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Latency becomes a critical UI element in conversational interfaces
  • In voice interfaces, response latency directly impacts perceived naturalness
  • Sub-200ms responses feel human-like while longer delays reveal the robotic nature
  • Some interfaces now expose latency metrics to help developers understand thresholds
  • Visual feedback during voice interactions helps maintain user confidence
AaronY Combinator00:03:17

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the latency is the interface in some ways and that how fast it responds to you the longer it takes the less it feels like a natural conversation and the more it feels like you're talking to a robot Aaron
they always rendered um kind of like a little label that shows you instantly for each each answer the milliseconds of the delay um really kind of building you an intuition you know how many milliseconds feels natural ver it kind of feels like oh I'm talking to a robot Raphael Shad

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