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Mohamed Boudra f91806defe Use separate OpenAI endpoints for speech-to-text and text-to-speech (#1823)
* feat(voice): configure OpenAI STT and TTS endpoints separately

Replace providers.openai.voice (a single apiKey/baseUrl shared by
speech-to-text and text-to-speech) with independent providers.openai.stt
and providers.openai.tts, each carrying its own apiKey/baseUrl. STT and
TTS now resolve fully independently, so they can point at different
OpenAI-compatible endpoints. The env equivalents OPENAI_VOICE_API_KEY /
OPENAI_VOICE_BASE_URL split into OPENAI_STT_* and OPENAI_TTS_*.

No backcompat: the voice key is removed and no longer read. Each feature
still falls back to providers.openai.apiKey/baseUrl, then OPENAI_API_KEY/
OPENAI_BASE_URL. Composer dictation resolves from the STT endpoint.

* fix(voice): keep daemon bootable and respect global OpenAI key

Two issues from review of the STT/TTS endpoint split:

- A config from an older release that still sets providers.openai.voice
  crashed daemon startup, because the strict schema rejects the now-unknown
  key. Strip it before parsing (alongside the existing local.autoDownload
  strip) so the daemon boots; the value is discarded, not migrated.
- An empty endpoint env var (e.g. a copied .env.example leaving
  OPENAI_STT_API_KEY= blank) shadowed the OPENAI_API_KEY fallback, so
  speech was reported as missing credentials despite a configured global
  key. firstDefined now skips empty/whitespace strings.

* fix(voice): isolate STT and TTS option parsing per endpoint

An STT-only OpenAI setup could be broken by a stale or invalid TTS env
var (e.g. a leftover TTS_VOICE/TTS_MODEL), because the single resolution
schema validated both endpoints' option groups before the per-endpoint
gate. Split into endpoint-key, STT-option, and TTS-option schemas and
parse each option group only when that endpoint has credentials, so an
unused endpoint's bad env can no longer take down the configured one.

* fix(voice): tag voice-config shim and update direct-daemon test callers

- Mark the providers.openai.voice strip with a COMPAT(openaiVoiceConfig)
  comment + removal date so it shows up in the back-compat cleanup
  inventory, per repo convention.
- Update the tests that build the daemon directly with a resolved OpenAI
  config (bootstrap smoke + the real-API voice/daemon e2e suites) to the
  new { stt, tts } shape; the old top-level { apiKey } is no longer read,
  and these files are excluded from typecheck so the break was silent.

* fix(voice): update voice-roundtrip debug script to new OpenAI config shape

Last direct daemon caller still passing the removed top-level
openai: { apiKey }; the debug script lives outside tsconfig.scripts.json
so the stale shape wasn't caught by typecheck. Use { stt, tts }.
2026-06-30 10:00:27 +02:00
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Voice Assistant

A voice-controlled terminal assistant that runs as a single local service.

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Copy environment variables
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and add your API keys (OpenAI, Deepgram)

# Run development servers
npm run dev

# Open browser to http://localhost:5173

Architecture

  • Express Server (port 3000) - Serves API and built UI in production
  • Vite Dev Server (port 5173) - Hot-reload React UI in development
  • WebSocket (/ws) - Real-time bidirectional communication
  • Agent - STT → LLM → TTS pipeline with terminal control
  • Daemon - tmux-based terminal management (in-process)

Development

# Run both servers (recommended)
npm run dev

# Or run separately:
npm run dev:server  # Express on port 3000
npm run dev:ui      # Vite on port 5173

# Type checking
npm run typecheck

# Build for production
npm run build

# Start production server
npm start

Project Status

Completed (Phases 1-2):

  • Package setup and configuration
  • Express server with WebSocket
  • React UI with Vite
  • WebSocket client with ping/pong testing

In Progress (Phase 3):

  • Terminal control (tmux integration)

📋 Planned (Phases 4-9):

  • LLM integration (OpenAI GPT-4)
  • Agent orchestrator
  • Speech-to-Text (Deepgram)
  • Text-to-Speech (OpenAI)
  • Audio streaming
  • UI polish

See IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md for complete details.

Environment Variables

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-key-here      # GPT-4 and TTS
DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=your-deepgram-key-here  # Streaming STT
STT_MODEL=whisper-1        # Optional: override to gpt-4o-transcribe, etc.
STT_CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD=-3.0  # Optional: reject low-confidence clips
STT_DEBUG_AUDIO_DIR=.stt-debug # Optional: persist raw dictation audio for debugging
PASEO_HOME=~/.paseo        # Runtime state directory (agents/, etc.)
PASEO_LISTEN=127.0.0.1:6767  # Listen address (host:port or /path/to/socket)

PASEO_HOME defaults to ~/.paseo and isolates runtime artifacts like agents/. PASEO_LISTEN controls the daemon listen address. For blue/green testing you can run a parallel server without touching production state:

PASEO_HOME=~/.paseo-blue PASEO_LISTEN=127.0.0.1:7777 npm run dev

Tech Stack

  • Server: Express, TypeScript, ws (WebSocket)
  • Client: React 18, Vite, TypeScript
  • Terminal: tmux (via child_process)
  • AI: OpenAI (LLM + TTS), Deepgram (STT)

Testing

Currently manual testing via:

  1. Start servers: npm run dev
  2. Open http://localhost:5173
  3. Test WebSocket connection (green status indicator)
  4. Click "Send Ping" button to test communication

More testing guidance as features are implemented.

License

MIT