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name: voice-wake-say description: Speak responses aloud on macOS using the built-in say command when user input indicates Voice Wake/voice recognition (for example, messages starting with "User talked via voice recognition on ").

Voice Wake Say

Overview

Use macOS say to read the assistant's response out loud whenever the conversation came from Voice Wake/voice recognition. Do not use the tts tool (it calls cloud providers).

When to Use say (CHECK EVERY MESSAGE INDIVIDUALLY)

IF the user message STARTS WITH: User talked via voice recognition

• Step 1: Acknowledge with say first (so the user knows you heard them)
• Step 2: Then perform the task
• Step 3: Optionally speak again when done if it makes sense

IF the user message does NOT start with that exact phrase

• THEN: Do NOT use say. Text-only response only.

Critical:

• Check EACH message individually — context does NOT carry over
• The trigger phrase must be at the VERY START of the message
• For tasks that take time, acknowledge FIRST so the user knows you're working

Workflow

1. Detect Voice Wake context

• Trigger ONLY when the latest user/system message STARTS WITH User talked via voice recognition
• If the message instructs "repeat prompt first", keep that behavior in the response.

2. Prepare spoken text

• Use the final response text as the basis.
• Strip markdown/code blocks; if the response is long or code-heavy, speak a short summary and mention that details are on screen.

3. Speak with say (local macOS TTS)

printf '%s' "$SPOKEN_TEXT" | say

Optional controls (use only if set):

printf '%s' "$SPOKEN_TEXT" | say -v "$SAY_VOICE"
printf '%s' "$SPOKEN_TEXT" | say -r "$SAY_RATE"

Failure handling

• If say is unavailable or errors, still send the text response and note that TTS failed.