# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix TTS reading unwanted text and missing localization

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where the desktop read-aloud feature speaks hardcoded English placeholders, raw symbols, and file links instead of localized or omitted content. The work involves localizing placeholder strings, suppressing unwanted spoken elements, and ensuring tables are handled rather than silently dropped.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120752. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120752 (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-120752`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #86602: \[Bug\]: Desktop read-aloud speaks hardcoded English placeholders ("code block omitted", "link") and silently drops tables

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120752: fix(desktop): stop Read Aloud speaking English placeholders and dropping tables**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/speech-text.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/speech-text.ts`, `tests/tools/test_tts_text_normalize.py`, `tools/tts_text_normalize.py`
- **#86629: fix(desktop): localize read-aloud placeholders and announce omitted tables**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86602`, `#120752`
- **#89367: fix(tts): stop the voice from reading file links, placeholders, and raw symbols**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120752 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`