatting-text-for-sonic/best-practices>
-
-<https://docs.cartesia.ai/build-with-sonic/formatting-text-for-sonic/inserting-breaks-pauses>
-
-<https://docs.cartesia.ai/build-with-sonic/formatting-text-for-sonic/spelling-out-input-text>
-### Example
-```python
-messages = [
-    {
-        "role": "system",
-        "content": '''You are a helpful AI assistant. Format all responses following these guidelines:
-
-1. Use proper punctuation and end each response with appropriate punctuation
-2. Format dates as MM/DD/YYYY
-3. Insert pauses using - or <break time='1s' /> for longer pauses
-4. Use ?? for emphasized questions
-5. Avoid quotation marks unless citing
-6. Add spaces between URLs/emails and punctuation marks
-7. For domain-specific terms or proper nouns, provide pronunciation guidance in [brackets]
-8. Keep responses clear and concise
-9. Use appropriate voice/language pairs for multilingual content
-
-Your goal is to demonstrate these capabilities in a succinct way. Your output will be converted to audio, so maintain natural communication flow. Respond creatively and helpfully, but keep responses brief. Start by introducing yourself.'''
-    }
-]
-```
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/.gitignore
@@ -1,51 +1,161 @@
-# Python
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
+
+# C extensions
 *.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 build/
+develop-eggs/
 dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
-.pytest_cache/
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
 .coverage
 .coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
 .env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
 ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
 .mypy_cache/
 .dmypy.json
 dmypy.json

-# JavaScript/Node.js
-node_modules/
-dist/
-dist-ssr/
-*.local
-.env.local
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/

-# Logs
-logs/
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-pnpm-debug.log*
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/

-# Editor/IDE
-.vscode/*
-!.vscode/extensions.json
-.idea/
-*.swp
-*.swo
-.DS_Store
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/

-# Project specific
-runpod.toml
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
+runpod.toml
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/Dockerfile
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/README.md
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/README.md
@@ -2,96 +2,36 @@

 <img src="image.png" width="420px">

-This repository demonstrates a simple AI chatbot with real-time audio/video interaction, implemented in three different ways. The bot server supports multiple AI backends, and you can connect to it using three different client approaches.
+This app connects you to a chatbot powered by GPT-4, complete with animations generated by Stable Video Diffusion.

-## Two Bot Options
+See a video of it in action: https://x.com/kwindla/status/1778628911817183509

-1. **OpenAI Bot** (Default)
+And a quick video walkthrough of the code: https://www.loom.com/share/13df1967161f4d24ade054e7f8753416

-   - Uses gpt-4o for conversation
-   - Requires OpenAI API key
+ℹ️ The first time, things might take extra time to get started since VAD (Voice Activity Detection) model needs to be downloaded.

-2. **Gemini Bot**
-   - Uses Google's Gemini Multimodal Live model
-   - Requires Gemini API key
+## Get started

-## Three Ways to Connect
+```python
+python3 -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt

-1. **Daily Prebuilt** (Simplest)
-
-   - Direct connection through a Daily Prebuilt room
-   - For demo purposes only; handy for quick testing
-
-2. **JavaScript**
-
-   - Basic implementation using [Pipecat JavaScript SDK](https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/reference/js/introduction)
-   - No framework dependencies
-   - Good for learning the fundamentals
-
-3. **React**
-   - Basic impelmentation using [Pipecat React SDK](https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/reference/react/introduction)
-   - Demonstrates the basic client principles with Pipecat React
-
-## Quick Start
-
-### First, start the bot server:
-
-1. Navigate to the server directory:
-   ```bash
-   cd server
-   ```
-2. Create and activate a virtual environment:
-   ```bash
-   python3 -m venv venv
-   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
-   ```
-3. Install requirements:
-   ```bash
-   pip install -r requirements.txt
-   ```
-4. Copy env.example to .env and configure:
-   - Add your API keys
-   - Choose your bot implementation:
-     ```ini
-     BOT_IMPLEMENTATION=      # Options: 'openai' (default) or 'gemini'
-     ```
-5. Start the server:
-   ```bash
-   python server.py
-   ```
-
-### Next, connect using your preferred client app:
-
- [Daily Prebuilt](examples/prebuilt/README.md)
- [JavaScript Guide](examples/javascript/README.md)
- [React Guide](examples/react/README.md)
-
-## Important Note
-
-The bot server must be running for any of the client implementations to work. Start the server first before trying any of the client apps.
-
-## Requirements
-
- Python 3.10+
- Node.js 16+ (for JavaScript and React implementations)
- Daily API key
- OpenAI API key (for OpenAI bot)
- Gemini API key (for Gemini bot)
- ElevenLabs API key
- Modern web browser with WebRTC support
-
-## Project Structure
+cp env.example .env # and add your credentials

 ```
-simple-chatbot/
-├── server/              # Bot server implementation
-│   ├── bot-openai.py    # OpenAI bot implementation
-│   ├── bot-gemini.py    # Gemini bot implementation
-│   ├── runner.py        # Server runner utilities
-│   ├── server.py        # FastAPI server
-│   └── requirements.txt
-└── examples/            # Client implementations
-    ├── prebuilt/        # Daily Prebuilt connection
-    ├── javascript/      # Pipecat JavaScript client
-    └── react/           # Pipecat React client
+
+## Run the server
+
+```bash
+python server.py
+```
+
+Then, visit `http://localhost:7860/` in your browser to start a chatbot session.
+
+## Build and test the Docker image
+
+```
+docker build -t chatbot .
+docker run --env-file .env -p 7860:7860 chatbot
 ```
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot01.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot01.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot010.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot010.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot011.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot011.png
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--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot013.png
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--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot015.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot015.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot016.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot016.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot017.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot017.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot018.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot018.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot019.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot019.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot02.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot02.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot020.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot020.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot021.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot021.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot022.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot022.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot023.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot023.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot024.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot024.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot025.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot025.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot03.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot03.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot04.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot04.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot05.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot05.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot06.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot06.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot07.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot07.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot08.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot08.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot09.png
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/assets/robot09.png
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/bot-openai.py
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/bot-openai.py
@@ -4,19 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
 #

-"""OpenAI Bot Implementation.
-
-This module implements a chatbot using OpenAI's GPT-4 model for natural language
-processing. It includes:
- Real-time audio/video interaction through Daily
- Animated robot avatar
- Text-to-speech using ElevenLabs
- Support for both English and Spanish
-
-The bot runs as part of a pipeline that processes audio/video frames and manages
-the conversation flow.
-"""
-
 import asyncio
 import os
 import sys
@@ -31,7 +18,6 @@ from pipecat.audio.vad.silero import SileroVADAnalyzer
 from pipecat.frames.frames import (
    BotStartedSpeakingFrame,
    BotStoppedSpeakingFrame,
-    EndFrame,
    Frame,
    LLMMessagesFrame,
    OutputImageRawFrame,
@@ -42,24 +28,19 @@ from pipecat.pipeline.runner import PipelineRunner
 from pipecat.pipeline.task import PipelineParams, PipelineTask
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.processors.frame_processor import FrameDirection, FrameProcessor
-from pipecat.processors.frameworks.rtvi import (
-    RTVIBotTranscriptionProcessor,
-    RTVIMetricsProcessor,
-    RTVISpeakingProcessor,
-    RTVIUserTranscriptionProcessor,
-)
 from pipecat.services.elevenlabs import ElevenLabsTTSService
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 from pipecat.transports.services.daily import DailyParams, DailyTransport

 load_dotenv(override=True)
+
 logger.remove(0)
 logger.add(sys.stderr, level="DEBUG")

 sprites = []
+
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)

-# Load sequential animation frames
 for i in range(1, 26):
    # Build the full path to the image file
    full_path = os.path.join(script_dir, f"assets/robot0{i}.png")
@@ -68,20 +49,18 @@ for i in range(1, 26):
    with Image.open(full_path) as img:
        sprites.append(OutputImageRawFrame(image=img.tobytes(), size=img.size, format=img.format))

-# Create a smooth animation by adding reversed frames
 flipped = sprites[::-1]
 sprites.extend(flipped)

-# Define static and animated states
-quiet_frame = sprites[0]  # Static frame for when bot is listening
-talking_frame = SpriteFrame(images=sprites)  # Animation sequence for when bot is talking
+# When the bot isn't talking, show a static image of the cat listening
+quiet_frame = sprites[0]
+talking_frame = SpriteFrame(images=sprites)


 class TalkingAnimation(FrameProcessor):
-    """Manages the bot's visual animation states.
-
-    Switches between static (listening) and animated (talking) states based on
-    the bot's current speaking status.
+    """
+    This class starts a talking animation when it receives an first AudioFrame,
+    and then returns to a "quiet" sprite when it sees a TTSStoppedFrame.
    """

    def __init__(self):
@@ -89,18 +68,12 @@ class TalkingAnimation(FrameProcessor):
        self._is_talking = False

    async def process_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection):
-        """Process incoming frames and update animation state.
+        await super().process_frame(frame, direction)

-        Args:
-            frame: The incoming frame to process
-            direction: The direction of frame flow in the pipeline
-        """
-        # Switch to talking animation when bot starts speaking
        if isinstance(frame, BotStartedSpeakingFrame):
            if not self._is_talking:
                await self.push_frame(talking_frame)
                self._is_talking = True
-        # Return to static frame when bot stops speaking
        elif isinstance(frame, BotStoppedSpeakingFrame):
            await self.push_frame(quiet_frame)
            self._is_talking = False
@@ -109,19 +82,9 @@ class TalkingAnimation(FrameProcessor):


 async def main():
-    """Main bot execution function.
-
-    Sets up and runs the bot pipeline including:
-    - Daily video transport
-    - Speech-to-text and text-to-speech services
-    - Language model integration
-    - Animation processing
-    - RTVI event handling
-    """
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        (room_url, token) = await configure(session)

-        # Set up Daily transport with video/audio parameters
        transport = DailyTransport(
            room_url,
            token,
@@ -145,7 +108,6 @@ async def main():
            ),
        )

-        # Initialize text-to-speech service
        tts = ElevenLabsTTSService(
            api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"),
            #
@@ -159,7 +121,6 @@ async def main():
            # voice_id="gD1IexrzCvsXPHUuT0s3",
        )

-        # Initialize LLM service
        llm = OpenAILLMService(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"), model="gpt-4o")

        messages = [
@@ -176,53 +137,24 @@ async def main():
            },
        ]

-        # Set up conversation context and management
-        # The context_aggregator will automatically collect conversation context
        context = OpenAILLMContext(messages)
        context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)

        ta = TalkingAnimation()

-        #
-        # RTVI events for Pipecat client UI
-        #
-
-        # This will send `user-*-speaking` and `bot-*-speaking` messages.
-        rtvi_speaking = RTVISpeakingProcessor()
-
-        # This will emit UserTranscript events.
-        rtvi_user_transcription = RTVIUserTranscriptionProcessor()
-
-        # This will emit BotTranscript events.
-        rtvi_bot_transcription = RTVIBotTranscriptionProcessor()
-
-        # This will send `metrics` messages.
-        rtvi_metrics = RTVIMetricsProcessor()
-
        pipeline = Pipeline(
            [
                transport.input(),
-                rtvi_speaking,
-                rtvi_user_transcription,
                context_aggregator.user(),
                llm,
-                rtvi_bot_transcription,
                tts,
                ta,
-                rtvi_metrics,
                transport.output(),
                context_aggregator.assistant(),
            ]
        )

-        task = PipelineTask(
-            pipeline,
-            PipelineParams(
-                allow_interruptions=True,
-                enable_metrics=True,
-                enable_usage_metrics=True,
-            ),
-        )
+        task = PipelineTask(pipeline, PipelineParams(allow_interruptions=True))
        await task.queue_frame(quiet_frame)

        @transport.event_handler("on_first_participant_joined")
@@ -230,11 +162,6 @@ async def main():
            await transport.capture_participant_transcription(participant["id"])
            await task.queue_frames([LLMMessagesFrame(messages)])

-        @transport.event_handler("on_participant_left")
-        async def on_participant_left(transport, participant, reason):
-            print(f"Participant left: {participant}")
-            await task.queue_frame(EndFrame())
-
        runner = PipelineRunner()

        await runner.run(task)
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/server/env.example
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/server/env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 DAILY_SAMPLE_ROOM_URL=https://yourdomain.daily.co/yourroom # (for joining the bot to the same room repeatedly for local dev)
 DAILY_API_KEY=7df...
 OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-PL...
-GEMINI_API_KEY=AIza...
-ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=aeb...
-BOT_IMPLEMENTATION= # Options: 'openai' or 'gemini'
+ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=aeb...
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/README.md
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/README.md
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# JavaScript Implementation
-
-Basic implementation using the [Pipecat JavaScript SDK](https://docs.pipecat.ai/client/reference/js/introduction).
-
-## Setup
-
-1. Run the bot server. See the [server README](../../README).
-
-2. Navigate to the `examples/javascript` directory:
-
-```bash
-cd examples/javascript
-```
-
-3. Install dependencies:
-
-```bash
-npm install
-```
-
-4. Run the client app:
-
-```
-npm run dev
-```
-
-5. Visit http://localhost:5173 in your browser.
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/index.html
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/index.html
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-
-<head>
-  <meta charset="UTF-8">
-  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-  <title>AI Chatbot</title>
-</head>
-
-<body>
-  <div class="container">
-    <div class="status-bar">
-      <div class="status">
-        Status: <span id="connection-status">Disconnected</span>
-      </div>
-      <div class="controls">
-        <button id="connect-btn">Connect</button>
-        <button id="disconnect-btn" disabled>Disconnect</button>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="main-content">
-      <div class="bot-container">
-        <div id="bot-video-container">
-        </div>
-        <audio id="bot-audio" autoplay></audio>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="debug-panel">
-      <h3>Debug Info</h3>
-      <div id="debug-log"></div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-
-  <script type="module" src="/src/app.js"></script>
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/src/style.css">
-</body>
-
-</html>
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/package-lock.json
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/package-lock.json
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/package.json
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/package.json
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "client",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "dev": "vite",
-    "build": "vite build",
-    "preview": "vite preview"
-  },
-  "keywords": [],
-  "author": "",
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "description": "",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@daily-co/realtime-ai-daily": "^0.2.1",
-    "realtime-ai": "^0.2.1"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "vite": "^6.0.2"
-  }
-}
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/src/app.js
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/src/app.js
@@ -1,314 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2024, Daily
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
- */
-
-/**
- * RTVI Client Implementation
- *
- * This client connects to an RTVI-compatible bot server using WebRTC (via Daily).
- * It handles audio/video streaming and manages the connection lifecycle.
- *
- * Requirements:
- * - A running RTVI bot server (defaults to http://localhost:7860)
- * - The server must implement the /connect endpoint that returns Daily.co room credentials
- * - Browser with WebRTC support
- */
-
-import { RTVIClient, RTVIEvent } from 'realtime-ai';
-import { DailyTransport } from '@daily-co/realtime-ai-daily';
-
-/**
- * ChatbotClient handles the connection and media management for a real-time
- * voice and video interaction with an AI bot.
- */
-class ChatbotClient {
-  constructor() {
-    // Initialize client state
-    this.rtviClient = null;
-    this.setupDOMElements();
-    this.setupEventListeners();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set up references to DOM elements and create necessary media elements
-   */
-  setupDOMElements() {
-    // Get references to UI control elements
-    this.connectBtn = document.getElementById('connect-btn');
-    this.disconnectBtn = document.getElementById('disconnect-btn');
-    this.statusSpan = document.getElementById('connection-status');
-    this.debugLog = document.getElementById('debug-log');
-    this.botVideoContainer = document.getElementById('bot-video-container');
-
-    // Create an audio element for bot's voice output
-    this.botAudio = document.createElement('audio');
-    this.botAudio.autoplay = true;
-    this.botAudio.playsInline = true;
-    document.body.appendChild(this.botAudio);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set up event listeners for connect/disconnect buttons
-   */
-  setupEventListeners() {
-    this.connectBtn.addEventListener('click', () => this.connect());
-    this.disconnectBtn.addEventListener('click', () => this.disconnect());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Add a timestamped message to the debug log
-   */
-  log(message) {
-    const entry = document.createElement('div');
-    entry.textContent = `${new Date().toISOString()} - ${message}`;
-
-    // Add styling based on message type
-    if (message.startsWith('User: ')) {
-      entry.style.color = '#2196F3'; // blue for user
-    } else if (message.startsWith('Bot: ')) {
-      entry.style.color = '#4CAF50'; // green for bot
-    }
-
-    this.debugLog.appendChild(entry);
-    this.debugLog.scrollTop = this.debugLog.scrollHeight;
-    console.log(message);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Update the connection status display
-   */
-  updateStatus(status) {
-    this.statusSpan.textContent = status;
-    this.log(`Status: ${status}`);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Check for available media tracks and set them up if present
-   * This is called when the bot is ready or when the transport state changes to ready
-   */
-  setupMediaTracks() {
-    if (!this.rtviClient) return;
-
-    // Get current tracks from the client
-    const tracks = this.rtviClient.tracks();
-
-    // Set up any available bot tracks
-    if (tracks.bot?.audio) {
-      this.setupAudioTrack(tracks.bot.audio);
-    }
-    if (tracks.bot?.video) {
-      this.setupVideoTrack(tracks.bot.video);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set up listeners for track events (start/stop)
-   * This handles new tracks being added during the session
-   */
-  setupTrackListeners() {
-    if (!this.rtviClient) return;
-
-    // Listen for new tracks starting
-    this.rtviClient.on(RTVIEvent.TrackStarted, (track, participant) => {
-      // Only handle non-local (bot) tracks
-      if (!participant?.local) {
-        if (track.kind === 'audio') {
-          this.setupAudioTrack(track);
-        } else if (track.kind === 'video') {
-          this.setupVideoTrack(track);
-        }
-      }
-    });
-
-    // Listen for tracks stopping
-    this.rtviClient.on(RTVIEvent.TrackStopped, (track, participant) => {
-      this.log(
-        `Track stopped event: ${track.kind} from ${
-          participant?.name || 'unknown'
-        }`
-      );
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set up an audio track for playback
-   * Handles both initial setup and track updates
-   */
-  setupAudioTrack(track) {
-    this.log('Setting up audio track');
-    // Check if we're already playing this track
-    if (this.botAudio.srcObject) {
-      const oldTrack = this.botAudio.srcObject.getAudioTracks()[0];
-      if (oldTrack?.id === track.id) return;
-    }
-    // Create a new MediaStream with the track and set it as the audio source
-    this.botAudio.srcObject = new MediaStream([track]);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set up a video track for display
-   * Handles both initial setup and track updates
-   */
-  setupVideoTrack(track) {
-    this.log('Setting up video track');
-    const videoEl = document.createElement('video');
-    videoEl.autoplay = true;
-    videoEl.playsInline = true;
-    videoEl.muted = true;
-    videoEl.style.width = '100%';
-    videoEl.style.height = '100%';
-    videoEl.style.objectFit = 'cover';
-
-    // Check if we're already displaying this track
-    if (this.botVideoContainer.querySelector('video')?.srcObject) {
-      const oldTrack = this.botVideoContainer
-        .querySelector('video')
-        .srcObject.getVideoTracks()[0];
-      if (oldTrack?.id === track.id) return;
-    }
-
-    // Create a new MediaStream with the track and set it as the video source
-    videoEl.srcObject = new MediaStream([track]);
-    this.botVideoContainer.innerHTML = '';
-    this.botVideoContainer.appendChild(videoEl);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Initialize and connect to the bot
-   * This sets up the RTVI client, initializes devices, and establishes the connection
-   */
-  async connect() {
-    try {
-      // Create a new Daily transport for WebRTC communication
-      const transport = new DailyTransport();
-
-      // Initialize the RTVI client with our configuration
-      this.rtviClient = new RTVIClient({
-        transport,
-        params: {
-          // The baseURL and endpoint of your bot server that the client will connect to
-          baseUrl: 'http://localhost:7860',
-          endpoints: {
-            connect: '/connect',
-          },
-        },
-        enableMic: true, // Enable microphone for user input
-        enableCam: false,
-        callbacks: {
-          // Handle connection state changes
-          onConnected: () => {
-            this.updateStatus('Connected');
-            this.connectBtn.disabled = true;
-            this.disconnectBtn.disabled = false;
-            this.log('Client connected');
-          },
-          onDisconnected: () => {
-            this.updateStatus('Disconnected');
-            this.connectBtn.disabled = false;
-            this.disconnectBtn.disabled = true;
-            this.log('Client disconnected');
-          },
-          // Handle transport state changes
-          onTransportStateChanged: (state) => {
-            this.updateStatus(`Transport: ${state}`);
-            this.log(`Transport state changed: ${state}`);
-            if (state === 'ready') {
-              this.setupMediaTracks();
-            }
-          },
-          // Handle bot connection events
-          onBotConnected: (participant) => {
-            this.log(`Bot connected: ${JSON.stringify(participant)}`);
-          },
-          onBotDisconnected: (participant) => {
-            this.log(`Bot disconnected: ${JSON.stringify(participant)}`);
-          },
-          onBotReady: (data) => {
-            this.log(`Bot ready: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`);
-            this.setupMediaTracks();
-          },
-          // Transcript events
-          onUserTranscript: (data) => {
-            // Only log final transcripts
-            if (data.final) {
-              this.log(`User: ${data.text}`);
-            }
-          },
-          onBotTranscript: (data) => {
-            this.log(`Bot: ${data.text}`);
-          },
-          // Error handling
-          onMessageError: (error) => {
-            console.log('Message error:', error);
-          },
-          onError: (error) => {
-            console.log('Error:', error);
-          },
-        },
-      });
-
-      // Set up listeners for media track events
-      this.setupTrackListeners();
-
-      // Initialize audio/video devices
-      this.log('Initializing devices...');
-      await this.rtviClient.initDevices();
-
-      // Connect to the bot
-      this.log('Connecting to bot...');
-      await this.rtviClient.connect();
-
-      this.log('Connection complete');
-    } catch (error) {
-      // Handle any errors during connection
-      this.log(`Error connecting: ${error.message}`);
-      this.log(`Error stack: ${error.stack}`);
-      this.updateStatus('Error');
-
-      // Clean up if there's an error
-      if (this.rtviClient) {
-        try {
-          await this.rtviClient.disconnect();
-        } catch (disconnectError) {
-          this.log(`Error during disconnect: ${disconnectError.message}`);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Disconnect from the bot and clean up media resources
-   */
-  async disconnect() {
-    if (this.rtviClient) {
-      try {
-        // Disconnect the RTVI client
-        await this.rtviClient.disconnect();
-        this.rtviClient = null;
-
-        // Clean up audio
-        if (this.botAudio.srcObject) {
-          this.botAudio.srcObject.getTracks().forEach((track) => track.stop());
-          this.botAudio.srcObject = null;
-        }
-
-        // Clean up video
-        if (this.botVideoContainer.querySelector('video')?.srcObject) {
-          const video = this.botVideoContainer.querySelector('video');
-          video.srcObject.getTracks().forEach((track) => track.stop());
-          video.srcObject = null;
-        }
-        this.botVideoContainer.innerHTML = '';
-      } catch (error) {
-        this.log(`Error disconnecting: ${error.message}`);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// Initialize the client when the page loads
-window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
-  new ChatbotClient();
-});
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/src/style.css
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/javascript/src/style.css
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-body {
-  margin: 0;
-  padding: 20px;
-  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
-  background-color: #f0f0f0;
-}
-
-.container {
-  max-width: 1200px;
-  margin: 0 auto;
-}
-
-.status-bar {
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-  align-items: center;
-  padding: 10px;
-  background-color: #fff;
-  border-radius: 8px;
-  margin-bottom: 20px;
-}
-
-.controls button {
-  padding: 8px 16px;
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--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/prebuilt/README.md
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-# Daily Prebuilt Connection
-
-The simplest way to connect to the chatbot using Daily's Prebuilt UI.
-
-1. Start the bot server
-
-```bash
-python server/server.py
-```
-
-2. Visit http://localhost:7860
-
-3. Allow microphone access when prompted
-
-4. Start talking with the bot
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/examples/react/.gitignore
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@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
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-.vscode/*
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