# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop Talk to Hermes TTS streaming and format fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address audio playback behavior and format selection for the Talk to Hermes feature on Desktop, specifically around switching to Opus format and enabling playback from the first streamed sentence rather than waiting for a complete audio file.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115322. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115322 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-115322`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #79859: \[Bug\]: Desktop Talk to Hermes still uses delayed MP3 whole-file playback with OpenAI TTS

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115322: Desktop: Talk to Hermes speaks from the first streamed sentence instead of after the whole reply (#79859, salvage #81957)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-voice-stream-subscription.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-voice.ts`, `contributors/emails/209938808+Danielmuzology@users.noreply.github.com`
- **#109286: fix(desktop): switch Talk to Hermes OpenAI TTS to Opus format**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#79859`, `#102928`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115322 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`