{"language":"Kannada","locale":"kn-IN","measuredAt":"2026-08-15","method":"Three isolated production make_tts adapter instances at 8 kHz PCM16; await Azure built-in connection/model warm-up; start perf_counter immediately before speak(text); stop at first non-empty audio chunk; cancel after first chunk; report median; exclude STT, model, carrier and playback.","runtime":{"grade":"Bharat Essential","provider":"Google Cloud Text-to-Speech","vendorVoice":"kn-IN-Wavenet-A","displayVoice":"Bhoomi","sttProvider":"Sarvam saaras:v3","engine":"cascade","getVoicePackResult":"None from the generic business integration","resolvedPack":"kn-IN dedicated pack"},"benchmarkText":"ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ನಾನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಲಿ?","latencyRunsMs":[870,900,938],"medianFirstAudioMs":900,"packSamples":[{"purpose":"Filler while a tool runs","text":"ಒಂದ್ ನಿಮಿಷ ರೀ","registerNote":"A conversational hold line with ರೀ."},{"purpose":"Retry after unclear speech","text":"ಸಾರಿ ರೀ, ಇನ್ನೊಂದ್ ಸಲ ಹೇಳ್ತೀರಾ?","registerNote":"Colloquial polite Kannada rather than a formal written retry."},{"purpose":"Retract an unsupported action","text":"ಸಾರಿ ರೀ, ಅದು ಇಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಕಳಿಸೋಕೆ ಆಗಲ್ಲ. ನಿಮ್ಮ ನಂಬರ್ ತಗೊಳ್ತೀನಿ, ನಮ್ಮವರು ಅದನ್ನ ನಿಮಗೆ ಕಳಿಸ್ತಾರೆ.","registerNote":"Spoken Kannada with a human follow-up path."}],"honestLimits":["The Kannada pack's colloquial register may need a client-specific override for a formal institution or a different regional variety.","The WaveNet adapter is non-streaming: Google returns the full clip before the first 200 ms PCM frame is yielded.","The three runs were tightly grouped at 870, 900 and 938 ms, but the median is not a production percentile or SLA.","The first-audio benchmark measures TTS adapter latency only; it excludes caller speech recognition, model reasoning, carrier transit and handset playback."]}