[companion] feat: add browser-native text-to-speech for assistant replies - #31
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Allows hearing assistant messages aloud using browser-native SpeechSynthesis: - Speaker action button on completed assistant replies matching sibling action buttons - Client-side SpeechSynthesis hook with garbage-collection retention and cross-component state sync - Markdown/code-fence sanitization so code blocks and syntax are not read aloud - Auto-read toggle and speech voice selector in Settings -> General - Full i18n localization for English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 1 included review per hour; 0 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds browser text-to-speech support. It sanitizes assistant content, supports manual and automatic playback, adds voice and autoplay settings, synchronizes speech state, and localizes the new controls. ChangesText-to-speech support
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant AssistantMessageView
participant useSpeechSynthesis
participant BrowserSpeechSynthesis
User->>AssistantMessageView: select Read Aloud
AssistantMessageView->>useSpeechSynthesis: toggle message speech
useSpeechSynthesis->>useSpeechSynthesis: sanitize text
useSpeechSynthesis->>BrowserSpeechSynthesis: speak utterance
BrowserSpeechSynthesis-->>useSpeechSynthesis: update speech state
useSpeechSynthesis-->>AssistantMessageView: show speaking or stopped state
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to After an autoplayed response finishes streaming, its read-aloud control may not stop the ongoing speech. This is a bounded user-facing issue that should be addressed or accepted before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Autoplay can read stale replies, while shared speech lifecycle races and unsupported-browser settings gaps remain.
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Pull request overview
Adds browser-native text-to-speech for assistant messages, including sanitization, autoplay, voice selection, controls, and localization.
Changes:
- Added speech synthesis hook with voice/preferences management.
- Added read-aloud controls and automatic playback.
- Added sanitizer tests and translations.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
lib/speech-sanitizer.ts |
Cleans formatted text for speech. |
lib/speech-sanitizer.test.mjs |
Tests sanitization behavior. |
lib/i18n/locales/en.json |
English translations. |
lib/i18n/locales/ja.json |
Japanese translations. |
lib/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json |
Chinese translations. |
hooks/useSpeechSynthesis.ts |
Speech playback and preferences. |
components/SettingsConfig.tsx |
TTS settings controls. |
components/MessageView.tsx |
Read-aloud message action. |
components/ChatWindow.tsx |
Autoplay integration. |
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hooks/useSpeechSynthesis.ts:193
- When a new utterance replaces an old one,
cancel()may deliver the old utterance'sonend/onerrorafteractiveGlobalUtterancealready points to the new utterance. These callbacks clear the global pointer and broadcast an idle state unconditionally, so the new speech can keep playing while its stop button disappears. Guard both callbacks withif (activeGlobalUtterance !== utterance) returnbefore clearing or broadcasting.
utterance.onend = () => {
activeGlobalUtterance = null;
broadcastState(null, false);
};
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| const msgs = messagesRef.current; | ||
| for (let i = msgs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { | ||
| const msg = msgs[i]; | ||
| if (msg.role === "assistant" && Array.isArray(msg.content)) { | ||
| const text = msg.content |
| liveTokensPerSecond?: number | null; | ||
| }) { | ||
| const { t, locale } = useI18n(); | ||
| const { isSupported: ttsSupported, isSpeaking: ttsSpeaking, speakingId: ttsSpeakingId, toggle: ttsToggle } = useSpeechSynthesis(); |
| if (window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged !== undefined) { | ||
| window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = updateVoices; | ||
| } | ||
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| return () => { | ||
| if (typeof window !== "undefined" && "speechSynthesis" in window) { | ||
| window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = null; | ||
| } | ||
| }; |
| { id: "tts-autoplay", tab: "general", sectionKey: "settingsConfig.interfaceBehavior", labelKey: "settingsConfig.ttsAutoplay", descKey: "settingsConfig.ttsAutoplayDesc", fallbackSection: "Interface & Behavior", fallbackLabel: "Auto-read assistant responses", fallbackDesc: "Automatically read aloud new assistant replies when completed.", scope: "UI" }, | ||
| { id: "tts-voice", tab: "general", sectionKey: "settingsConfig.interfaceBehavior", labelKey: "settingsConfig.ttsVoice", descKey: "settingsConfig.ttsVoiceDesc", fallbackSection: "Interface & Behavior", fallbackLabel: "Speech Voice", fallbackDesc: "Select the browser voice for text-to-speech reading.", scope: "UI" }, |
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In `@components/ChatWindow.tsx`:
- Around line 596-597: Update the ChatWindow autoplay flow so wrappedOnAgentEnd
reads the completed assistant message and its entry ID even when invoked before
the messages/entryIds render commit. Pass those completed values through the
callback or synchronously update the corresponding refs before invoking
onAgentEnd, while preserving existing autoplay behavior.
In `@hooks/useSpeechSynthesis.ts`:
- Around line 95-101: Update the voice-change subscription in useSpeechSynthesis
to use addEventListener("voiceschanged", updateVoices) instead of assigning
onvoiceschanged, and remove that exact listener during cleanup with
removeEventListener. Preserve the existing environment checks and ensure each
hook instance maintains an independent listener.
- Around line 186-200: In the lifecycle callbacks assigned in the speech
synthesis flow, guard onstart, onend, and onerror with an identity check against
activeGlobalUtterance before broadcasting state or clearing it, so callbacks
from replaced utterances cannot affect the current one. Preserve the existing
error filtering and cleanup for the active utterance.
In `@lib/speech-sanitizer.ts`:
- Line 26: Update the replacement expression in the speech-sanitizing flow to
remove only encoded strings that begin like HTML tags, including optional
closing markers, rather than arbitrary angle-bracket comparisons; preserve text
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- Use addEventListener for voiceschanged so per-hook mounts stop clobbering the shared handler - Mount the speech hook once via SpeechSynthesisProvider; transcript rows consume useSpeechContext - Autoplay reads streamState.streamingMessage with assistant-role narrowing instead of stale messagesRef - TTS settings render disabled with an explanation on unsupported browsers instead of hiding - Add settingsConfig.ttsNotSupported localization (en/ja/zh-CN)
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🟡 Minor · Keep the playback ID consistent from streaming through commit. · MessageView.tsx:521
components/MessageView.tsx:521
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winKeep the playback ID consistent from streaming through commit.
wrappedOnAgentEndspeaks the streaming message with its timestamp or"msg". The committedMessageViewinstead prefersentryId, even when the timestamp remains unchanged. When these IDs differ,toggledoes not matchcurrentSpeakingId; it cancels the active utterance and starts it again instead of stopping it. Pass the same playback ID through the streaming-to-commit transition, or make both paths derive it from the same stable value.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@hooks/useSpeechSynthesis.tsx`:
- Line 283: Remove the fallback useSpeechSynthesis() call from useSpeechContext
and ChatWindow, and move autoplay logic into a child rendered within
SpeechSynthesisProvider that reads the existing useSpeechContext() value. Ensure
ChatWindow and each AssistantMessageView reuse the provider’s single speech
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In `@components/MessageView.tsx`:
- Line 521: Update the playback ID derivation used by MessageView and
wrappedOnAgentEnd so the committed message reuses the same stable ID as the
streaming message, including when entryId and timestamp differ. Ensure toggle
compares against the active speaking ID and stops the existing utterance instead
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- speech sanitizer strips tag-shaped HTML only, so "x < y and z > 0" survives - utterance lifecycle callbacks identity-check the active utterance before mutating shared speech state - autoplay speaks from the render that commits the finished reply instead of refs that lag onAgentEnd - the provider owns the single speech controller; useSpeechContext no longer mounts one fallback controller per assistant row
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- Line 574: Move the ttsRef.current assignment out of render and into a
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