Voice Wake Say TTS Responses (Native)

Speak responses aloud on macOS using the built-in `say` command when user input indicates Voice Wake/voice recognition (for example, messages starting with "User talked via voice recognition on <devic

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Voice Wake Say

Overview

Use macOS

say

to read the assistant's response out loud whenever the conversation came from Voice Wake/voice recognition. Do not use the

tts

tool (it calls cloud providers).

When to Use

say

(CHECK EVERY MESSAGE INDIVIDUALLY)

IF the user message STARTS WITH:

User talked via voice recognition on m3

Step 1: Acknowledge with
```
say
```
first (so the user knows you heard them)
Step 2: Then perform the task
Step 3: Optionally speak again when done if it makes sense

IF the user message does NOT start with that exact phrase

THEN: Do NOT use
```
say
```
. Text-only response only.

Critical:

Check EACH message individually — context does NOT carry over
The trigger phrase must be at the VERY START of the message
For tasks that take time, acknowledge FIRST so the user knows you're working

Workflow

Detect Voice Wake context

Trigger ONLY when the latest user/system message STARTS WITH
```
User talked via voice recognition on m3
```
If the message instructs "repeat prompt first", keep that behavior in the response.

Prepare spoken text

Use the final response text as the basis.
Strip markdown/code blocks; if the response is long or code-heavy, speak a short summary and mention that details are on screen.

Speak with
```
say
```
(local macOS TTS)

printf '%s' "$SPOKEN_TEXT" | say

Optional controls (use only if set):

printf '%s' "$SPOKEN_TEXT" | say -v "$SAY_VOICE"
printf '%s' "$SPOKEN_TEXT" | say -r "$SAY_RATE"

Failure handling

If
```
say
```
is unavailable or errors, still send the text response and note that TTS failed.

Voice Wake Say TTS Responses (Native)

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Voice Wake Say

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`say`
(CHECK EVERY MESSAGE INDIVIDUALLY)

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