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