diff --git a/backend/gradio_webrtc/__init__.py b/backend/gradio_webrtc/__init__.py
index af3f6cd..d774b0e 100644
--- a/backend/gradio_webrtc/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/gradio_webrtc/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .webrtc import StreamHandler, WebRTC
+from .reply_on_pause import ReplyOnPause
 
-__all__ = ["StreamHandler", "WebRTC"]
+__all__ = ["ReplyOnPause", "StreamHandler", "WebRTC"]
diff --git a/backend/gradio_webrtc/pause_detection/__init__.py b/backend/gradio_webrtc/pause_detection/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79e57ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/gradio_webrtc/pause_detection/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from .vad import SileroVADModel, SileroVadOptions
+
+
+__all__ = ["SileroVADModel", "SileroVadOptions"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/gradio_webrtc/pause_detection/vad.py b/backend/gradio_webrtc/pause_detection/vad.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18e1d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/gradio_webrtc/pause_detection/vad.py
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+import logging
+import warnings
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+
+from typing import List
+
+import numpy as np
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SileroVadOptions:
+    """VAD options.
+
+    Attributes:
+      threshold: Speech threshold. Silero VAD outputs speech probabilities for each audio chunk,
+        probabilities ABOVE this value are considered as SPEECH. It is better to tune this
+        parameter for each dataset separately, but "lazy" 0.5 is pretty good for most datasets.
+      min_speech_duration_ms: Final speech chunks shorter min_speech_duration_ms are thrown out.
+      max_speech_duration_s: Maximum duration of speech chunks in seconds. Chunks longer
+        than max_speech_duration_s will be split at the timestamp of the last silence that
+        lasts more than 100ms (if any), to prevent aggressive cutting. Otherwise, they will be
+        split aggressively just before max_speech_duration_s.
+      min_silence_duration_ms: In the end of each speech chunk wait for min_silence_duration_ms
+        before separating it
+      window_size_samples: Audio chunks of window_size_samples size are fed to the silero VAD model.
+        WARNING! Silero VAD models were trained using 512, 1024, 1536 samples for 16000 sample rate.
+        Values other than these may affect model performance!!
+      speech_pad_ms: Final speech chunks are padded by speech_pad_ms each side
+      speech_duration: If the length of the speech is less than this value, a pause will be detected.
+    """
+
+    threshold: float = 0.5
+    min_speech_duration_ms: int = 250
+    max_speech_duration_s: float = float("inf")
+    min_silence_duration_ms: int = 2000
+    window_size_samples: int = 1024
+    speech_pad_ms: int = 400
+
+
+class SileroVADModel:
+    @staticmethod
+    def download_model() -> str:
+        return hf_hub_download(
+            repo_id="freddyaboulton/silero-vad", filename="silero_vad.onnx"
+        )
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        try:
+            import onnxruntime
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Applying the VAD filter requires the onnxruntime package"
+            ) from e
+
+        path = self.download_model()
+
+        opts = onnxruntime.SessionOptions()
+        opts.inter_op_num_threads = 1
+        opts.intra_op_num_threads = 1
+        opts.log_severity_level = 4
+
+        self.session = onnxruntime.InferenceSession(
+            path,
+            providers=["CPUExecutionProvider"],
+            sess_options=opts,
+        )
+
+    def get_initial_state(self, batch_size: int):
+        h = np.zeros((2, batch_size, 64), dtype=np.float32)
+        c = np.zeros((2, batch_size, 64), dtype=np.float32)
+        return h, c
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def collect_chunks(audio: np.ndarray, chunks: List[dict]) -> np.ndarray:
+        """Collects and concatenates audio chunks."""
+        if not chunks:
+            return np.array([], dtype=np.float32)
+
+        return np.concatenate(
+            [audio[chunk["start"] : chunk["end"]] for chunk in chunks]
+        )
+
+    def get_speech_timestamps(
+        self,
+        audio: np.ndarray,
+        vad_options: SileroVadOptions,
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> List[dict]:
+        """This method is used for splitting long audios into speech chunks using silero VAD.
+
+        Args:
+        audio: One dimensional float array.
+        vad_options: Options for VAD processing.
+        kwargs: VAD options passed as keyword arguments for backward compatibility.
+
+        Returns:
+        List of dicts containing begin and end samples of each speech chunk.
+        """
+
+        threshold = vad_options.threshold
+        min_speech_duration_ms = vad_options.min_speech_duration_ms
+        max_speech_duration_s = vad_options.max_speech_duration_s
+        min_silence_duration_ms = vad_options.min_silence_duration_ms
+        window_size_samples = vad_options.window_size_samples
+        speech_pad_ms = vad_options.speech_pad_ms
+
+        if window_size_samples not in [512, 1024, 1536]:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Unusual window_size_samples! Supported window_size_samples:\n"
+                " - [512, 1024, 1536] for 16000 sampling_rate"
+            )
+
+        sampling_rate = 16000
+        min_speech_samples = sampling_rate * min_speech_duration_ms / 1000
+        speech_pad_samples = sampling_rate * speech_pad_ms / 1000
+        max_speech_samples = (
+            sampling_rate * max_speech_duration_s
+            - window_size_samples
+            - 2 * speech_pad_samples
+        )
+        min_silence_samples = sampling_rate * min_silence_duration_ms / 1000
+        min_silence_samples_at_max_speech = sampling_rate * 98 / 1000
+
+        audio_length_samples = len(audio)
+
+        state = self.get_initial_state(batch_size=1)
+
+        speech_probs = []
+        for current_start_sample in range(0, audio_length_samples, window_size_samples):
+            chunk = audio[
+                current_start_sample : current_start_sample + window_size_samples
+            ]
+            if len(chunk) < window_size_samples:
+                chunk = np.pad(chunk, (0, int(window_size_samples - len(chunk))))
+            speech_prob, state = self(chunk, state, sampling_rate)
+            speech_probs.append(speech_prob)
+
+        triggered = False
+        speeches = []
+        current_speech = {}
+        neg_threshold = threshold - 0.15
+
+        # to save potential segment end (and tolerate some silence)
+        temp_end = 0
+        # to save potential segment limits in case of maximum segment size reached
+        prev_end = next_start = 0
+
+        for i, speech_prob in enumerate(speech_probs):
+            if (speech_prob >= threshold) and temp_end:
+                temp_end = 0
+                if next_start < prev_end:
+                    next_start = window_size_samples * i
+
+            if (speech_prob >= threshold) and not triggered:
+                triggered = True
+                current_speech["start"] = window_size_samples * i
+                continue
+
+            if (
+                triggered
+                and (window_size_samples * i) - current_speech["start"]
+                > max_speech_samples
+            ):
+                if prev_end:
+                    current_speech["end"] = prev_end
+                    speeches.append(current_speech)
+                    current_speech = {}
+                    # previously reached silence (< neg_thres) and is still not speech (< thres)
+                    if next_start < prev_end:
+                        triggered = False
+                    else:
+                        current_speech["start"] = next_start
+                    prev_end = next_start = temp_end = 0
+                else:
+                    current_speech["end"] = window_size_samples * i
+                    speeches.append(current_speech)
+                    current_speech = {}
+                    prev_end = next_start = temp_end = 0
+                    triggered = False
+                    continue
+
+            if (speech_prob < neg_threshold) and triggered:
+                if not temp_end:
+                    temp_end = window_size_samples * i
+                # condition to avoid cutting in very short silence
+                if (
+                    window_size_samples * i
+                ) - temp_end > min_silence_samples_at_max_speech:
+                    prev_end = temp_end
+                if (window_size_samples * i) - temp_end < min_silence_samples:
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    current_speech["end"] = temp_end
+                    if (
+                        current_speech["end"] - current_speech["start"]
+                    ) > min_speech_samples:
+                        speeches.append(current_speech)
+                    current_speech = {}
+                    prev_end = next_start = temp_end = 0
+                    triggered = False
+                    continue
+
+        if (
+            current_speech
+            and (audio_length_samples - current_speech["start"]) > min_speech_samples
+        ):
+            current_speech["end"] = audio_length_samples
+            speeches.append(current_speech)
+
+        for i, speech in enumerate(speeches):
+            if i == 0:
+                speech["start"] = int(max(0, speech["start"] - speech_pad_samples))
+            if i != len(speeches) - 1:
+                silence_duration = speeches[i + 1]["start"] - speech["end"]
+                if silence_duration < 2 * speech_pad_samples:
+                    speech["end"] += int(silence_duration // 2)
+                    speeches[i + 1]["start"] = int(
+                        max(0, speeches[i + 1]["start"] - silence_duration // 2)
+                    )
+                else:
+                    speech["end"] = int(
+                        min(audio_length_samples, speech["end"] + speech_pad_samples)
+                    )
+                    speeches[i + 1]["start"] = int(
+                        max(0, speeches[i + 1]["start"] - speech_pad_samples)
+                    )
+            else:
+                speech["end"] = int(
+                    min(audio_length_samples, speech["end"] + speech_pad_samples)
+                )
+
+        return speeches
+
+    def vad(
+        self, audio_tuple: tuple[int, np.ndarray], vad_parameters: None | SileroVadOptions
+    ) -> float:
+
+        sampling_rate, audio = audio_tuple
+        logger.debug("VAD audio shape input: %s", audio.shape)
+        try:
+            audio = audio.astype(np.float32) / 32768.0
+            sr = 16000
+            if sr != sampling_rate:
+                try:
+                    import librosa # type: ignore
+                except ImportError as e:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        "Applying the VAD filter requires the librosa if the input sampling rate is not 16000hz"
+                    ) from e
+                audio = librosa.resample(audio, orig_sr=sampling_rate, target_sr=sr)
+
+            if not vad_parameters:
+                vad_parameters = SileroVadOptions()
+            speech_chunks = self.get_speech_timestamps(audio, vad_parameters)
+            logger.debug("VAD speech chunks: %s", speech_chunks)
+            audio = self.collect_chunks(audio, speech_chunks)
+            logger.debug("VAD audio shape: %s", audio.shape)
+            duration_after_vad = audio.shape[0] / sr
+
+            return duration_after_vad
+        except Exception as e:
+            import math
+            import traceback
+            logger.debug("VAD Exception: %s", str(e))
+            exec = traceback.format_exc()
+            logger.debug("traceback %s", exec)
+            return math.inf
+
+    def __call__(self, x, state, sr: int):
+        if len(x.shape) == 1:
+            x = np.expand_dims(x, 0)
+        if len(x.shape) > 2:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Too many dimensions for input audio chunk {len(x.shape)}"
+            )
+        if sr / x.shape[1] > 31.25:
+            raise ValueError("Input audio chunk is too short")
+
+        h, c = state
+
+        ort_inputs = {
+            "input": x,
+            "h": h,
+            "c": c,
+            "sr": np.array(sr, dtype="int64"),
+        }
+
+        out, h, c = self.session.run(None, ort_inputs)
+        state = (h, c)
+
+        return out, state
diff --git a/backend/gradio_webrtc/reply_on_pause.py b/backend/gradio_webrtc/reply_on_pause.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..640ea66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/gradio_webrtc/reply_on_pause.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+from typing import Callable, Literal, Generator, cast
+from functools import lru_cache
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from threading import Event
+from logging import getLogger
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from gradio_webrtc.pause_detection import SileroVADModel, SileroVadOptions
+from gradio_webrtc.webrtc import StreamHandler
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+counter = 0
+
+@lru_cache
+def get_vad_model() -> SileroVADModel:
+    """Returns the VAD model instance."""
+    return SileroVADModel()
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AlgoOptions:
+    """Algorithm options."""
+    audio_chunk_duration: float = 0.6
+    started_talking_threshold: float = 0.2
+    speech_threshold: float = 0.1
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AppState:
+    stream: np.ndarray | None = None
+    sampling_rate: int = 0
+    pause_detected: bool = False
+    started_talking: bool = False
+    responding: bool = False
+    stopped: bool = False
+    buffer: np.ndarray | None = None
+
+
+ReplyFnGenerator = Callable[[tuple[int, np.ndarray]], Generator[tuple[int, np.ndarray] | tuple[int, np.ndarray, Literal["mono", "stereo"]], None, None]]
+
+class ReplyOnPause(StreamHandler):
+    def __init__(self, fn: ReplyFnGenerator,
+                 algo_options: AlgoOptions | None = None,
+                 model_options: SileroVadOptions | None = None,
+                 expected_layout: Literal["mono", "stereo"] = "mono",
+                 output_sample_rate: int = 24000,
+                 output_frame_size: int = 960,):
+        super().__init__(expected_layout,
+                         output_sample_rate, output_frame_size)
+        self.expected_layout: Literal["mono", "stereo"] = expected_layout
+        self.output_sample_rate = output_sample_rate
+        self.output_frame_size = output_frame_size
+        self.model = get_vad_model()
+        self.fn = fn
+        self.event = Event()
+        self.state = AppState()
+        self.generator = None
+        self.model_options = model_options
+        self.algo_options = algo_options or AlgoOptions()
+    
+    def copy(self):
+        return ReplyOnPause(self.fn, self.algo_options, self.model_options,
+                            self.expected_layout, self.output_sample_rate, self.output_frame_size)
+    
+    def determine_pause(self, audio: np.ndarray, sampling_rate: int, state: AppState) -> bool:
+        """Take in the stream, determine if a pause happened"""
+        duration = len(audio) / sampling_rate
+
+        if duration >= self.algo_options.audio_chunk_duration:
+            dur_vad = self.model.vad((sampling_rate, audio), self.model_options)
+            logger.debug("VAD duration: %s", dur_vad)
+            if dur_vad > self.algo_options.started_talking_threshold and not state.started_talking:
+                state.started_talking = True
+                logger.debug("Started talking")
+            if state.started_talking:
+                if state.stream is None:
+                    state.stream = audio
+                else:
+                    state.stream = np.concatenate((state.stream, audio))
+            state.buffer = None
+            if dur_vad < self.algo_options.speech_threshold and state.started_talking:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+
+    def process_audio(self, audio: tuple[int, np.ndarray], state: AppState) -> None:
+        frame_rate, array = audio
+        array = np.squeeze(array)
+        if not state.sampling_rate:
+            state.sampling_rate = frame_rate
+        if state.buffer is None:
+            state.buffer = array
+        else:
+            state.buffer = np.concatenate((state.buffer, array))
+
+        pause_detected = self.determine_pause(state.buffer, state.sampling_rate, self.state)
+        state.pause_detected = pause_detected
+    
+
+    def receive(self, frame: tuple[int, np.ndarray]) -> None:
+        if self.state.responding:
+            return
+        self.process_audio(frame, self.state)
+        if self.state.pause_detected:
+            self.event.set()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.generator = None
+        self.event.clear()
+        self.state = AppState()
+
+    def emit(self):
+        if not self.event.is_set():
+            return None
+        else:
+            if not self.generator:
+                audio = cast(np.ndarray, self.state.stream).reshape(1, -1)
+                self.generator = self.fn((self.state.sampling_rate, audio))
+            self.state.responding = True
+            try:
+                return next(self.generator)
+            except StopIteration:
+                self.reset()
+    
+
+
diff --git a/backend/gradio_webrtc/utils.py b/backend/gradio_webrtc/utils.py
index 7348eb2..8762c1b 100644
--- a/backend/gradio_webrtc/utils.py
+++ b/backend/gradio_webrtc/utils.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ async def player_worker_decode(
 
             # Convert to audio frame and resample
             # This runs in the same timeout context
-            frame = av.AudioFrame.from_ndarray(
+            frame = av.AudioFrame.from_ndarray( # type: ignore
                 audio_array, format=format, layout=layout
             )
             frame.sample_rate = sample_rate
diff --git a/backend/gradio_webrtc/webrtc.py b/backend/gradio_webrtc/webrtc.py
index 647b6f2..e210f55 100644
--- a/backend/gradio_webrtc/webrtc.py
+++ b/backend/gradio_webrtc/webrtc.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import traceback
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Generator, Literal, Sequence, cast
+from copy import deepcopy
 
 import anyio.to_thread
 import av
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@ class StreamHandler(ABC):
         self.output_frame_size = output_frame_size
         self._resampler = None
 
+    def copy(self) -> "StreamHandler":
+        try:
+            return deepcopy(self)
+        except Exception:
+            raise ValueError("Current StreamHandler implementation cannot be deepcopied. Implement the copy method.")
+
     def resample(self, frame: AudioFrame) -> Generator[AudioFrame, None, None]:
         if self._resampler is None:
             self._resampler = av.AudioResampler(  # type: ignore
@@ -622,7 +629,7 @@ class WebRTC(Component):
             elif self.modality == "audio":
                 cb = AudioCallback(
                     relay.subscribe(track),
-                    event_handler=cast(StreamHandler, self.event_handler),
+                    event_handler=cast(StreamHandler, self.event_handler).copy(),
                 )
             self.connections[body["webrtc_id"]] = cb
             logger.debug("Adding track to peer connection %s", cb)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0f8ab2b..0b331aa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ description = "Stream images in realtime with webrtc"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "apache-2.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-authors = [{ name = "YOUR NAME", email = "YOUREMAIL@domain.com" }]
+authors = [{ name = "Freddy Boulton", email = "YOUREMAIL@domain.com" }]
 keywords = ["gradio-custom-component", "gradio-template-Video", "streaming", "webrtc", "realtime"]
 # Add dependencies here
 dependencies = ["gradio>=4.0,<6.0", "aiortc"]
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ classifiers = [
   'Operating System :: OS Independent',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
-  'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+  'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
   'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
   'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence',
   'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization',