pipecat/changelog/3697.changed.2.md

• Update SonioxSTTService to set vad_force_turn_endpoint to True. This setting disabled the turn detection logic available natively in Soniox. Instead, Soniox relies on a local VAD to finalize the transcript. This configuration meaningfully reduces the time to final segment for Soniox. With this setting enabled, Soniox outputs a transcript in ~250ms (median). Pipecat enables smart-turn detection by default using the LocalSmartTurnAnalyzerV3. To use the native turn detection logic in Soniox, just set vad_force_turn_endpoint to False.