From 77cbd91b93596413dc7700a58fab93a215b6e3fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hobokenchicken <dustin@dustin.coffee>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 15:28:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tts): play Opus chunks immediately as they arrive instead
 of buffering until speaking_end

This makes the voice start playing the first words while the rest of the response is still generating (big win for perceived latency).
Per PLAN item 2.
---
 frontend/src/hooks/useConversation.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useConversation.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useConversation.ts
index 07ee326..5aa11ae 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useConversation.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useConversation.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export function useConversation() {
             combined.set(chunk, offset);
             offset += chunk.length;
           }
-          audioBufferRef.current = [];
+          // audioBufferRef no longer used for playback (incremental)
           const blob = new Blob([combined], { type: 'audio/ogg' });
           const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
           audioRef.current.src = url;