You're asking whether LiveKit supports using

openai.realtime.RealtimeModel

without providing `turn_detection`—specifically to stream audio to OpenAI while you control turns manually. Yes. If you omit

turn_detection

, LiveKit will pick a default turn-detection mode (for

RealtimeModel

this typically uses server-side turn detection when supported). If you want manual turn-taking, set

turn_detection: "manual"

on your

AgentSession

. That disables automatic detection but still streams audio to the

RealtimeModel

. When the user finishes speaking, call

session.commit_user_turn()

to signal the end of the turn and trigger the assistant response. If you'd like, tell me which SDK/language you're using (Node, Python, browser) and I can provide a short code example for setting

turn_detection: "manual"

and committing turns. Sources: Agents (Node.js) | livekit/livekit_composite | DeepWiki | Turn detection and interruptions | LiveKit Docs