step2

src/vad/silero.rs

@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ impl VadDetector {
         self.in_speech
     }
 
+    /// Milliseconds of consecutive silence accumulated *inside* the current
+    /// utterance — i.e. the length of the micro-pause the user is currently in.
+    /// Zero while voice is ongoing, and zero outside a confirmed utterance.
+    ///
+    /// Exposed so the backchannel can cue on a natural pause (between words /
+    /// phrases) instead of dropping a cue mid-word. Measured in [`WINDOW_MS`]
+    /// steps, so it is a multiple of 32 ms.
+    pub fn silence_ms(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.silence_run_ms
+    }
+
     /// Feed 16 kHz mono PCM and collect the events it triggers.
     ///
     /// Any number of samples may be pushed; internally they are buffered into