Detailed record of why livekit-plugins-speechmatics was removed:
- EXTERNAL: no FINAL_TRANSCRIPT (framework never sends FlushSentinel)
- ADAPTIVE: zero output (dual Silero VAD conflict)
- SMART_TURN: fragments Chinese speech into tiny pieces
- FIXED: finalize() async race condition with session teardown
All tested on 2026-03-03, none viable with LiveKit agents v1.4.4.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
