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---
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summary: "How inbound audio/voice notes are downloaded, transcribed, and injected into replies"
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read_when:
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- Changing audio transcription or media handling
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---
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# Audio / Voice Notes — 2025-12-05
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## What works
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- **Optional transcription**: If `routing.transcribeAudio.command` is set in `~/.clawdis/clawdis.json`, CLAWDIS will:
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1) Download inbound audio to a temp path when WhatsApp only provides a URL.
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2) Run the configured CLI (templated with `{{MediaPath}}`), expecting transcript on stdout.
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3) Replace `Body` with the transcript, set `{{Transcript}}`, and prepend the original media path plus a `Transcript:` section in the command prompt so models see both.
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4) Continue through the normal auto-reply pipeline (templating, sessions, Pi command).
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- **Verbose logging**: In `--verbose`, we log when transcription runs and when the transcript replaces the body.
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## Config example (OpenAI Whisper CLI)
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Requires `OPENAI_API_KEY` in env and `openai` CLI installed:
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```json5
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{
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routing: {
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transcribeAudio: {
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command: [
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"openai",
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"api",
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"audio.transcriptions.create",
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"-m",
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"whisper-1",
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"-f",
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"{{MediaPath}}",
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"--response-format",
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"text"
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],
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timeoutSeconds: 45
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}
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}
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}
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```
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## Notes & limits
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- We don’t ship a transcriber; you opt in with any CLI that prints text to stdout (Whisper cloud, whisper.cpp, vosk, Deepgram, etc.).
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- Size guard: inbound audio must be ≤5 MB (matches the temp media store and transcript pipeline).
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- Outbound caps: web send supports audio/voice up to 16 MB (sent as a voice note with `ptt: true`).
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- If transcription fails, we fall back to the original body/media note; replies still go through.
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- Transcript is available to templates as `{{Transcript}}`; models get both the media path and a `Transcript:` block in the prompt when using command mode.
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## Gotchas
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- Ensure your CLI exits 0 and prints plain text; JSON needs to be massaged via `jq -r .text`.
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- Keep timeouts reasonable (`timeoutSeconds`, default 45s) to avoid blocking the reply queue.
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