From 92085922c30324e95b10ac3179284f653005c130 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "github-actions[bot]" Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:13:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update Smart Turn v3 installation notes for vendored feature extractor Update documentation to reflect that Smart Turn v3 no longer requires the `transformers` package at runtime, using a vendored numpy-only implementation instead. This change reduces memory usage from ~566 MB to ~60 MB and cold-start time from ~5.0s to ~0.3s. Changes: - Removed `transformers` from the dependencies list in the Installation section - Added performance improvement note highlighting memory and startup benefits - Maintains that no extra installation is needed beyond core pipecat-ai package Related: pipecat-ai/pipecat#4536 --- .../server/utilities/turn-detection/smart-turn-overview.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/api-reference/server/utilities/turn-detection/smart-turn-overview.mdx b/api-reference/server/utilities/turn-detection/smart-turn-overview.mdx index 84175bd7..b71babce 100644 --- a/api-reference/server/utilities/turn-detection/smart-turn-overview.mdx +++ b/api-reference/server/utilities/turn-detection/smart-turn-overview.mdx @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Pipecat provides `LocalSmartTurnAnalyzerV3` which runs inference locally using O ## Installation -Smart Turn dependencies (`transformers`, `onnxruntime`) are included with the core `pipecat-ai` package — no extra installation is needed. +Smart Turn dependencies are included with the core `pipecat-ai` package — no extra installation is needed. ```bash uv add pipecat-ai