# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix TTS truncation and playback wait scaling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #53587: voice-mode TTS truncates long replies: 4000-char pre-cap in speak_text and 300s ffplay wait
- PR #53589: fix(voice): remove 4000-char speak cap and scale ffplay wait to file duration

These items address a hard character cap that truncates long spoken replies and a fixed playback timeout that does not scale with audio duration. Proposed fixes involve splitting long text and adjusting wait times proportionally to file length.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #53587: voice-mode TTS truncates long replies: 4000-char pre-cap in speak_text and 300s ffplay wait

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53589: fix(voice): remove 4000-char speak cap and scale ffplay wait to file duration**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#50081`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/voice.py`, `scripts/repro_voice_tts_playback.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_voice_wrapper.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_cli_integration.py`, `tests/tools/test_voice_mode.py`, `tools/voice_mode.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md`
- **#78234: fix(tts): never truncate spoken replies — split long text and scale playback waits**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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