Without this, await audio.play() resolves immediately after source.start(),
so the playQueue chains the next sentence before the current one finishes,
causing overlapping / interrupted playback.
- ChatView: listen mode toggle (auto-reads new responses via TTS), volume popup
with range slider persisted per-device in localStorage via GainNode
- useVoiceAudio: shared module-level _volume ref with localStorage persistence,
GainNode for volume control, exported setVoiceVolume()
- tts.py: pre-warm all Kokoro voices at pipeline load to eliminate HuggingFace
HEAD requests at synthesis time (reduces TTS latency)
- BriefingView: discuss article button now auto-sends instead of just filling input;
prompt capped to 15 sentences; send() accepts optional overrideText
- llm.py: instruct LLM not to proactively search notes or comment on note absence
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>