# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop auto read-aloud and Voice settings sync

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #119885: Desktop auto read-aloud ignores Settings → Voice → Text to Speech toggle (unlinked switches)
- PR #124403: fix(desktop): scope the auto-TTS settings label to where it applies

These items address a disconnect between the desktop auto read-aloud feature and the Settings → Voice → Text to Speech toggle, where the switches were not linked. Related work also scopes the auto-TTS settings label to the correct context.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #119885: Desktop auto read-aloud ignores Settings → Voice → Text to Speech toggle (unlinked switches)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119892: fix(desktop): sync read-aloud with Voice settings**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#124403`, `#104941`, `#119885`
- **#124403: fix(desktop): scope the auto-TTS settings label to where it applies**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-auto-speak-replies.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-voice.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`