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A tour of what ships beyond chat. twitter:image: https://daily.dev/assets/og/agentic-ai-hub.png?v=40e6ff69 --- [Skip to main content ](#main-content) # What's out there beyond text? Specialized models, image and voice tools, real-time agents, and agents that use a browser. A tour of what ships beyond chat. [Start reading → ](/agentic-ai-hub/specialized-models/?path=beyond-text&i=0) [Check yourself first ↓ ](#quiz) 1. [ 1 Specialized Models Beyond the general-purpose flagships, each modality and job has its own leaders, and the "best" one shifts constantly, so treat these as categories to shop in with current examples. › ](/agentic-ai-hub/specialized-models/?path=beyond-text&i=0) 2. [ 2 Multimodal Creative Tools Image, video, and audio generation. Quality is now high across the board. Choose by control, licensing, and API availability more than raw "wow." › ](/agentic-ai-hub/multimodal-creative-tools/?path=beyond-text&i=1) 3. [ 3 Voice & Real-Time Agents Real-time voice agents = STT (speech-to-text) → LLM → TTS (text-to-speech) stitched into a low-latency loop (or, increasingly, a single speech-to-speech model). › ](/agentic-ai-hub/voice-real-time-agents/?path=beyond-text&i=2) 4. [ 4 Browser & Computer-Use Agents These agents perceive a screen or DOM and act (click, type, scroll, navigate) to complete tasks a human would do in a browser or OS. › ](/agentic-ai-hub/browser-computer-use-agents/?path=beyond-text&i=3) ## Check yourself. One question per step. Take it cold to find where to start, or after reading to see what stuck. Nobody's grading you. Best so far: Question 1 of 4 1. Step 1 How should you pick an embedding model for your RAG system? A Choose the top scorer on general benchmarks like MTEB B Run a small retrieval eval on your own domain C Pick the model with the largest embedding dimensions D Use whatever your LLM provider bundles in The chapter says to pick on retrieval quality for your domain via a small eval, and only then weigh dimensions and max input length. General rankings don't guarantee performance on your data. [Covered in step 1 · Specialized Models → ](/agentic-ai-hub/specialized-models/?path=beyond-text&i=0) Next question → 2. Step 2 Image and video generation quality is now high everywhere. What should drive tool choice for a product? A The most impressive demo-reel output B The size of the tool's user community C Raw generation speed per image or clip D Control, licensing, and API availability With quality high across the board, the chapter says to choose by control, licensing, and API availability rather than raw "wow", and to confirm commercial-use rights per tool and tier before shipping generated media. [Covered in step 2 · Multimodal Creative Tools → ](/agentic-ai-hub/multimodal-creative-tools/?path=beyond-text&i=1) Next question → 3. Step 3 What matters most for making a voice agent feel natural in conversation? A The most expressive TTS voice available B Using the largest LLM in the loop C Keeping round-trip latency under roughly 800ms D Routing calls through a telephony platform Conversational agents feel natural under about 800ms round-trip, which is why speech-to-speech models that cut the separate STT and TTS hops are gaining ground. [Covered in step 3 · Voice & Real-Time Agents → ](/agentic-ai-hub/voice-real-time-agents/?path=beyond-text&i=2) Next question → 4. Step 4 Why shouldn't a browser agent get standing access to your email or banking? A Any web page it reads can prompt-inject and hijack it B It's too slow for time-sensitive account tasks C It can't get past captchas on login pages D Sessions expire faster than agents can finish work Prompt injection is the core threat: a malicious page can hijack an agent that reads it, so sensitive access requires human confirmation on each action. [Covered in step 4 · Browser & Computer-Use Agents → ](/agentic-ai-hub/browser-computer-use-agents/?path=beyond-text&i=3) See results → of 4 * [ 1 Specialized Models → ](/agentic-ai-hub/specialized-models/?path=beyond-text&i=0) * [ 2 Multimodal Creative Tools → ](/agentic-ai-hub/multimodal-creative-tools/?path=beyond-text&i=1) * [ 3 Voice & Real-Time Agents → ](/agentic-ai-hub/voice-real-time-agents/?path=beyond-text&i=2) * [ 4 Browser & Computer-Use Agents → ](/agentic-ai-hub/browser-computer-use-agents/?path=beyond-text&i=3) Try again [Where to next → ](#path-next-title) ## Where to next. More guided paths through the handbook. Pick the next question worth answering. 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