Unable to do audio streaming on ESP32

[prarthana_bhat]

I want to achieve the following functionality on my board:
1. Listen to an audio stream through a microphone module
2. Stream this data to a server constantly
3. Get a response from the server that's also an audio stream and play it through the speaker.

I have two options for this currently:
a. Connect an INMP441 mic, along with an SD card and speaker, to the esp32, capture audio buffer and send it byte by byte to the web server, and listen to the response
b. Use an esp32 lyra t module.

I want to achieve the functionality as shown in this video, except with my custom API generating custom responses. https://youtu.be/kyPt6Jd9dU0?si=2Mt8FI16jeWfyCjL

What can I do?
Option a has so far been giving me a lot of trouble while getting an input audio stream.