@tritard/waterbrother 0.14.20 → 0.14.22

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tritard/waterbrother",
-  "version": "0.14.20",
+  "version": "0.14.22",
   "description": "Waterbrother: Grok-powered coding CLI with local tools, sessions, operator modes, and approval controls",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/src/voice.js

@@ -713,17 +713,18 @@ export async function setupVoice(onStatus) {
           playCmd = "afplay";
           playArgs = [mp3Path];
         } else if (process.platform === "win32") {
-          // PowerShell MediaPlayer — write temp .ps1 to avoid escaping issues
+          // Use sox to play the audio — it's already installed for recording
+          // Use PowerShell to play MP3 via Windows Media Player COM
+          const psScript = `
+$wmp = New-Object -ComObject WMPlayer.OCX
+$wmp.URL = "${mp3Path.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\")}"
+$wmp.controls.play()
+Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
+while($wmp.playState -eq 3){ Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200 }
+$wmp.close()
+`.trim();
           const psPath = path.join(tmpDir, `tts-${ts}.ps1`);
-          await fs.writeFile(psPath, [
-            "Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationCore",
-            "$p = New-Object System.Windows.Media.MediaPlayer",
-            `$p.Open([uri]"${mp3Path.replace(/\\/g, "/")}")`,
-            "$p.Play()",
-            "Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500",
-            "while($p.Position -lt $p.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan){ Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200 }",
-            "$p.Close()",
-          ].join("\n"));
+          await fs.writeFile(psPath, psScript);
           cleanupFiles.push(psPath);
           playCmd = "powershell.exe";
           playArgs = ["-NoProfile", "-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass", "-File", psPath];
@@ -732,6 +733,7 @@ export async function setupVoice(onStatus) {
           playArgs = ["--no-video", "--really-quiet", mp3Path];
         }
 
+        process.stderr.write(`[speak] playing: ${playCmd} ${playArgs.join(" ")}\n`);
         await new Promise((resolve) => {
           const child = spawn(playCmd, playArgs, { stdio: "ignore" });
           _ttsPlayback = child;