How it works

Foe: Echo Banshee, audio to record, clean up, voice or transcribe.

Echo Banshee

1. Echo Banshee

   The Echo Banshee blocks the way.

   What really happensIt stands for audio to record, clean up, voice or transcribe.

   Minstrel: Context 100/100.

2. Wail

   The banshee wails, and the whole party's ears ring.

   What really happensRaw audio is noisy and long until someone cleans, cuts and mixes it.

   Minstrel takes 8. Minstrel: Context 92/100.

3. Cartesia Skills

   The hero reads Cartesia's voice lore.

   What really happenscartesia-api loads for Sonic TTS, Ink STT, voices or the SDKs. cartesia-line loads for Line voice agents.

   Echo Banshee takes 23.

4. Cartesia Skills

   Stale model names and leaked keys are turned away.

   What really happensThe skill says not to trust model or voice IDs from memory, to pin one Cartesia-Version, and to give browsers short-lived access tokens.

   Echo Banshee takes 11. Minstrel: Ward.

5. Wail

   The ward takes the blow.

   What really happensA test or check catches the problem before it lands.

   Minstrel blocks the hit.

6. Cartesia Skills

   Speech calls are forged into your app.

   What really happensThe agent writes SDK or HTTP code, using /tts/bytes for known text and the WebSocket when text streams in.

   Echo Banshee takes 28.

7. Cartesia Skills

   Your app can now give the Echo Banshee a voice.

   What really happensYou get app code that calls Cartesia. Running it needs your own Cartesia API key.

   Echo Banshee takes 38. Echo Banshee falls.

8. Victory

   The Echo Banshee falls.