janet: My agent often interrupts and talks over the caller. What are the best settings in "Stop speaking plan" thanks

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To reduce your agent interrupting callers, increase the

numWords

parameter in your

stopSpeakingPlan

so the agent waits for the caller to say 2-3 words before stopping. This helps avoid interruptions after brief acknowledgments. Here’s an example configuration:

json
"stopSpeakingPlan": {
  "numWords": 3,
  "voiceSeconds": 0.2,
  "backoffSeconds": 1
}

Set this via the API, and adjust

numWords

as needed to best fit your conversation flow. For more details, see the [Vapi speech configuration documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/customization/speech-configuration). Source: - [Vapi Speech Configuration Documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/customization/speech-configuration)

Let us know if these settings work for you