feat(tui): match CLI's voice slash + VAD-continuous recording model

The TUI had drifted from the CLI's voice model in two ways:

- /voice on was lighting up the microphone immediately and Ctrl+B was
  interpreted as a mode toggle.  The CLI separates the two: /voice on
  just flips the umbrella bit, recording only starts once the user
  presses Ctrl+B, which also sets _voice_continuous so the VAD loop
  auto-restarts until the user presses Ctrl+B again or three silent
  cycles pass.
- /voice tts was missing entirely, so users couldn't turn agent reply
  speech on/off from inside the TUI.

This commit brings the TUI to parity.

Python

- hermes_cli/voice.py: continuous-mode API (start_continuous,
  stop_continuous, is_continuous_active) layered on the existing PTT
  wrappers. The silence callback transcribes, fires on_transcript,
  tracks consecutive no-speech cycles, and auto-restarts — mirroring
  cli.py:_voice_stop_and_transcribe + _restart_recording.
- tui_gateway/server.py:
  - voice.toggle now supports on / off / tts / status.  The umbrella
    bit lives in HERMES_VOICE + display.voice_enabled; tts lives in
    HERMES_VOICE_TTS + display.voice_tts.  /voice off also tears down
    any active continuous loop so a toggle-off really releases the
    microphone.
  - voice.record start/stop now drives start_continuous/stop_continuous.
    start is refused with a clear error when the mode is off, matching
    cli.py:handle_voice_record's early return on `not _voice_mode`.
  - New voice.transcript / voice.status events emit through
    _voice_emit (remembers the sid that last enabled the mode so
    events land in the right session).

TypeScript

- gatewayTypes.ts: voice.status + voice.transcript event
  discriminants; VoiceToggleResponse gains tts; VoiceRecordResponse
  gains status for the new "started/stopped" responses.
- interfaces.ts: GatewayEventHandlerContext gains composer.setInput +
  submission.submitRef + voice.{setRecording, setProcessing,
  setVoiceEnabled}; InputHandlerContext.voice gains enabled +
  setVoiceEnabled for the mode-aware Ctrl+B handler.
- createGatewayEventHandler.ts: voice.status drives REC/STT badges;
  voice.transcript auto-submits when the composer is empty (CLI
  _pending_input.put parity) and appends when a draft is in flight.
  no_speech_limit flips voice off + sys line.
- useInputHandlers.ts: Ctrl+B now calls voice.record (start/stop),
  not voice.toggle, and nudges the user with a sys line when the
  mode is off instead of silently flipping it on.
- useMainApp.ts: wires the new event-handler context fields.
- slash/commands/session.ts: /voice handles on / off / tts / status
  with CLI-matching output ("voice: mode on · tts off").

Backward compat preserved for voice.record (was always PTT shape;
gateway still honours start/stop with mode-gating added).
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2026-04-24 00:55:17 +03:00
committed by Teknium
parent 0bb460b070
commit 04c489b587
10 changed files with 861 additions and 78 deletions

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@@ -2,18 +2,31 @@
Wraps ``tools.voice_mode`` (recording/transcription) and ``tools.tts_tool``
(text-to-speech) behind idempotent, stateful entry points that the gateway's
``voice.record`` and ``voice.tts`` JSON-RPC handlers can call from a
dedicated thread. The gateway imports this module lazily so missing optional
audio deps (sounddevice, faster-whisper, numpy) surface as an ``ImportError``
at call time, not at startup.
``voice.record``, ``voice.toggle``, and ``voice.tts`` JSON-RPC handlers can
call from a dedicated thread. The gateway imports this module lazily so that
missing optional audio deps (sounddevice, faster-whisper, numpy) surface as
an ``ImportError`` at call time, not at startup.
Two usage modes are exposed:
* **Push-to-talk** (``start_recording`` / ``stop_and_transcribe``) — single
manually-bounded capture used when the caller drives the start/stop pair
explicitly.
* **Continuous (VAD)** (``start_continuous`` / ``stop_continuous``) — mirrors
the classic CLI voice mode: recording auto-stops on silence, transcribes,
hands the result to a callback, and then auto-restarts for the next turn.
Three consecutive no-speech cycles stop the loop and fire
``on_silent_limit`` so the UI can turn the mode off.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import logging
import os
import sys
import threading
from typing import Optional
from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
from tools.voice_mode import (
create_audio_recorder,
@@ -24,15 +37,71 @@ from tools.voice_mode import (
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def _debug(msg: str) -> None:
"""Emit a debug breadcrumb when HERMES_VOICE_DEBUG=1.
Goes to stderr so the TUI gateway wraps it as a gateway.stderr event,
which createGatewayEventHandler shows as an Activity line — exactly
what we need to diagnose "why didn't the loop auto-restart?" in the
user's real terminal without shipping a separate debug RPC.
"""
if os.environ.get("HERMES_VOICE_DEBUG", "").strip() == "1":
print(f"[voice] {msg}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
def _beeps_enabled() -> bool:
"""CLI parity: voice.beep_enabled in config.yaml (default True)."""
try:
from hermes_cli.config import load_config
voice_cfg = load_config().get("voice", {})
if isinstance(voice_cfg, dict):
return bool(voice_cfg.get("beep_enabled", True))
except Exception:
pass
return True
def _play_beep(frequency: int, count: int = 1) -> None:
"""Audible cue matching cli.py's record/stop beeps.
880 Hz single-beep on start (cli.py:_voice_start_recording line 7532),
660 Hz double-beep on stop (cli.py:_voice_stop_and_transcribe line 7585).
Best-effort — sounddevice failures are silently swallowed so the
voice loop never breaks because a speaker was unavailable.
"""
if not _beeps_enabled():
return
try:
from tools.voice_mode import play_beep
play_beep(frequency=frequency, count=count)
except Exception as e:
_debug(f"beep {frequency}Hz failed: {e}")
# ── Push-to-talk state ───────────────────────────────────────────────
_recorder = None
_recorder_lock = threading.Lock()
# ── Continuous (VAD) state ───────────────────────────────────────────
_continuous_lock = threading.Lock()
_continuous_active = False
_continuous_recorder: Any = None
_continuous_on_transcript: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None
_continuous_on_status: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None
_continuous_on_silent_limit: Optional[Callable[[], None]] = None
_continuous_no_speech_count = 0
_CONTINUOUS_NO_SPEECH_LIMIT = 3
# ── Push-to-talk API ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
def start_recording() -> None:
"""Begin capturing from the default input device.
"""Begin capturing from the default input device (push-to-talk).
Idempotent — calling again while a recording is in progress is a no-op,
which matches the TUI's toggle semantics (Ctrl+B starts, Ctrl+B stops).
Idempotent — calling again while a recording is in progress is a no-op.
"""
global _recorder
@@ -40,20 +109,15 @@ def start_recording() -> None:
if _recorder is not None and getattr(_recorder, "is_recording", False):
return
rec = create_audio_recorder()
# No silence callback: the TUI drives start/stop explicitly via
# the voice.record RPC. VAD auto-stop is a CLI-mode feature.
rec.start()
_recorder = rec
def stop_and_transcribe() -> Optional[str]:
"""Stop the active recording, transcribe it, and return the text.
"""Stop the active push-to-talk recording, transcribe, return text.
Returns ``None`` when no recording is active, when the microphone
captured no speech, or when Whisper returned a known hallucination
token (silence artefacts like "Thanks for watching!"). The caller
treats ``None`` as "no speech detected" and leaves the composer
untouched.
captured no speech, or when Whisper returned a known hallucination.
"""
global _recorder
@@ -73,27 +137,281 @@ def stop_and_transcribe() -> Optional[str]:
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("voice transcription failed: %s", e)
return None
finally:
try:
if os.path.isfile(wav_path):
os.unlink(wav_path)
except Exception:
pass
text = (result.get("text") or "").strip()
# transcribe_recording returns {"success": bool, "transcript": str, ...}
# — matches cli.py:_voice_stop_and_transcribe's result.get("transcript").
if not result.get("success"):
return None
text = (result.get("transcript") or "").strip()
if not text or is_whisper_hallucination(text):
return None
return text
# ── Continuous (VAD) API ─────────────────────────────────────────────
def start_continuous(
on_transcript: Callable[[str], None],
on_status: Optional[Callable[[str], None]] = None,
on_silent_limit: Optional[Callable[[], None]] = None,
silence_threshold: int = 200,
silence_duration: float = 3.0,
) -> None:
"""Start a VAD-driven continuous recording loop.
The loop calls ``on_transcript(text)`` each time speech is detected and
transcribed successfully, then auto-restarts. After
``_CONTINUOUS_NO_SPEECH_LIMIT`` consecutive silent cycles (no speech
picked up at all) the loop stops itself and calls ``on_silent_limit``
so the UI can reflect "voice off". Idempotent — calling while already
active is a no-op.
``on_status`` is called with ``"listening"`` / ``"transcribing"`` /
``"idle"`` so the UI can show a live indicator.
"""
global _continuous_active, _continuous_recorder
global _continuous_on_transcript, _continuous_on_status, _continuous_on_silent_limit
global _continuous_no_speech_count
with _continuous_lock:
if _continuous_active:
_debug("start_continuous: already active — no-op")
return
_continuous_active = True
_continuous_on_transcript = on_transcript
_continuous_on_status = on_status
_continuous_on_silent_limit = on_silent_limit
_continuous_no_speech_count = 0
if _continuous_recorder is None:
_continuous_recorder = create_audio_recorder()
_continuous_recorder._silence_threshold = silence_threshold
_continuous_recorder._silence_duration = silence_duration
rec = _continuous_recorder
_debug(
f"start_continuous: begin (threshold={silence_threshold}, duration={silence_duration}s)"
)
# CLI parity: single 880 Hz beep *before* opening the stream — placing
# the beep after stream.start() on macOS triggers a CoreAudio conflict
# (cli.py:7528 comment).
_play_beep(frequency=880, count=1)
try:
rec.start(on_silence_stop=_continuous_on_silence)
except Exception as e:
logger.error("failed to start continuous recording: %s", e)
_debug(f"start_continuous: rec.start raised {type(e).__name__}: {e}")
with _continuous_lock:
_continuous_active = False
raise
if on_status:
try:
on_status("listening")
except Exception:
pass
def stop_continuous() -> None:
"""Stop the active continuous loop and release the microphone.
Idempotent — calling while not active is a no-op. Any in-flight
transcription completes but its result is discarded (the callback
checks ``_continuous_active`` before firing).
"""
global _continuous_active, _continuous_on_transcript
global _continuous_on_status, _continuous_on_silent_limit
global _continuous_recorder, _continuous_no_speech_count
with _continuous_lock:
if not _continuous_active:
return
_continuous_active = False
rec = _continuous_recorder
on_status = _continuous_on_status
_continuous_on_transcript = None
_continuous_on_status = None
_continuous_on_silent_limit = None
_continuous_no_speech_count = 0
if rec is not None:
try:
# cancel() (not stop()) discards buffered frames — the loop
# is over, we don't want to transcribe a half-captured turn.
rec.cancel()
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("failed to cancel recorder: %s", e)
# Audible "recording stopped" cue (CLI parity: same 660 Hz × 2 the
# silence-auto-stop path plays).
_play_beep(frequency=660, count=2)
if on_status:
try:
on_status("idle")
except Exception:
pass
def is_continuous_active() -> bool:
"""Whether a continuous voice loop is currently running."""
with _continuous_lock:
return _continuous_active
def _continuous_on_silence() -> None:
"""AudioRecorder silence callback — runs in a daemon thread.
Stops the current capture, transcribes, delivers the text via
``on_transcript``, and — if the loop is still active — starts the
next capture. Three consecutive silent cycles end the loop.
"""
global _continuous_active, _continuous_no_speech_count
_debug("_continuous_on_silence: fired")
with _continuous_lock:
if not _continuous_active:
_debug("_continuous_on_silence: loop inactive — abort")
return
rec = _continuous_recorder
on_transcript = _continuous_on_transcript
on_status = _continuous_on_status
on_silent_limit = _continuous_on_silent_limit
if rec is None:
_debug("_continuous_on_silence: no recorder — abort")
return
if on_status:
try:
on_status("transcribing")
except Exception:
pass
wav_path = rec.stop()
# Peak RMS is the critical diagnostic when stop() returns None despite
# the VAD firing — tells us at a glance whether the mic was too quiet
# for SILENCE_RMS_THRESHOLD (200) or the VAD + peak checks disagree.
peak_rms = getattr(rec, "_peak_rms", -1)
_debug(
f"_continuous_on_silence: rec.stop -> {wav_path!r} (peak_rms={peak_rms})"
)
# CLI parity: double 660 Hz beep after the stream stops (safe from the
# CoreAudio conflict that blocks pre-start beeps).
_play_beep(frequency=660, count=2)
transcript: Optional[str] = None
if wav_path:
try:
result = transcribe_recording(wav_path)
# transcribe_recording returns {"success": bool, "transcript": str,
# "error": str?} — NOT {"text": str}. Using the wrong key silently
# produced empty transcripts even when Groq/local STT returned fine,
# which masqueraded as "not hearing the user" to the caller.
success = bool(result.get("success"))
text = (result.get("transcript") or "").strip()
err = result.get("error")
_debug(
f"_continuous_on_silence: transcribe -> success={success} "
f"text={text!r} err={err!r}"
)
if success and text and not is_whisper_hallucination(text):
transcript = text
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("continuous transcription failed: %s", e)
_debug(f"_continuous_on_silence: transcribe raised {type(e).__name__}: {e}")
finally:
try:
if os.path.isfile(wav_path):
os.unlink(wav_path)
except Exception:
pass
with _continuous_lock:
if not _continuous_active:
# User stopped us while we were transcribing — discard.
_debug("_continuous_on_silence: stopped during transcribe — no restart")
return
if transcript:
_continuous_no_speech_count = 0
else:
_continuous_no_speech_count += 1
should_halt = _continuous_no_speech_count >= _CONTINUOUS_NO_SPEECH_LIMIT
no_speech = _continuous_no_speech_count
if transcript and on_transcript:
try:
on_transcript(transcript)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("on_transcript callback raised: %s", e)
if should_halt:
_debug(f"_continuous_on_silence: {no_speech} silent cycles — halting")
with _continuous_lock:
_continuous_active = False
_continuous_no_speech_count = 0
if on_silent_limit:
try:
on_silent_limit()
except Exception:
pass
try:
rec.cancel()
except Exception:
pass
if on_status:
try:
on_status("idle")
except Exception:
pass
return
# Restart for the next turn.
_debug(f"_continuous_on_silence: restarting loop (no_speech={no_speech})")
_play_beep(frequency=880, count=1)
try:
rec.start(on_silence_stop=_continuous_on_silence)
except Exception as e:
logger.error("failed to restart continuous recording: %s", e)
_debug(f"_continuous_on_silence: restart raised {type(e).__name__}: {e}")
with _continuous_lock:
_continuous_active = False
return
if on_status:
try:
on_status("listening")
except Exception:
pass
# ── TTS API ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def speak_text(text: str) -> None:
"""Synthesize ``text`` with the configured TTS provider and play it.
The gateway spawns a daemon thread to call this so the RPC returns
immediately. Failures are logged and swallowed — the UI already
acknowledged "speaking" by the time we get here.
immediately. Failures are logged and swallowed.
"""
if not text or not text.strip():
return
# Lazy import — tts_tool pulls optional provider SDKs (OpenAI,
# ElevenLabs, etc.) and config-reading machinery that we don't
# want to load at module import time.
# Lazy import — tts_tool pulls optional provider SDKs.
from tools.tts_tool import text_to_speech_tool
try:

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@@ -51,3 +51,205 @@ class TestSpeakTextGuards:
# Should simply return None without raising.
assert speak_text(text) is None
class TestContinuousAPI:
"""Continuous (VAD) mode API — CLI-parity loop entry points."""
def test_continuous_exports(self):
from hermes_cli.voice import (
is_continuous_active,
start_continuous,
stop_continuous,
)
assert callable(start_continuous)
assert callable(stop_continuous)
assert callable(is_continuous_active)
def test_not_active_by_default(self, monkeypatch):
import hermes_cli.voice as voice
# Isolate from any state left behind by other tests in the session.
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_active", False)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_recorder", None)
assert voice.is_continuous_active() is False
def test_stop_continuous_idempotent_when_inactive(self, monkeypatch):
"""stop_continuous must not raise when no loop is active — the
gateway's voice.toggle off path calls it unconditionally."""
import hermes_cli.voice as voice
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_active", False)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_recorder", None)
# Should return cleanly without exceptions
assert voice.stop_continuous() is None
assert voice.is_continuous_active() is False
def test_double_start_is_idempotent(self, monkeypatch):
"""A second start_continuous while already active is a no-op — prevents
two overlapping capture threads fighting over the microphone when the
UI double-fires (e.g. both /voice on and Ctrl+B within the same tick)."""
import hermes_cli.voice as voice
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_active", True)
called = {"n": 0}
class FakeRecorder:
def start(self, on_silence_stop=None):
called["n"] += 1
def cancel(self):
pass
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_recorder", FakeRecorder())
voice.start_continuous(on_transcript=lambda _t: None)
# The guard inside start_continuous short-circuits before rec.start()
assert called["n"] == 0
class TestContinuousLoopSimulation:
"""End-to-end simulation of the VAD loop with a fake recorder.
Proves auto-restart works: the silence callback must trigger transcribe →
on_transcript → re-call rec.start(on_silence_stop=same_cb). Also covers
the 3-strikes no-speech halt.
"""
@pytest.fixture
def fake_recorder(self, monkeypatch):
import hermes_cli.voice as voice
# Reset module state between tests.
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_active", False)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_recorder", None)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_no_speech_count", 0)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_on_transcript", None)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_on_status", None)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "_continuous_on_silent_limit", None)
class FakeRecorder:
_silence_threshold = 200
_silence_duration = 3.0
is_recording = False
def __init__(self):
self.start_calls = 0
self.last_callback = None
self.stopped = 0
self.cancelled = 0
# Preset WAV path returned by stop()
self.next_stop_wav = "/tmp/fake.wav"
def start(self, on_silence_stop=None):
self.start_calls += 1
self.last_callback = on_silence_stop
self.is_recording = True
def stop(self):
self.stopped += 1
self.is_recording = False
return self.next_stop_wav
def cancel(self):
self.cancelled += 1
self.is_recording = False
rec = FakeRecorder()
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "create_audio_recorder", lambda: rec)
# Skip real file ops in the silence callback.
monkeypatch.setattr(voice.os.path, "isfile", lambda _p: False)
return rec
def test_loop_auto_restarts_after_transcript(self, fake_recorder, monkeypatch):
import hermes_cli.voice as voice
monkeypatch.setattr(
voice,
"transcribe_recording",
lambda _p: {"success": True, "transcript": "hello world"},
)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "is_whisper_hallucination", lambda _t: False)
transcripts = []
statuses = []
voice.start_continuous(
on_transcript=lambda t: transcripts.append(t),
on_status=lambda s: statuses.append(s),
)
assert fake_recorder.start_calls == 1
assert statuses == ["listening"]
# Simulate AudioRecorder's silence detector firing.
fake_recorder.last_callback()
assert transcripts == ["hello world"]
assert fake_recorder.start_calls == 2 # auto-restarted
assert statuses == ["listening", "transcribing", "listening"]
assert voice.is_continuous_active() is True
voice.stop_continuous()
def test_silent_limit_halts_loop_after_three_strikes(self, fake_recorder, monkeypatch):
import hermes_cli.voice as voice
# Transcription returns no speech — fake_recorder.stop() returns the
# path, but transcribe returns empty text, counting as silence.
monkeypatch.setattr(
voice,
"transcribe_recording",
lambda _p: {"success": True, "transcript": ""},
)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "is_whisper_hallucination", lambda _t: False)
transcripts = []
silent_limit_fired = []
voice.start_continuous(
on_transcript=lambda t: transcripts.append(t),
on_silent_limit=lambda: silent_limit_fired.append(True),
)
# Fire silence callback 3 times
for _ in range(3):
fake_recorder.last_callback()
assert transcripts == []
assert silent_limit_fired == [True]
assert voice.is_continuous_active() is False
assert fake_recorder.cancelled >= 1
def test_stop_during_transcription_discards_restart(self, fake_recorder, monkeypatch):
"""User hits Ctrl+B mid-transcription: the in-flight transcript must
still fire (it's a real utterance), but the loop must NOT restart."""
import hermes_cli.voice as voice
stop_triggered = {"flag": False}
def late_transcribe(_p):
# Simulate stop_continuous arriving while we're inside transcribe
voice.stop_continuous()
stop_triggered["flag"] = True
return {"success": True, "transcript": "final word"}
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "transcribe_recording", late_transcribe)
monkeypatch.setattr(voice, "is_whisper_hallucination", lambda _t: False)
transcripts = []
voice.start_continuous(on_transcript=lambda t: transcripts.append(t))
initial_starts = fake_recorder.start_calls # 1
fake_recorder.last_callback()
assert stop_triggered["flag"] is True
# Loop is stopped — no auto-restart
assert fake_recorder.start_calls == initial_starts
# The in-flight transcript was suppressed because we stopped mid-flight
assert transcripts == []
assert voice.is_continuous_active() is False

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@@ -3455,43 +3455,154 @@ def _(rid, params: dict) -> dict:
# ── Methods: voice ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
_voice_sid_lock = threading.Lock()
_voice_event_sid: str = ""
def _voice_emit(event: str, payload: dict | None = None) -> None:
"""Emit a voice event toward the session that most recently turned the
mode on. Voice is process-global (one microphone), so there's only ever
one sid to target; the TUI handler treats an empty sid as "active
session". Kept separate from _emit to make the lack of per-call sid
argument explicit."""
with _voice_sid_lock:
sid = _voice_event_sid
_emit(event, sid, payload)
def _voice_mode_enabled() -> bool:
"""Current voice-mode flag. HERMES_VOICE env var wins over config so
the gateway and CLI agree when one of them was launched with an
explicit override."""
env = os.environ.get("HERMES_VOICE", "").strip()
if env in {"0", "1"}:
return env == "1"
return bool(_load_cfg().get("display", {}).get("voice_enabled", False))
def _voice_tts_enabled() -> bool:
"""Whether agent replies should be spoken back via TTS."""
env = os.environ.get("HERMES_VOICE_TTS", "").strip()
if env in {"0", "1"}:
return env == "1"
return bool(_load_cfg().get("display", {}).get("voice_tts", False))
@method("voice.toggle")
def _(rid, params: dict) -> dict:
"""CLI parity for the ``/voice`` slash command.
Subcommands:
* ``status`` — report mode + TTS flags (default when action is unknown).
* ``on`` / ``off`` — flip voice *mode* (the umbrella bit). Turning it
off also tears down any active continuous recording loop. Does NOT
start recording on its own; recording is driven by ``voice.record``
(Ctrl+B) after mode is on, matching cli.py's enable/Ctrl+B split.
* ``tts`` — toggle speech-output of agent replies. Requires mode on
(mirrors CLI's _toggle_voice_tts guard).
"""
action = params.get("action", "status")
if action == "status":
env = os.environ.get("HERMES_VOICE", "").strip()
if env in {"0", "1"}:
return _ok(rid, {"enabled": env == "1"})
return _ok(
rid,
{
"enabled": bool(
_load_cfg().get("display", {}).get("voice_enabled", False)
)
},
)
# Mirror CLI's _show_voice_status: include STT/TTS provider
# availability so the user can tell at a glance *why* voice mode
# isn't working ("STT provider: MISSING ..." is the common case).
payload: dict = {
"enabled": _voice_mode_enabled(),
"tts": _voice_tts_enabled(),
}
try:
from tools.voice_mode import check_voice_requirements
reqs = check_voice_requirements()
payload["available"] = bool(reqs.get("available"))
payload["audio_available"] = bool(reqs.get("audio_available"))
payload["stt_available"] = bool(reqs.get("stt_available"))
payload["details"] = reqs.get("details") or ""
except Exception as e:
# check_voice_requirements pulls optional transcription deps —
# swallow so /voice status always returns something useful.
logger.warning("voice.toggle status: requirements probe failed: %s", e)
return _ok(rid, payload)
if action in ("on", "off"):
enabled = action == "on"
os.environ["HERMES_VOICE"] = "1" if enabled else "0"
_write_config_key("display.voice_enabled", enabled)
return _ok(rid, {"enabled": action == "on"})
if not enabled:
# Disabling the mode must tear the continuous loop down; the
# loop holds the microphone and would otherwise keep running.
try:
from hermes_cli.voice import stop_continuous
stop_continuous()
except ImportError:
pass
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("voice: stop_continuous failed during toggle off: %s", e)
return _ok(rid, {"enabled": enabled, "tts": _voice_tts_enabled()})
if action == "tts":
if not _voice_mode_enabled():
return _err(rid, 4014, "enable voice mode first: /voice on")
new_value = not _voice_tts_enabled()
os.environ["HERMES_VOICE_TTS"] = "1" if new_value else "0"
_write_config_key("display.voice_tts", new_value)
return _ok(rid, {"enabled": True, "tts": new_value})
return _err(rid, 4013, f"unknown voice action: {action}")
@method("voice.record")
def _(rid, params: dict) -> dict:
"""VAD-driven continuous record loop, CLI-parity.
``start`` turns on a VAD loop that emits ``voice.transcript`` events
for each detected utterance and auto-restarts for the next turn.
``stop`` halts the loop (manual stop; matches cli.py's Ctrl+B-while-
recording branch clearing ``_voice_continuous``). Three consecutive
silent cycles stop the loop automatically and emit a
``voice.transcript`` with ``no_speech_limit=True``.
"""
action = params.get("action", "start")
if action not in {"start", "stop"}:
return _err(rid, 4019, f"unknown voice action: {action}")
try:
if action == "start":
from hermes_cli.voice import start_recording
if not _voice_mode_enabled():
return _err(rid, 4015, "voice mode is off — enable with /voice on")
start_recording()
with _voice_sid_lock:
global _voice_event_sid
_voice_event_sid = params.get("session_id") or _voice_event_sid
from hermes_cli.voice import start_continuous
voice_cfg = _load_cfg().get("voice", {})
start_continuous(
on_transcript=lambda t: _voice_emit(
"voice.transcript", {"text": t}
),
on_status=lambda s: _voice_emit("voice.status", {"state": s}),
on_silent_limit=lambda: _voice_emit(
"voice.transcript", {"no_speech_limit": True}
),
silence_threshold=voice_cfg.get("silence_threshold", 200),
silence_duration=voice_cfg.get("silence_duration", 3.0),
)
return _ok(rid, {"status": "recording"})
if action == "stop":
from hermes_cli.voice import stop_and_transcribe
return _ok(rid, {"text": stop_and_transcribe() or ""})
return _err(rid, 4019, f"unknown voice action: {action}")
# action == "stop"
from hermes_cli.voice import stop_continuous
stop_continuous()
return _ok(rid, {"status": "stopped"})
except ImportError:
return _err(
rid, 5025, "voice module not available — install audio dependencies"

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@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ const buildCtx = (appended: Msg[]) =>
composer: {
dequeue: () => undefined,
queueEditRef: ref<null | number>(null),
sendQueued: vi.fn()
sendQueued: vi.fn(),
setInput: vi.fn()
},
gateway: {
gw: { request: vi.fn() },
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ const buildCtx = (appended: Msg[]) =>
resumeById: vi.fn(),
setCatalog: vi.fn()
},
submission: {
submitRef: { current: vi.fn() }
},
system: {
bellOnComplete: false,
sys: vi.fn()
@@ -38,6 +42,11 @@ const buildCtx = (appended: Msg[]) =>
panel: (title: string, sections: any[]) =>
appended.push({ kind: 'panel', panelData: { sections, title }, role: 'system', text: '' }),
setHistoryItems: vi.fn()
},
voice: {
setProcessing: vi.fn(),
setRecording: vi.fn(),
setVoiceEnabled: vi.fn()
}
}) as any

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@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ export function createGatewayEventHandler(ctx: GatewayEventHandlerContext): (ev:
const { STARTUP_RESUME_ID, newSession, resumeById, setCatalog } = ctx.session
const { bellOnComplete, stdout, sys } = ctx.system
const { appendMessage, panel, setHistoryItems } = ctx.transcript
const { setInput } = ctx.composer
const { submitRef } = ctx.submission
const { setProcessing: setVoiceProcessing, setRecording: setVoiceRecording, setVoiceEnabled } = ctx.voice
let pendingThinkingStatus = ''
let thinkingStatusTimer: null | ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> = null
@@ -261,6 +264,60 @@ export function createGatewayEventHandler(ctx: GatewayEventHandlerContext): (ev:
return
}
case 'voice.status': {
// Continuous VAD loop reports its internal state so the status bar
// can show listening / transcribing / idle without polling.
const state = String(ev.payload?.state ?? '')
if (state === 'listening') {
setVoiceRecording(true)
setVoiceProcessing(false)
} else if (state === 'transcribing') {
setVoiceRecording(false)
setVoiceProcessing(true)
} else {
setVoiceRecording(false)
setVoiceProcessing(false)
}
return
}
case 'voice.transcript': {
// CLI parity: the 3-strikes silence detector flipped off automatically.
// Mirror that on the UI side and tell the user why the mode is off.
if (ev.payload?.no_speech_limit) {
setVoiceEnabled(false)
setVoiceRecording(false)
setVoiceProcessing(false)
sys('voice: no speech detected 3 times, continuous mode stopped')
return
}
const text = String(ev.payload?.text ?? '').trim()
if (!text) {
return
}
// Match CLI's _pending_input.put(transcript): auto-submit when the
// composer is empty, otherwise append so the user can keep editing
// a partial draft they were working on.
setInput(prev => {
if (!prev) {
// defer submit so React commits the state change first
setTimeout(() => submitRef.current(text), 0)
return ''
}
return `${prev}${/\s$/.test(prev) ? '' : ' '}${text}`
})
return
}
case 'gateway.start_timeout': {
const { cwd, python } = ev.payload ?? {}
const trace = python || cwd ? ` · ${String(python || '')} ${String(cwd || '')}`.trim() : ''

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@@ -189,9 +189,11 @@ export interface InputHandlerContext {
stdout?: NodeJS.WriteStream
}
voice: {
enabled: boolean
recording: boolean
setProcessing: StateSetter<boolean>
setRecording: StateSetter<boolean>
setVoiceEnabled: StateSetter<boolean>
}
wheelStep: number
}
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ export interface InputHandlerResult {
}
export interface GatewayEventHandlerContext {
composer: {
setInput: StateSetter<string>
}
gateway: GatewayServices
session: {
STARTUP_RESUME_ID: string
@@ -210,6 +215,9 @@ export interface GatewayEventHandlerContext {
resumeById: (id: string) => void
setCatalog: StateSetter<null | SlashCatalog>
}
submission: {
submitRef: MutableRefObject<(value: string) => void>
}
system: {
bellOnComplete: boolean
stdout?: NodeJS.WriteStream
@@ -220,6 +228,11 @@ export interface GatewayEventHandlerContext {
panel: (title: string, sections: PanelSection[]) => void
setHistoryItems: StateSetter<Msg[]>
}
voice: {
setProcessing: StateSetter<boolean>
setRecording: StateSetter<boolean>
setVoiceEnabled: StateSetter<boolean>
}
}
export interface SlashHandlerContext {

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@@ -184,15 +184,64 @@ export const sessionCommands: SlashCommand[] = [
},
{
help: 'toggle voice input',
help: 'voice mode: [on|off|tts|status]',
name: 'voice',
run: (arg, ctx) => {
const action = arg === 'on' || arg === 'off' ? arg : 'status'
const normalized = (arg ?? '').trim().toLowerCase()
const action =
normalized === 'on' || normalized === 'off' || normalized === 'tts' || normalized === 'status'
? normalized
: 'status'
ctx.gateway.rpc<VoiceToggleResponse>('voice.toggle', { action }).then(
ctx.guarded<VoiceToggleResponse>(r => {
ctx.voice.setVoiceEnabled(!!r.enabled)
ctx.transcript.sys(`voice: ${r.enabled ? 'on — press Ctrl+B to record' : 'off'}`)
// Match CLI's _show_voice_status / _enable_voice_mode /
// _toggle_voice_tts output shape so users don't have to learn
// two vocabularies.
if (action === 'status') {
const mode = r.enabled ? 'ON' : 'OFF'
const tts = r.tts ? 'ON' : 'OFF'
ctx.transcript.sys('Voice Mode Status')
ctx.transcript.sys(` Mode: ${mode}`)
ctx.transcript.sys(` TTS: ${tts}`)
ctx.transcript.sys(' Record key: Ctrl+B')
// CLI's "Requirements:" block — surfaces STT/audio setup issues
// so the user sees "STT provider: MISSING ..." instead of
// silently failing on every Ctrl+B press.
if (r.details) {
ctx.transcript.sys('')
ctx.transcript.sys(' Requirements:')
for (const line of r.details.split('\n')) {
if (line.trim()) {
ctx.transcript.sys(` ${line}`)
}
}
}
return
}
if (action === 'tts') {
ctx.transcript.sys(`Voice TTS ${r.tts ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}.`)
return
}
// on/off — mirror cli.py:_enable_voice_mode's 3-line output
if (r.enabled) {
const tts = r.tts ? ' (TTS enabled)' : ''
ctx.transcript.sys(`Voice mode enabled${tts}`)
ctx.transcript.sys(' Ctrl+B to start/stop recording')
ctx.transcript.sys(' /voice tts to toggle speech output')
ctx.transcript.sys(' /voice off to disable voice mode')
} else {
ctx.transcript.sys('Voice mode disabled.')
}
})
)
}

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@@ -134,45 +134,43 @@ export function useInputHandlers(ctx: InputHandlerContext): InputHandlerResult {
}
}
const voiceStop = () => {
voice.setRecording(false)
voice.setProcessing(true)
// CLI parity: Ctrl+B toggles the VAD-driven continuous recording loop
// (NOT the voice-mode umbrella bit). The mode is enabled via /voice on;
// Ctrl+B while the mode is off sys-nudges the user. While the mode is
// on, the first press starts a continuous loop (gateway → start_continuous,
// VAD auto-stop → transcribe → auto-restart), a subsequent press stops it.
// The gateway publishes voice.status + voice.transcript events that
// createGatewayEventHandler turns into UI badges and composer injection.
const voiceRecordToggle = () => {
if (!voice.enabled) {
return actions.sys('voice: mode is off — enable with /voice on')
}
const starting = !voice.recording
const action = starting ? 'start' : 'stop'
// Optimistic UI — flip the REC badge immediately so the user gets
// feedback while the RPC round-trips; the voice.status event is the
// authoritative source and may correct us.
if (starting) {
voice.setRecording(true)
} else {
voice.setRecording(false)
voice.setProcessing(false)
}
gateway
.rpc<VoiceRecordResponse>('voice.record', { action: 'stop' })
.then(r => {
if (!r) {
return
.rpc<VoiceRecordResponse>('voice.record', { action })
.catch((e: Error) => {
// Revert optimistic UI on failure.
if (starting) {
voice.setRecording(false)
}
const transcript = String(r.text || '').trim()
if (!transcript) {
return actions.sys('voice: no speech detected')
}
cActions.setInput(prev => (prev ? `${prev}${/\s$/.test(prev) ? '' : ' '}${transcript}` : transcript))
})
.catch((e: Error) => actions.sys(`voice error: ${e.message}`))
.finally(() => {
voice.setProcessing(false)
patchUiState({ status: 'ready' })
actions.sys(`voice error: ${e.message}`)
})
}
const voiceStart = () =>
gateway
.rpc<VoiceRecordResponse>('voice.record', { action: 'start' })
.then(r => {
if (!r) {
return
}
voice.setRecording(true)
patchUiState({ status: 'recording…' })
})
.catch((e: Error) => actions.sys(`voice error: ${e.message}`))
useInput((ch, key) => {
const live = getUiState()
@@ -371,7 +369,7 @@ export function useInputHandlers(ctx: InputHandlerContext): InputHandlerResult {
}
if (isVoiceToggleKey(key, ch)) {
return voice.recording ? voiceStop() : voiceStart()
return voiceRecordToggle()
}
if (isAction(key, ch, 'g')) {

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@@ -454,13 +454,20 @@ export function useMainApp(gw: GatewayClient) {
composer: { actions: composerActions, refs: composerRefs, state: composerState },
gateway,
terminal: { hasSelection, scrollRef, scrollWithSelection, selection, stdout },
voice: { recording: voiceRecording, setProcessing: setVoiceProcessing, setRecording: setVoiceRecording },
voice: {
enabled: voiceEnabled,
recording: voiceRecording,
setProcessing: setVoiceProcessing,
setRecording: setVoiceRecording,
setVoiceEnabled
},
wheelStep: WHEEL_SCROLL_STEP
})
const onEvent = useMemo(
() =>
createGatewayEventHandler({
composer: { setInput: composerActions.setInput },
gateway,
session: {
STARTUP_RESUME_ID,
@@ -470,18 +477,29 @@ export function useMainApp(gw: GatewayClient) {
resumeById: session.resumeById,
setCatalog
},
submission: { submitRef },
system: { bellOnComplete, stdout, sys },
transcript: { appendMessage, panel, setHistoryItems }
transcript: { appendMessage, panel, setHistoryItems },
voice: {
setProcessing: setVoiceProcessing,
setRecording: setVoiceRecording,
setVoiceEnabled
}
}),
[
appendMessage,
bellOnComplete,
composerActions.setInput,
gateway,
panel,
session.newSession,
session.resetSession,
session.resumeById,
setVoiceEnabled,
setVoiceProcessing,
setVoiceRecording,
stdout,
submitRef,
sys
]
)

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@@ -236,10 +236,16 @@ export interface ImageAttachResponse {
// ── Voice ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
export interface VoiceToggleResponse {
audio_available?: boolean
available?: boolean
details?: string
enabled?: boolean
stt_available?: boolean
tts?: boolean
}
export interface VoiceRecordResponse {
status?: string
text?: string
}
@@ -368,6 +374,8 @@ export type GatewayEvent =
| { payload?: { text?: string }; session_id?: string; type: 'thinking.delta' }
| { payload?: undefined; session_id?: string; type: 'message.start' }
| { payload?: { kind?: string; text?: string }; session_id?: string; type: 'status.update' }
| { payload?: { state?: 'idle' | 'listening' | 'transcribing' }; session_id?: string; type: 'voice.status' }
| { payload?: { no_speech_limit?: boolean; text?: string }; session_id?: string; type: 'voice.transcript' }
| { payload: { line: string }; session_id?: string; type: 'gateway.stderr' }
| { payload?: { cwd?: string; python?: string }; session_id?: string; type: 'gateway.start_timeout' }
| { payload?: { preview?: string }; session_id?: string; type: 'gateway.protocol_error' }