speechflow 2.0.1 → 2.0.3

package/speechflow-cli/package.json

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         "@gpeng/naudiodon":                     "2.4.1",
         "execa":                                "9.6.1",
         "shell-parser":                         "1.0.0",
-        "@deepgram/sdk":                        "4.11.2",
+        "@deepgram/sdk":                        "4.11.3",
         "deepl-node":                           "1.24.0",
         "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js":            "2.28.0",
         "get-stream":                           "9.0.1",
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
         "speex-resampler":                      "3.0.1",
         "@sapphi-red/speex-preprocess-wasm":    "0.4.0",
         "@shiguredo/rnnoise-wasm":              "2025.1.5",
-        "@aws-sdk/client-transcribe-streaming": "3.952.0",
-        "@aws-sdk/client-translate":            "3.952.0",
-        "@aws-sdk/client-polly":                "3.952.0",
+        "@aws-sdk/client-transcribe-streaming": "3.958.0",
+        "@aws-sdk/client-translate":            "3.958.0",
+        "@aws-sdk/client-polly":                "3.958.0",
         "@google-cloud/translate":              "9.3.0",
         "@google-cloud/speech":                 "7.2.1",
         "@google-cloud/text-to-speech":         "6.4.0",
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
         "object-path":                          "0.11.8",
         "glob":                                 "13.0.0",
         "ws":                                   "8.18.3",
-        "bufferutil":                           "4.0.9",
-        "utf-8-validate":                       "6.0.5",
+        "bufferutil":                           "4.1.0",
+        "utf-8-validate":                       "6.0.6",
         "@hapi/hapi":                           "21.4.4",
         "@hapi/boom":                           "10.0.1",
         "@hapi/inert":                          "7.1.0",
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
         "hapi-plugin-websocket":                "2.4.11",
         "@opensumi/reconnecting-websocket":     "4.4.0",
         "ollama":                               "0.6.3",
-        "openai":                               "6.13.0",
+        "openai":                               "6.15.0",
         "@anthropic-ai/sdk":                    "0.71.2",
-        "@google/genai":                        "1.33.0",
+        "@google/genai":                        "1.34.0",
         "@rse/ffmpeg":                          "1.4.2",
         "ffmpeg-stream":                        "1.0.1",
         "installed-packages":                   "1.0.13",
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         "vban":                                 "1.5.6",
         "cbor2":                                "2.0.1",
         "arktype":                              "2.1.29",
-        "pure-uuid":                            "1.8.1",
+        "pure-uuid":                            "2.0.0",
         "wavefile":                             "11.0.0",
         "audio-inspect":                        "0.0.4",
         "@huggingface/transformers":            "3.8.1",
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         "@soundtouchjs/audio-worklet":          "0.2.1",
         "werift":                               "0.22.2",
         "@discordjs/opus":                      "0.10.0",
-        "@rse/stx":                             "1.1.2"
+        "@rse/stx":                             "1.1.4"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "eslint":                               "9.39.2",
@@ -88,13 +88,11 @@
         "eslint-plugin-promise":                "7.2.1",
         "eslint-plugin-import":                 "2.32.0",
         "eslint-plugin-node":                   "11.1.0",
-        "typescript-eslint":                    "8.50.0",
-        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin":     "8.50.0",
-        "@typescript-eslint/parser":            "8.50.0",
-        "oxlint":                               "1.33.0",
-        "eslint-plugin-oxlint":                 "1.33.0",
-        "@biomejs/biome":                       "2.0.6",
-        "eslint-config-biome":                  "2.1.3",
+        "typescript-eslint":                    "8.50.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin":     "8.50.1",
+        "@typescript-eslint/parser":            "8.50.1",
+        "oxlint":                               "1.35.0",
+        "eslint-plugin-oxlint":                 "1.35.0",
 
         "@types/node":                          "24.10.1",
         "@types/yargs":                         "17.0.35",
@@ -117,10 +115,9 @@
         "cross-env":                            "10.1.0"
     },
     "overrides": {
-        "@huggingface/transformers":            { "onnxruntime-node": "1.23.2" }
+        "@huggingface/transformers":            { "onnxruntime-node": "1.22.0" }
     },
     "upd": [
-        "!@biomejs/biome",
         "!onnxruntime-node",
         "!@types/node"
     ],

package/speechflow-cli/src/lib.d.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 **  Licensed under GPL 3.0 <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-only>
 */
 
+/* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
+
 /*  type definitions for Stream.compose  */
 declare module "node:stream" {
     import { Stream, Duplex } from "node:stream"
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ declare interface AudioParamDescriptor {
     maxValue?:       number
     automationRate?: "a-rate" | "k-rate"
 }
-declare function registerProcessor(
+declare function registerProcessor (
     name: string,
     processorCtor: new (...args: any[]) => AudioWorkletProcessor
 ): void
@@ -40,3 +42,5 @@ declare module "shell-parser" {
     export default function shellParser (command: string): string[]
 }
 
+/* eslint-enable no-unused-vars */
+

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-main-api.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class APIServer {
     ) {}
 
     /*  start API server service  */
-    async start(args: CLIOptions, graph: NodeGraph): Promise<void> {
+    async start (args: CLIOptions, graph: NodeGraph): Promise<void> {
         /*  define external request/response structure  */
         const requestValidator = arktype.type({
             request: "string",
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class APIServer {
                 throw new Error(`external request failed: no such node <${name}>`)
             }
             else {
-                await Promise.race<void>([
+                await Promise.race([
                     foundNode.receiveRequest(argList),
                     util.timeout(10 * 1000)
                 ]).catch((err: Error) => {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export class APIServer {
                         peerInfo.ws.send(data)
                 }
                 for (const n of graph.getGraphNodes()) {
-                    Promise.race<void>([
+                    Promise.race([
                         n.receiveDashboard(info.type, info.id, info.kind, info.value),
                         util.timeout(10 * 1000)
                     ]).catch((err: Error) => {
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ export class APIServer {
     }
 
     /*  stop API server service  */
-    async stop(args: CLIOptions): Promise<void> {
+    async stop (args: CLIOptions): Promise<void> {
         /*  shutdown HAPI service  */
         if (this.hapi) {
             this.cli.log("info", `HAPI: stopping REST/WebSocket network service: http://${args.a}:${args.p}`)

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-main-cli.ts

@@ -257,4 +257,4 @@ export class CLIContext {
         }
         process.exit(1)
     }
-}
+}

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-main-graph.ts

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     ): Promise<void> {
         /*  internal helper for extracting error messages  */
         const flowlinkErrorMsg = (err: unknown): string =>
-            err instanceof Error && err.name === "FlowLinkError"
-                ? err.toString() : (err instanceof Error ? err.message : "internal error")
+            err instanceof Error && err.name === "FlowLinkError" ?
+                err.toString() : (err instanceof Error ? err.message : "internal error")
 
         /*  instantiate FlowLink parser  */
         const flowlink = new FlowLink<SpeechFlowNode>({
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph establishment: PASS 3: open nodes  */
-    async openNodes(): Promise<void> {
+    async openNodes (): Promise<void> {
         this.timeZero = DateTime.now()
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
             /*  connect node events  */
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
             /*  open node  */
             this.cli.log("info", `open node <${node.id}>`)
             node.setTimeZero(this.timeZero)
-            await Promise.race<void>([
+            await Promise.race([
                 node.open(),
                 util.timeout(30 * 1000)
             ]).catch((err: Error) => {
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph establishment: PASS 4: connect node streams  */
-    async connectStreams() {
+    async connectStreams () {
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
             if (node.stream === null)
                 throw new Error(`stream of node <${node.id}> still not initialized`)
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph establishment: PASS 5: track stream finishing  */
-    trackFinishing(args: CLIOptions, api: APIServer): void {
+    trackFinishing (args: CLIOptions, api: APIServer): void {
         this.finishEvents.removeAllListeners()
         this.finishEvents.setMaxListeners(this.graphNodes.size + 10)
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
@@ -236,15 +236,15 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph destruction: PASS 1: end node streams  */
-    async endStreams(): Promise<void> {
+    async endStreams (): Promise<void> {
         /*  end all writable streams and wait for them to drain  */
         const drainPromises: Promise<void>[] = []
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
             if (node.stream === null)
                 continue
             const stream = node.stream
-            if ((stream instanceof Stream.Writable || stream instanceof Stream.Duplex) &&
-                (!stream.writableEnded && !stream.destroyed)) {
+            if ((stream instanceof Stream.Writable || stream instanceof Stream.Duplex)
+                && (!stream.writableEnded && !stream.destroyed)) {
                 drainPromises.push(
                     Promise.race([
                         new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph destruction: PASS 2: disconnect node streams  */
-    async disconnectStreams(): Promise<void> {
+    async disconnectStreams (): Promise<void> {
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
             if (node.stream === null) {
                 this.cli.log("warning", `stream of node <${node.id}> no longer initialized`)
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph destruction: PASS 3: close nodes  */
-    async closeNodes(): Promise<void> {
+    async closeNodes (): Promise<void> {
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
             this.cli.log("info", `close node <${node.id}>`)
-            await Promise.race<void>([
+            await Promise.race([
                 node.close(),
                 util.timeout(10 * 1000)
             ]).catch((err: Error) => {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph destruction: PASS 4: disconnect nodes  */
-    disconnectNodes(): void {
+    disconnectNodes (): void {
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
             this.cli.log("info", `disconnect node <${node.id}>`)
             const connectionsIn  = Array.from(node.connectionsIn)
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  graph destruction: PASS 5: destroy nodes  */
-    destroyNodes(): void {
+    destroyNodes (): void {
         for (const node of this.graphNodes) {
             this.cli.log("info", `destroy node <${node.id}>`)
             this.graphNodes.delete(node)
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  setup signal handling for shutdown  */
-    setupSignalHandlers(args: CLIOptions, api: APIServer): void {
+    setupSignalHandlers (args: CLIOptions, api: APIServer): void {
         /*  internal helper functions  */
         const shutdownHandler = (signal: string) =>
             this.shutdown(signal, args, api)
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ export class NodeGraph {
     }
 
     /*  shutdown procedure  */
-    async shutdown(signal: string, args: CLIOptions, api: APIServer): Promise<void> {
+    async shutdown (signal: string, args: CLIOptions, api: APIServer): Promise<void> {
         if (this.shuttingDown)
             return
         this.shuttingDown = true

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-main-nodes.ts

@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ export class NodeRegistry {
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-main-status.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class NodeStatusManager {
     ) {}
 
     /*  gather and show status of all nodes  */
-    async showNodeStatus(
+    async showNodeStatus (
         nodes:     { [ id: string ]: typeof SpeechFlowNode },
         cfg:       NodeConfig,
         accessBus: (name: string) => EventEmitter
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ export class NodeStatusManager {
         const output = table.toString()
         process.stdout.write(output + "\n")
     }
-}
+}

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-main.ts

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export default class Main {
             process.exit(0)
         }
 
-        /*  global library initialization  */
+        /*  initialize global libraries  */
         await SpeexResampler.initPromise
 
         /*  initialize graph processor  */

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-compressor-wt.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class CompressorProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
     public reduction = 0
 
     /*  eslint no-undef: off */
-    static get parameterDescriptors(): AudioParamDescriptor[] {
+    static get parameterDescriptors (): AudioParamDescriptor[] {
         return [
             { name: "threshold",  defaultValue: -23,   minValue: -100,   maxValue: 0,   automationRate: "k-rate" }, // dBFS
             { name: "ratio",      defaultValue: 4.0,   minValue: 1.0,    maxValue: 20,  automationRate: "k-rate" }, // compression ratio
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CompressorProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
     }
 
     /*  process a single sample frame  */
-    process(
+    process (
         inputs:     Float32Array[][],
         outputs:    Float32Array[][],
         parameters: Record<string, Float32Array>
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ class CompressorProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
 }
 
 /*  register the new audio nodes  */
-registerProcessor("compressor", CompressorProcessor)
+registerProcessor("compressor", CompressorProcessor)

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-compressor.ts

@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ class AudioCompressor extends util.WebAudio {
         await this.audioContext.audioWorklet.addModule(url)
 
         /*  determine operation modes  */
-        const needsCompressor = (this.type === "standalone" && this.mode === "compress") ||
-                                (this.type === "sidechain"  && this.mode === "measure")
-        const needsGain       = (this.type === "standalone" && this.mode === "compress") ||
-                                (this.type === "sidechain"  && this.mode === "adjust")
+        const needsCompressor = (this.type === "standalone" && this.mode === "compress")
+                             || (this.type === "sidechain"  && this.mode === "measure")
+        const needsGain       = (this.type === "standalone" && this.mode === "compress")
+                             || (this.type === "sidechain"  && this.mode === "adjust")
 
         /*  create compressor worklet node  */
         if (needsCompressor) {
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeA2ACompressor extends SpeechFlowNode {
                             callback(new Error("stream already destroyed"))
                             return
                         }
-                        if ((self.params.type === "standalone" && self.params.mode === "compress") ||
-                            (self.params.type === "sidechain"  && self.params.mode === "adjust")     ) {
+                        if ((self.params.type === "standalone" && self.params.mode === "compress")
+                            || (self.params.type === "sidechain"  && self.params.mode === "adjust")) {
                             /*  take over compressed data  */
                             const payload = util.convertI16ToBuf(result)
                             chunk.payload = payload

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-expander-wt.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ExpanderProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
     private sampleRate: number
 
     /*  eslint no-undef: off */
-    static get parameterDescriptors(): AudioParamDescriptor[] {
+    static get parameterDescriptors (): AudioParamDescriptor[] {
         return [
             { name: "threshold",  defaultValue: -45,   minValue: -100,   maxValue: 0,   automationRate: "k-rate" }, // dBFS
             { name: "floor",      defaultValue: -64,   minValue: -100,   maxValue: 0,   automationRate: "k-rate" }, // dBFS minimum output level
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class ExpanderProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
     }
 
     /*  process a single sample frame  */
-    process(
+    process (
         inputs:     Float32Array[][],
         outputs:    Float32Array[][],
         parameters: Record<string, Float32Array>

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-filler.ts

@@ -29,20 +29,20 @@ class AudioFiller extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     /*  optional helper to allow subscribing with strong typing  */
-    public on(event: "chunk", listener: (chunk: SpeechFlowChunk, type: string) => void): this
-    public on(event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this {
+    public on (event: "chunk", listener: (chunk: SpeechFlowChunk, type: string) => void): this
+    public on (event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this {
         return super.on(event, listener)
     }
 
     /*  convert fractional samples from duration  */
-    private samplesFromDuration(duration: Duration): number {
+    private samplesFromDuration (duration: Duration): number {
         const seconds = duration.as("seconds")
         const samples = seconds * this.sampleRate
         return samples
     }
 
     /*  convert duration to fractional samples  */
-    private durationFromSamples(samples: number): Duration {
+    private durationFromSamples (samples: number): Duration {
         const seconds = samples / this.sampleRate
         return Duration.fromObject({ seconds })
     }

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-gender.ts

@@ -376,4 +376,4 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeA2AGender extends SpeechFlowNode {
         this.queue.pointerDelete("ac")
         this.queue.pointerDelete("send")
     }
-}
+}

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-mute.ts

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeA2AMute extends SpeechFlowNode {
             throw new Error("mute: node already destroyed")
         try {
             if (params.length === 2 && params[0] === "mode") {
-                if (typeof params[1] !== "string" ||
-                    !params[1].match(/^(?:none|silenced|unplugged)$/))
+                if (typeof params[1] !== "string"
+                    || !params[1].match(/^(?:none|silenced|unplugged)$/))
                     throw new Error("mute: invalid mode argument in external request")
                 const muteMode = params[1] as MuteMode
                 this.setMuteMode(muteMode)

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-pitch.ts

@@ -219,4 +219,4 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeA2APitch extends SpeechFlowNode {
             this.stream = null
         }
     }
-}
+}

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-rnnoise-wt.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { type DenoiseState, Rnnoise } from "@shiguredo/rnnoise-wasm"
 let rnnoise: Rnnoise
 let denoiseState: DenoiseState
 
-/*  global initialization  */
+/*  initialize globals  */
 ;(async () => {
     try {
         rnnoise = await Rnnoise.load()
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ parentPort!.on("message", (msg) => {
             process.exit(0)
         }
     }
-})
+})

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2a-rnnoise.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeA2ARNNoise extends SpeechFlowNode {
                 else if (typeof msg === "object" && msg !== null && msg.type === "failed")
                     reject(new Error(msg.message ?? "RNNoise worker thread initialization failed"))
                 else
-                    reject(new Error(`RNNoise worker thread sent unexpected message on startup`))
+                    reject(new Error("RNNoise worker thread sent unexpected message on startup"))
             })
             this.worker!.once("error", (err) => {
                 clearTimeout(timeout)

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2t-amazon.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class AsyncQueue<T> {
         }
         this.queue.length = 0
     }
-    async *[Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncIterator<T> {
+    async * [Symbol.asyncIterator] (): AsyncIterator<T> {
         while (true) {
             if (this.queue.length > 0) {
                 const v = this.queue.shift()
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeA2TAmazon extends SpeechFlowNode {
 
         /*  create an AudioStream for Amazon Transcribe  */
         const audioQueue = new AsyncQueue<Uint8Array>()
-        const audioStream = (async function *(q: AsyncQueue<Uint8Array>): AsyncIterable<AudioStream> {
+        const audioStream = (async function * (q: AsyncQueue<Uint8Array>): AsyncIterable<AudioStream> {
             for await (const chunk of q) {
                 yield { AudioEvent: { AudioChunk: chunk } }
             }

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-a2t-google.ts

@@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeA2TGoogle extends SpeechFlowNode {
                 const words: { word: string, start: Duration, end: Duration }[] = []
                 if (alternative.words && alternative.words.length > 0) {
                     for (const wordInfo of alternative.words) {
-                        const wordStart = wordInfo.startTime
-                            ? Duration.fromMillis(
+                        const wordStart = wordInfo.startTime ?
+                            Duration.fromMillis(
                                 (Number(wordInfo.startTime.seconds ?? 0) * 1000) +
                                 (Number(wordInfo.startTime.nanos ?? 0) / 1000000)
-                            ).plus(this.timeZeroOffset)
-                            : Duration.fromMillis(0)
-                        const wordEnd = wordInfo.endTime
-                            ? Duration.fromMillis(
+                            ).plus(this.timeZeroOffset) :
+                            Duration.fromMillis(0)
+                        const wordEnd = wordInfo.endTime ?
+                            Duration.fromMillis(
                                 (Number(wordInfo.endTime.seconds ?? 0) * 1000) +
                                 (Number(wordInfo.endTime.nanos ?? 0) / 1000000)
-                            ).plus(this.timeZeroOffset)
-                            : Duration.fromMillis(0)
+                            ).plus(this.timeZeroOffset) :
+                            Duration.fromMillis(0)
                         words.push({
                             word:  wordInfo.word ?? "",
                             start: wordStart,

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-t2a-elevenlabs.ts

@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeT2AElevenlabs extends SpeechFlowNode {
         try {
             const elevenlabs = new ElevenLabs.ElevenLabsClient({ apiKey: this.params.key })
             const subscription = await elevenlabs.user.subscription.get()
-            const percent = subscription.characterLimit > 0
-                ? subscription.characterCount / subscription.characterLimit
-                : 0
+            const percent = subscription.characterLimit > 0 ?
+                subscription.characterCount / subscription.characterLimit :
+                0
             return { usage: `${percent.toFixed(2)}%` }
         }
         catch (_error) {
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeT2AElevenlabs extends SpeechFlowNode {
                 throw new Error(`invalid ElevenLabs voice "${this.params.voice}"`)
         }
         const labels = voice.labels ?? {}
-        const info = Object.keys(labels).length > 0
-            ? ", " + Object.entries(labels).map(([ key, val ]) => `${key}: "${val}"`).join(", ")
-            : ""
+        const info = Object.keys(labels).length > 0 ?
+            ", " + Object.entries(labels).map(([ key, val ]) => `${key}: "${val}"`).join(", ") :
+            ""
         this.log("info", `selected voice: name: "${voice.name}"${info}`)
 
         /*  perform text-to-speech operation with Elevenlabs API  */
-        const model = this.params.optimize === "quality"
-            ? "eleven_turbo_v2_5"
-            : "eleven_flash_v2_5"
+        const model = this.params.optimize === "quality" ?
+            "eleven_turbo_v2_5" :
+            "eleven_flash_v2_5"
         const speechStream = (text: string) => {
             this.log("info", `ElevenLabs: send text "${text}"`)
             return this.elevenlabs!.textToSpeech.convert(voice.voiceId, {

package/speechflow-cli/src/speechflow-node-t2a-google.ts

@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ export default class SpeechFlowNodeT2AGoogle extends SpeechFlowNode {
                 throw new Error("no audio content returned from Google TTS")
 
             /*  convert response to buffer  */
-            const buffer = Buffer.isBuffer(response.audioContent)
-                ? response.audioContent
-                : Buffer.from(response.audioContent)
+            const buffer = Buffer.isBuffer(response.audioContent) ?
+                response.audioContent :
+                Buffer.from(response.audioContent)
             this.log("info", `Google TTS: received audio (buffer length: ${buffer.byteLength})`)
 
             /*  resample from Google's sample rate to our standard rate  */