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Open WebUI 0.12.0: realtime voice calls

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Source:GitHub
The new Open WebUI release adds a Realtime mode for voice calls: a voice model handles the conversation and hands real questions to the selected chat model, which answers using its history and tools. It can be enabled by administrators in the audio settings.
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