# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Audio passthrough and STT control for voice input

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #13881: \[Feature\]: Send audio directly to model (Gemma 4)
- #40873: \[Feature\]: Open-AI compatible api audio passthrough using voice chat for models that have built in support for audio.
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These requests relate to sending audio directly to models that support it natively, rather than converting voice to text first. One request also asks for an option to disable automatic speech-to-text processing for voice messages.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix found: no merged or attempted fix PR is on record for this cluster.
- **Recommended:** if this matches your symptom, consider adding to the existing issue(s) below rather than opening a new one.

## 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 (`LLM_ONLY`): no structural link between members; the grouping rests entirely on an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Read the members yourself before treating them as one problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.36`: 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

- #13881: \[Feature\]: Send audio directly to model (Gemma 4)
- #40873: \[Feature\]: Open-AI compatible api audio passthrough using voice chat for models that have built in support for audio.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #15145: \[Feature\]: Option to disable automatic speech-to-text for voice messages

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`