fix: follow up #39321 and #38445 landings

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
     private let minSpeechRMS: Double = 1e-3
     private let speechBoostFactor: Double = 6.0
 
+    static func configureRecognitionRequest(_ request: SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest) {
+        request.shouldReportPartialResults = true
+        request.taskHint = .dictation
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Lifecycle
 
     func setEnabled(_ enabled: Bool) async {
@@ -176,10 +181,9 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
             return
         }
 
-        self.recognitionRequest = SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest()
-        self.recognitionRequest?.shouldReportPartialResults = true
-        self.recognitionRequest?.taskHint = .dictation
-        guard let request = self.recognitionRequest else { return }
+        let request = SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest()
+        Self.configureRecognitionRequest(request)
+        self.recognitionRequest = request
 
         if self.audioEngine == nil {
             self.audioEngine = AVAudioEngine()

apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/LowCoverageViewSmokeTests.swift

@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ struct LowCoverageViewSmokeTests {
         try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 250_000_000)
     }
 
+    @Test func `talk overlay presents twice and dismisses`() async {
+        let controller = TalkOverlayController()
+        controller.present()
+        controller.updateLevel(0.4)
+        controller.present()
+        controller.dismiss()
+        try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 250_000_000)
+    }
+
     @Test func `visual effect view hosts in NS hosting view`() {
         let hosting = NSHostingView(rootView: VisualEffectView(material: .sidebar))
         _ = hosting.fittingSize

apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/TalkModeRuntimeSpeechTests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import Speech
+import Testing
+@testable import OpenClaw
+
+struct TalkModeRuntimeSpeechTests {
+    @Test func `speech request uses dictation defaults`() {
+        let request = SFSpeechAudioBufferRecognitionRequest()
+
+        TalkModeRuntime.configureRecognitionRequest(request)
+
+        #expect(request.shouldReportPartialResults)
+        #expect(request.taskHint == .dictation)
+    }
+}