diff --git a/examples/realtime/demo.py b/examples/realtime/demo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2ea96545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/realtime/demo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import asyncio
+import os
+import sys
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import numpy as np
+
+# Add the current directory to path so we can import ui
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+from agents import function_tool
+from agents.realtime import RealtimeAgent, RealtimeSession, RealtimeSessionEvent
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .ui import AppUI
+else:
+    # Try both import styles
+    try:
+        # Try relative import first (when used as a package)
+        from .ui import AppUI
+    except ImportError:
+        # Fall back to direct import (when run as a script)
+        from ui import AppUI
+
+
+@function_tool
+def get_weather(city: str) -> str:
+    """Get the weather in a city."""
+    return f"The weather in {city} is sunny."
+
+
+agent = RealtimeAgent(
+    name="Assistant",
+    instructions="You always greet the user with 'Top of the morning to you'.",
+    tools=[get_weather],
+)
+
+
+class Example:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.session = RealtimeSession(agent)
+        self.ui = AppUI()
+        self.ui.connected = asyncio.Event()
+        self.ui.last_audio_item_id = None
+        # Set the audio callback
+        self.ui.set_audio_callback(self.on_audio_recorded)
+
+    async def run(self) -> None:
+        self.session.add_listener(self.on_event)
+        await self.session.connect()
+        self.ui.set_is_connected(True)
+        await self.ui.run_async()
+
+    async def on_audio_recorded(self, audio_bytes: bytes) -> None:
+        """Called when audio is recorded by the UI."""
+        try:
+            # Send the audio to the session
+            await self.session.send_audio(audio_bytes)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.ui.log_message(f"Error sending audio: {e}")
+
+    async def on_event(self, event: RealtimeSessionEvent) -> None:
+        # Display event in the UI
+        try:
+            if event.type == "agent_start":
+                self.ui.add_transcript(f"Agent started: {event.agent.name}")
+            elif event.type == "agent_end":
+                self.ui.add_transcript(f"Agent ended: {event.agent.name}")
+            elif event.type == "handoff":
+                self.ui.add_transcript(
+                    f"Handoff from {event.from_agent.name} to {event.to_agent.name}"
+                )
+            elif event.type == "tool_start":
+                self.ui.add_transcript(f"Tool started: {event.tool.name}")
+            elif event.type == "tool_end":
+                self.ui.add_transcript(f"Tool ended: {event.tool.name}; output: {event.output}")
+            elif event.type == "audio_end":
+                self.ui.add_transcript("Audio ended")
+            elif event.type == "audio":
+                np_audio = np.frombuffer(event.audio.data, dtype=np.int16)
+                self.ui.play_audio(np_audio)
+            elif event.type == "audio_interrupted":
+                self.ui.add_transcript("Audio interrupted")
+            elif event.type == "error":
+                self.ui.add_transcript(f"Error: {event.error}")
+            elif event.type == "history_updated":
+                pass
+            elif event.type == "history_added":
+                pass
+            elif event.type == "raw_transport_event":
+                self.ui.log_message(f"Raw transport event: {event.data}")
+            else:
+                self.ui.log_message(f"Unknown event type: {event.type}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            # This can happen if the UI has already exited
+            self.ui.log_message(f"Event handling error: {str(e)}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    example = Example()
+    asyncio.run(example.run())
diff --git a/examples/realtime/ui.py b/examples/realtime/ui.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ba055835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/realtime/ui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from collections.abc import Coroutine
+from typing import Any, Callable
+
+import numpy as np
+import numpy.typing as npt
+import sounddevice as sd
+from textual import events
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.containers import Container, Horizontal
+from textual.reactive import reactive
+from textual.widgets import RichLog, Static
+from typing_extensions import override
+
+CHUNK_LENGTH_S = 0.05  # 50ms
+SAMPLE_RATE = 24000
+FORMAT = np.int16
+CHANNELS = 1
+
+
+class Header(Static):
+    """A header widget."""
+
+    @override
+    def render(self) -> str:
+        return "Realtime Demo"
+
+
+class AudioStatusIndicator(Static):
+    """A widget that shows the current audio recording status."""
+
+    is_recording = reactive(False)
+
+    @override
+    def render(self) -> str:
+        status = (
+            "🔴 Conversation started."
+            if self.is_recording
+            else "⚪ Press SPACE to start the conversation (q to quit)"
+        )
+        return status
+
+
+class AppUI(App[None]):
+    CSS = """
+        Screen {
+            background: #1a1b26;  /* Dark blue-grey background */
+        }
+
+        Container {
+            border: double rgb(91, 164, 91);
+        }
+
+        #input-container {
+            height: 5;  /* Explicit height for input container */
+            margin: 1 1;
+            padding: 1 2;
+        }
+
+        #bottom-pane {
+            width: 100%;
+            height: 82%;  /* Reduced to make room for session display */
+            border: round rgb(205, 133, 63);
+        }
+
+        #status-indicator {
+            height: 3;
+            content-align: center middle;
+            background: #2a2b36;
+            border: solid rgb(91, 164, 91);
+            margin: 1 1;
+        }
+
+        #session-display {
+            height: 3;
+            content-align: center middle;
+            background: #2a2b36;
+            border: solid rgb(91, 164, 91);
+            margin: 1 1;
+        }
+
+        #transcripts {
+            width: 50%;
+            height: 100%;
+            border-right: solid rgb(91, 164, 91);
+        }
+
+        #transcripts-header {
+            height: 2;
+            background: #2a2b36;
+            content-align: center middle;
+            border-bottom: solid rgb(91, 164, 91);
+        }
+
+        #transcripts-content {
+            height: 100%;
+        }
+
+        #event-log {
+            width: 50%;
+            height: 100%;
+        }
+
+        #event-log-header {
+            height: 2;
+            background: #2a2b36;
+            content-align: center middle;
+            border-bottom: solid rgb(91, 164, 91);
+        }
+
+        #event-log-content {
+            height: 100%;
+        }
+
+        Static {
+            color: white;
+        }
+    """
+
+    should_send_audio: asyncio.Event
+    connected: asyncio.Event
+    last_audio_item_id: str | None
+    audio_callback: Callable[[bytes], Coroutine[Any, Any, None]] | None
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.audio_player = sd.OutputStream(
+            samplerate=SAMPLE_RATE,
+            channels=CHANNELS,
+            dtype=FORMAT,
+        )
+        self.should_send_audio = asyncio.Event()
+        self.connected = asyncio.Event()
+        self.audio_callback = None
+
+    @override
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        """Create child widgets for the app."""
+        with Container():
+            yield Header(id="session-display")
+            yield AudioStatusIndicator(id="status-indicator")
+            with Container(id="bottom-pane"):
+                with Horizontal():
+                    with Container(id="transcripts"):
+                        yield Static("Conversation transcript", id="transcripts-header")
+                        yield RichLog(
+                            id="transcripts-content", wrap=True, highlight=True, markup=True
+                        )
+                    with Container(id="event-log"):
+                        yield Static("Raw event log", id="event-log-header")
+                        yield RichLog(
+                            id="event-log-content", wrap=True, highlight=True, markup=True
+                        )
+
+    def set_is_connected(self, is_connected: bool) -> None:
+        self.connected.set() if is_connected else self.connected.clear()
+
+    def set_audio_callback(self, callback: Callable[[bytes], Coroutine[Any, Any, None]]) -> None:
+        """Set a callback function to be called when audio is recorded."""
+        self.audio_callback = callback
+
+    # High-level methods for UI operations
+    def set_header_text(self, text: str) -> None:
+        """Update the header text."""
+        header = self.query_one("#session-display", Header)
+        header.update(text)
+
+    def set_recording_status(self, is_recording: bool) -> None:
+        """Set the recording status indicator."""
+        status_indicator = self.query_one(AudioStatusIndicator)
+        status_indicator.is_recording = is_recording
+
+    def log_message(self, message: str) -> None:
+        """Add a message to the event log."""
+        try:
+            log_pane = self.query_one("#event-log-content", RichLog)
+            log_pane.write(message)
+        except Exception:
+            # Handle the case where the widget might not be available
+            pass
+
+    def add_transcript(self, message: str) -> None:
+        """Add a transcript message to the transcripts panel."""
+        try:
+            transcript_pane = self.query_one("#transcripts-content", RichLog)
+            transcript_pane.write(message)
+        except Exception:
+            # Handle the case where the widget might not be available
+            pass
+
+    def play_audio(self, audio_data: npt.NDArray[np.int16]) -> None:
+        """Play audio data through the audio player."""
+        try:
+            self.audio_player.write(audio_data)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log_message(f"Audio play error: {e}")
+
+    async def on_mount(self) -> None:
+        """Set up audio player and start the audio capture worker."""
+        self.audio_player.start()
+        self.run_worker(self.capture_audio())
+
+    async def capture_audio(self) -> None:
+        """Capture audio from the microphone and send to the session."""
+        # Wait for connection to be established
+        await self.connected.wait()
+
+        # Set up audio input stream
+        stream = sd.InputStream(
+            channels=CHANNELS,
+            samplerate=SAMPLE_RATE,
+            dtype=FORMAT,
+        )
+
+        try:
+            # Wait for user to press spacebar to start
+            await self.should_send_audio.wait()
+
+            stream.start()
+            self.set_recording_status(True)
+            self.log_message("Recording started - speak to the agent")
+
+            # Buffer size in samples
+            read_size = int(SAMPLE_RATE * CHUNK_LENGTH_S)
+
+            while True:
+                # Check if there's enough data to read
+                if stream.read_available < read_size:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(0.01)  # Small sleep to avoid CPU hogging
+                    continue
+
+                # Read audio data
+                data, _ = stream.read(read_size)
+
+                # Convert numpy array to bytes
+                audio_bytes = data.tobytes()
+
+                # Call audio callback if set
+                if self.audio_callback:
+                    try:
+                        await self.audio_callback(audio_bytes)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        self.log_message(f"Audio callback error: {e}")
+
+                # Yield control back to event loop
+                await asyncio.sleep(0)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log_message(f"Audio capture error: {e}")
+        finally:
+            if stream.active:
+                stream.stop()
+            stream.close()
+
+    async def on_key(self, event: events.Key) -> None:
+        """Handle key press events."""
+        # add the keypress to the log
+        self.log_message(f"Key pressed: {event.key}")
+
+        if event.key == "q":
+            self.audio_player.stop()
+            self.audio_player.close()
+            self.exit()
+            return
+
+        if event.key == "space":  # Spacebar
+            if not self.should_send_audio.is_set():
+                self.should_send_audio.set()
+                self.set_recording_status(True)
diff --git a/src/agents/realtime/openai_realtime.py b/src/agents/realtime/openai_realtime.py
index 226eaed7d..6dc34bcf1 100644
--- a/src/agents/realtime/openai_realtime.py
+++ b/src/agents/realtime/openai_realtime.py
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ async def _handle_ws_event(self, event: dict[str, Any]):
             ).validate_python(event)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Invalid event: {event} - {e}")
-            await self._emit_event(RealtimeTransportErrorEvent(error=f"Invalid event: {event}"))
+            await self._emit_event(
+                RealtimeTransportErrorEvent(error=f"Invalid event: {event} - {e}")
+            )
             return
 
         if parsed.type == "response.audio.delta":
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d882c9bc5..880116f58 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1496,6 +1496,9 @@ dependencies = [
 litellm = [
     { name = "litellm" },
 ]
+realtime = [
+    { name = "websockets" },
+]
 viz = [
     { name = "graphviz" },
 ]
@@ -1541,9 +1544,10 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "requests", specifier = ">=2.0,<3" },
     { name = "types-requests", specifier = ">=2.0,<3" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = ">=4.12.2,<5" },
+    { name = "websockets", marker = "extra == 'realtime'", specifier = ">=15.0,<16" },
     { name = "websockets", marker = "extra == 'voice'", specifier = ">=15.0,<16" },
 ]
-provides-extras = ["voice", "viz", "litellm"]
+provides-extras = ["voice", "viz", "litellm", "realtime"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [