From d2347ed82560e0169167e80c60b0f8e69783841c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitri <dmitri@paradoxcat.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 16:14:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] macOS: set speech recognition taskHint for Talk Mode mic
 capture

Add taskHint = .dictation to Talk Mode's SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest,
matching what Voice Wake already sets. Without this hint the recognizer may not
properly initialize audio capture, causing Talk Mode to appear unresponsive.

Co-Authored-By: dmiv <dmiv@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift
index a8d8008c653..56d44ed3ee6 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
 
         self.recognitionRequest = SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest()
         self.recognitionRequest?.shouldReportPartialResults = true
+        self.recognitionRequest?.taskHint = .dictation
         guard let request = self.recognitionRequest else { return }
 
         if self.audioEngine == nil {