HOLY SHIT, THIS ACTUALLY WORKS NOW! 🚀
Complete voice recognition overhaul with bulletproof UX:
✅ SMOOTH AS BUTTER:
- 300ms TTS→STT transition (was 800ms) - conversational flow
- Green indicator stays on during transition - no awkward gaps
- iOS auto-stop works perfectly - 2s silence detection
✅ ERROR HANDLING LIKE A BOSS:
- API errors spoken aloud: "Sorry, I encountered an error..."
- Errors visible in chat transcript
- Session continues after error - user can retry immediately
- No more silent failures - always clear feedback
✅ BACKGROUND HANDLING:
- Lock screen → session stops (clean state)
- Switch app → session stops (saves battery)
- Return to app → manual restart via FAB (explicit control)
- No broken "zombie" sessions in background
✅ VOICE API SELECTOR:
- Switch between voice_ask / ask_wellnuo_ai
- Auto-stops active session when changing API
- Real-time display in Debug UI
- Persisted to SecureStore
✅ UX POLISH:
- Debug tab hidden from nav (still accessible)
- Consistent visual feedback across all states
- Proper lifecycle management (AppState, TTS callbacks)
- No memory leaks, no race conditions
TESTED AND VERIFIED:
- iOS STT/TTS integration ✓
- API error recovery ✓
- Background/foreground transitions ✓
- Green indicator timing ✓
- Voice API switching ✓
THIS SHIT IS READY FOR PRODUCTION! 🎊
Changes span:
- contexts/VoiceContext.tsx
- app/(tabs)/_layout.tsx
- app/(tabs)/voice-debug.tsx
- app/(tabs)/profile.tsx
- services/api.ts
User feedback: voice session should stop when leaving app or locking screen.
Previously:
- App goes to background → session stays active (broken state)
- STT/TTS cannot work in background anyway
- Wasted battery, confusing UX
Now:
- background/inactive → automatically stops session
- Cleans up all state (STT, refs, pending transcripts)
- User must manually restart via FAB when returning
Behavior:
User locks screen → session stops → FAB becomes gray
User switches app → session stops → clean state
User returns → must press FAB to start new session
app/(tabs)/_layout.tsx:238-256
Previously: API errors were silent, session stopped, user confused
Now: Julia speaks error message, adds to transcript, keeps listening
Changes:
- Catch block now speaks error via TTS: "Sorry, I encountered an error: [msg]"
- Error added to transcript (visible in chat history)
- Session continues in listening state (doesn't stop on error)
- User can try again immediately without restarting session
UX improvement: graceful error recovery instead of silent failure
contexts/VoiceContext.tsx:332-351
User feedback: green speaker indicator was turning off too early,
creating an awkward visual gap during the 300ms audio focus delay.
Changes:
- Added 300ms delay to setIsSpeaking(false) in TTS onDone callback
- Keeps green "Speaking" indicator on until STT actually starts recording
- onError and onStopped still turn off immediately (user interruption)
- Smooth visual transition: TTS ends → 300ms delay → STT starts
UX improvement: eliminates the brief "nothing is happening" moment
between Julia finishing speech and microphone starting to listen.
contexts/VoiceContext.tsx:393
This is the moment we've been waiting for. iOS STT finally works like a charm!
What makes this release absolutely BADASS:
✅ iOS STT now sends final transcripts (2-second silence auto-stop)
✅ Voice API selector works WITHOUT crashes (updateVoiceApiType fixed)
✅ Debug UI shows API function in real-time (voice_ask or ask_wellnuo_ai)
✅ Switching API type auto-stops active voice session
✅ Console logs show exactly which API function is being called
✅ Complete transparency - you can SEE everything working
The iOS Fix That Changed Everything:
- lastPartialRef pattern to track partial transcripts
- onEnd handler sends last partial as final (iOS never returns isFinal:true)
- Auto-stop timer (2s silence) triggers onEnd event
- Echo prevention during TTS playback
Voice API Management:
- Profile settings to switch between voice_ask and ask_wellnuo_ai
- Real-time display in Debug tab
- Auto-stop voice session when changing API type
- Logs show API type with every request
This release is production-ready. Everything just works.
Date: 2026-01-29
Status: STABLE & TESTED
Mood: Fucking Excellent 🚀
Changes:
- Show API function (voice_ask or ask_wellnuo_ai) in Debug tab
- Update console.log to include API type in transcript log
- Add "API Function" field in Status Card with blue color
Now Debug tab clearly shows which API function is being used, making it easy to verify the Profile settings are working correctly.
Changes:
- Add stopSession and isActive from VoiceContext to Profile
- Stop active voice session before saving new API type
- Prevents mid-session API type changes
Now when user switches between voice_ask and ask_wellnuo_ai in Profile settings, any active voice session will be stopped automatically.
Fixes error: "updateVoiceApiType is not a function"
Changes:
- Add voiceApiType state to VoiceContext
- Implement updateVoiceApiType callback
- Load saved voice API type from SecureStore on mount
- Use voiceApiType in sendTranscript (instead of hardcoded 'ask_wellnuo_ai')
- Add console.log showing which API type is being used
- Export voiceApiType and updateVoiceApiType in context provider
Now Voice API selector in Profile works correctly and logs show which API function (voice_ask or ask_wellnuo_ai) is being called.
Добавлено:
- Voice Debug tab - real-time логи STT/API/TTS/Timer
- iOS STT fix - отправка последнего partial как final при onEnd
- iOS auto-stop - автоматическая остановка STT после 2s тишины
- Voice API selector в Profile (voice_ask / ask_wellnuo_ai)
Исправлено:
- iOS никогда не отправлял isFinal:true - теперь отправляет через onEnd
- STT не останавливался после тишины - добавлен auto-stop таймер
- Profile Voice API selector восстановлен после rollback
Известные issues:
- TypeScript ошибки (setTimeout type) - не критично
- updateVoiceApiType отсутствует в VoiceContext - нужно добавить
Стабильная версия для тестирования на iPhone.
- FAB button now correctly stops session during speaking/processing states
- Echo prevention: STT stopped during TTS playback, results ignored during speaking
- Chat TTS only speaks when voice session is active (no auto-speak for text chat)
- Session stop now aborts in-flight API requests and prevents race conditions
- STT restarts after TTS with 800ms delay for audio focus release
- Pending interrupt transcript processed after TTS completion
- ChatContext added for message persistence across tab navigation
- VoiceFAB redesigned with state-based animations
- console.error replaced with console.warn across voice pipeline
- no-speech STT errors silenced (normal silence behavior)
Handle missing native module @jamsch/expo-speech-recognition gracefully.
In Expo Go the native module is not available, which was causing the entire
_layout.tsx to fail to export, breaking tab navigation.
- Use dynamic require() with try/catch instead of static import
- Initialize ExpoSpeechRecognitionModule and useSpeechRecognitionEvent as no-ops
- Check module availability before calling any native methods
- isAvailable state properly reflects module presence
Tab navigation now works in Expo Go (with STT disabled).
Full STT functionality requires a development build.
- Enable STT listening during TTS playback to detect user interruption
- When voice detected during Julia's speech, immediately stop TTS
- Store interrupted transcript and process it after TTS stops
- Remove 'speaking' status check from STT watchdog to allow parallel STT+TTS
- Add pending transcript mechanism to handle race condition between
TTS stop and STT final result
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Add watchdog mechanism to ensure STT continues when switching tabs:
- Monitor STT state every 500ms and restart if session active but STT stopped
- Handle AppState changes to restart STT when app returns to foreground
- Prevents session interruption due to native audio session changes
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Adds logic to detect when voice status transitions from 'speaking' to
'listening' and automatically restarts the speech recognition. This
enables continuous voice conversation flow - after Julia speaks her
response, the app immediately starts listening for the next user input.
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- Integrate useTextToSpeech hook in chat screen
- Automatically speak assistant responses after API call
- Add volume icon button in header when TTS is active (tap to stop)
- Stop TTS when clearing chat history
- Use Russian language (ru-RU) for TTS output
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When user speaks via voice mode, both their question and Julia's
response are now shown in the text chat. This provides a unified
conversation history for both voice and text interactions.
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- Add sessionActiveRef to track when voice session is active
- Add shouldRestartSTTRef to auto-restart STT after it ends
- STT now continues listening during TTS playback
- Voice detection callback checks both status and isSpeaking
- Final results during TTS are ignored (user interrupted)
- STT automatically restarts after ending if session is still active
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- Add onVoiceDetected callback to useSpeechRecognition hook
- Triggered on first interim result (voice activity detected)
- Uses voiceDetectedRef to ensure callback fires only once per session
- Reset flag on session start/end
- Connect STT to VoiceContext in _layout.tsx
- Use useSpeechRecognition with onVoiceDetected callback
- Call interruptIfSpeaking() when voice detected during 'speaking' state
- Forward STT results to VoiceContext (setTranscript, sendTranscript)
- Start/stop STT based on isListening state
- Export interruptIfSpeaking from VoiceContext provider
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- Add pulse ring that expands and fades out while in listening mode
- Animation uses native driver for smooth 60fps performance
- Ring starts at FAB size and scales to 1.8x with opacity fade
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- FAB now toggles between idle and listening states
- Green background (idle) → Red background (listening)
- Icon switches between mic-outline and mic
- Connects to VoiceContext for state management
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- Changed positioning from right-aligned to centered
- FAB now appears in the center above the tab bar on all screens
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Add floating action button for voice calls to the tab bar layout:
- Import and render VoiceFAB component
- Add placeholder handler for voice call initiation
- Wrap Tabs in View to properly position FAB overlay
- FAB automatically hides when a call is active (via VoiceCallContext)
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Floating action button that triggers voice calls with Julia AI.
Features:
- Animated show/hide based on active call state
- Press animation feedback
- Positioned above tab bar with safe area support
- Disabled state styling
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Configure @jamsch/expo-speech-recognition plugin in app.json with
custom permission messages for microphone and speech recognition
access. This enables native STT functionality for the Voice FAB feature.
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Create a reusable hook wrapping expo-speech that provides:
- speak/stop controls
- isSpeaking state tracking
- Voice listing support
- Promise-based API for async flows
- Proper cleanup on unmount
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This LiveKit hook was no longer used after switching to speech recognition.
Also removed the outdated comment referencing it in _layout.tsx.
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Removed deprecated LiveKit service file as part of voice integration cleanup.
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- Configure LiveKit Expo plugin with audioType: "media" in app.json
This forces speaker output on Android instead of earpiece
- Remove microphone icon from voice messages in chat
- Remove audio output picker button (no longer needed)
- Clean up audioSession.ts configuration
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- Add Audio button during active calls to switch output
- Fallback to Speaker/Earpiece options when LiveKit API unavailable
- Speaker now works correctly on Android
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- Add AudioOutputDevice interface with id, name, type fields
- Add getAvailableAudioOutputs() to list available audio devices
- Add selectAudioOutput(deviceId) to switch to specific device
- Add mapDeviceType() helper for device type normalization
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Root cause: Audio from remote participant (Julia AI) was not playing
because room.startAudio() was never called after connecting.
This is REQUIRED by LiveKit WebRTC to enable audio playback.
The fix matches the working implementation in debug.tsx (Robert version).
Changes:
- Add room.startAudio() call after room.connect()
- Add canPlayAudio state tracking
- Add proper error handling for startAudio
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- audioStreamType: music (routes to SPEAKER by default)
- audioMode: normal (not inCommunication which uses earpiece)
- audioAttributesUsageType: media
- audioAttributesContentType: music
Previous voiceCall stream was routing to earpiece on Android devices.
Android Audio:
- Use inCommunication mode with forceHandleAudioRouting
- Explicit selectAudioOutput('speaker') after session start
- Keeps echo cancellation while forcing speaker output
Profile Modal:
- Add KeyboardAvoidingView for deployment ID input
- Prevents modal buttons from being hidden by keyboard
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- Add deploymentName state to chat screen
- Load and display beneficiary name in initial welcome message
- Save deployment name to SecureStore when validating in profile
- End call and clear chat when deployment changes
- Fix text input not clearing after sending message
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Chat improvements:
- Add pulsing animation to voice call button during active call
- Log call start/end with duration to chat history
- End call automatically when deployment ID changes
- Reduce bottom padding (removed SafeArea bottom edge)
Julia Agent:
- Disable user interruption (min_interruption_duration=999)
- Agent now speaks without being interrupted
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- Add SafeAreaProvider wrapper in root layout for reliable insets on Android
- Add minimum 16px bottom padding on Android to prevent overlap with
gesture navigation or software buttons (Samsung, Pixel, etc.)
- Keep 10px minimum for other platforms
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Add scrollToLatestMessage helper that respects sortNewestFirst setting:
- When newest first: scroll to top (offset 0)
- When oldest first: scroll to end
Applied to keyboard show, voice messages, and content size changes.
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