# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop read-aloud typed-send barge-in behaviour

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #126681: \[Feature\]: Desktop read-aloud — let a typed send not stop the playback (honour \`voice.barge_in\`, which the renderer ignores)

These items concern a feature request and related fixes for honouring the \`voice.barge_in\` setting on desktop, so that typing and sending a message does not unconditionally interrupt read-aloud playback. The renderer was reportedly ignoring this configuration.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #126681: \[Feature\]: Desktop read-aloud — let a typed send not stop the playback (honour \`voice.barge_in\`, which the renderer ignores)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127084: fix(desktop): honour voice.barge_in for a typed send during read-aloud**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126681`
- **#128783: fix(desktop): honour voice.barge_in for a typed send during read-aloud**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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