Sound while tool call in progress
# supportr
rowdy
07/10/2025, 5:49 PMIs it possible to play a sound while a tool call is in progress? I have a long running job that takes up to 20 seconds and want to make it clear that the call hasn't dropped.
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Chiranjeet Mishra
07/10/2025, 6:16 PMYes, you can play a custom background sound during a tool call to indicate the call is active. You can set a custom audio file as background sound by specifying a URL in the
backgroundSoundr
rowdy
07/10/2025, 6:17 PMthank you
rowdy
07/10/2025, 6:17 PMah i meant something different that the normal call background, a second one for while a tool call is in progress
rowdy
07/10/2025, 6:18 PMI just changed the "custom message response" to tell jokes instead.
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Kings_big💫
07/10/2025, 10:16 PMVapi doesn’t support a separate sound during tool calls, but you can simulate it by making the tool async, using a looping backgroundSound, and adding TTS messages before and after the tool completes..
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