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@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Define your pipeline once, run it how you need.
 
 - [Project status](#project-status)
 - [Use cases](#use-cases)
+- [Try it from your terminal](#try-it-from-your-terminal)
 - [Core concepts](#core-concepts)
 - [Quickstart (Docker)](#quickstart-docker)
 - [What's included](#whats-included)
@@ -74,6 +75,31 @@ If you try it and something feels off, please open an issue (or a small PR). For
 - **Batch processing** — High-throughput file conversion or offline transcription using the Oneshot HTTP API.
 - **Your idea** — Add your own node or plugin and compose it into a pipeline
 
+## Try it from your terminal
+
+Want a glimpse of what StreamKit can do without installing anything? These commands hit a public instance of the [speech gateway example](examples/speech-gateway/) — a thin HTTP front-end over StreamKit oneshot pipelines (Kokoro TTS and Whisper STT).
+
+Text to speech (returns Opus audio, piped straight to `ffplay`):
+
+```bash
+curl -d 'Hello from StreamKit' https://tts.streamkit.dev | ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -
+```
+
+Speech to text (record 5s from your mic with `ffmpeg`, get back JSON — no audio file needed):
+
+```bash
+# macOS (CoreAudio); list inputs with: ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i ""
+ffmpeg -hide_banner -f avfoundation -i ":0" -t 5 -ac 1 -ar 48000 -c:a libopus -f ogg - | curl -s --data-binary @- -H 'Content-Type: audio/ogg' https://stt.streamkit.dev | jq
+
+# Linux (PulseAudio/PipeWire); use "-f alsa -i default" for ALSA
+ffmpeg -hide_banner -f pulse -i default -t 5 -ac 1 -ar 48000 -c:a libopus -f ogg - | curl -s --data-binary @- -H 'Content-Type: audio/ogg' https://stt.streamkit.dev | jq
+```
+
+Drop `-t 5` to record until you stop `ffmpeg` with `q`.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> `tts.streamkit.dev` and `stt.streamkit.dev` are a free, best-effort public demo with no SLA — they may be slow, rate-limited, or offline at any time, and usage is monitored for abuse. Don't send anything sensitive. To run your own, see [`examples/speech-gateway/`](examples/speech-gateway/).
+
 ## Core concepts
 
 - **Pipelines** are node graphs (DAGs) that process real-time streams and requests.
diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/index.mdx b/docs/src/content/docs/index.mdx
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@@ -110,6 +110,25 @@ Then open [http://localhost:4545](http://localhost:4545) to access the web UI.
 > - Follow the [Quick Start](/getting-started/quick-start/) to run your first pipeline end-to-end.
 > - Explore the [web UI guide](/guides/web-ui/) and [Creating Pipelines](/guides/creating-pipelines/) when you're ready to build your own graphs.
 
+## Try it from your terminal
+
+No install required — these hit a public instance of the [speech gateway example](https://github.com/streamer45/streamkit/tree/main/examples/speech-gateway), a thin HTTP front-end over StreamKit oneshot pipelines (Kokoro TTS and Whisper STT).
+
+Text to speech (returns Opus audio, piped straight to `ffplay`):
+
+```bash
+curl -d 'Hello from StreamKit' https://tts.streamkit.dev | ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -
+```
+
+Speech to text — pipe the synthesized audio straight back into STT (no local file needed) and get back newline-delimited JSON:
+
+```bash
+curl -sd 'StreamKit transcribes speech' https://tts.streamkit.dev | curl -s --data-binary @- https://stt.streamkit.dev
+```
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> `tts.streamkit.dev` and `stt.streamkit.dev` are a free, best-effort public demo with no SLA — they may be slow, rate-limited, or offline at any time, and usage is monitored for abuse. Don't send anything sensitive. To run your own, see [`examples/speech-gateway`](https://github.com/streamer45/streamkit/tree/main/examples/speech-gateway).
+
 ## Execution modes
 
 StreamKit supports two pipeline execution modes:
diff --git a/examples/speech-gateway/README.md b/examples/speech-gateway/README.md
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+++ b/examples/speech-gateway/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,25 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
 Thin HTTP gateway that rewrites simple STT/TTS requests into the multipart oneshot format expected by a StreamKit backend.
 
+## Hosted instance
+
+A free, best-effort public instance runs at `https://tts.streamkit.dev` and `https://stt.streamkit.dev`, so you can try the endpoints below without running anything:
+
+Text to speech (returns Opus audio, piped to `ffplay`):
+
+```sh
+curl -d 'Hello from StreamKit' https://tts.streamkit.dev | ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -
+```
+
+Speech to text — record from your mic with `ffmpeg`, no audio file needed (use `STT_URL=https://stt.streamkit.dev ./stt.sh` for an interactive, cross-platform version):
+
+```sh
+# macOS; on Linux use "-f pulse -i default" (PulseAudio/PipeWire) or "-f alsa -i default"
+ffmpeg -hide_banner -f avfoundation -i ":0" -t 5 -ac 1 -ar 48000 -c:a libopus -f ogg - | curl -s --data-binary @- -H 'Content-Type: audio/ogg' https://stt.streamkit.dev | jq
+```
+
+There is no SLA — it may be slow, rate-limited, or offline at any time, and usage is monitored for abuse. Don't send anything sensitive. Run your own (below) to remove those limits.
+
 ## Prereqs
 
 - StreamKit server running locally (default assumed: `http://127.0.0.1:4545`).
@@ -16,7 +35,7 @@ Thin HTTP gateway that rewrites simple STT/TTS requests into the multipart onesh
 ## Run the gateway
 
 ```sh
-cd examples/streamkit-cli-gateway
+cd examples/speech-gateway
 go run ./cmd/gateway --listen :8080 --skit-url http://127.0.0.1:4545
 ```