Capture dictation/TTS debug audio and show dictation errors

packages/app/src/components/dictation-controls.tsx

@@ -136,12 +136,13 @@ export function DictationOverlay({
   isRecording,
   isProcessing,
   status,
+  errorText,
   onCancel,
   onAccept,
   onAcceptAndSend,
   onRetry,
   onDiscard,
-}: Omit<DictationControlsProps, "onStart" | "disabled">) {
+}: Omit<DictationControlsProps, "onStart" | "disabled"> & { errorText?: string }) {
   const { theme } = useUnistyles();
   const isFailed = status === "failed";
   const showActiveState = isRecording || isProcessing || isFailed;
@@ -199,6 +200,17 @@ export function DictationOverlay({
             {transcript}
           </Text>
         )}
+        {isFailed ? (
+          <Text
+            numberOfLines={2}
+            style={[
+              overlayStyles.transcriptText,
+              { color: theme.colors.palette.white, opacity: 0.95 },
+            ]}
+          >
+            {errorText ? `Dictation failed: ${errorText}` : "Dictation failed. Tap retry."}
+          </Text>
+        ) : null}
       </View>
 
       <View style={overlayStyles.actionButtonsContainer}>

packages/app/src/components/message-input.tsx

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export const MessageInput = forwardRef<MessageInputRef, MessageInputProps>(
     partialTranscript: dictationPartialTranscript,
     volume: dictationVolume,
     duration: dictationDuration,
+    error: dictationError,
     status: dictationStatus,
     startDictation,
     cancelDictation,
@@ -631,6 +632,7 @@ export const MessageInput = forwardRef<MessageInputRef, MessageInputProps>(
           isRecording={isDictating}
           isProcessing={isDictationProcessing}
           status={dictationStatus}
+          errorText={dictationStatus === "failed" ? dictationError ?? undefined : undefined}
           onCancel={handleCancelRecording}
           onAccept={handleAcceptRecording}
           onAcceptAndSend={handleAcceptAndSendRecording}

packages/app/src/hooks/use-dictation.ts

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export function useDictation(options: UseDictationOptions): UseDictationResult {
   const handleStreamingTranscriptionSuccess = useCallback(
     (text: string, requestId: string) => {
       setIsProcessing(false);
+      isProcessingRef.current = false;
       setPartialTranscript("");
       setDuration(0);
       setStatus("idle");
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ export function useDictation(options: UseDictationOptions): UseDictationResult {
       const normalized = toError(failure);
       const failureId = generateMessageId();
       setIsProcessing(false);
+      isProcessingRef.current = false;
       isRecordingRef.current = false;
       setIsRecording(false);
 
@@ -447,9 +449,14 @@ export function useDictation(options: UseDictationOptions): UseDictationResult {
         stopDurationTracking();
         setDuration(0);
         setIsProcessing(false);
+        isProcessingRef.current = false;
         setError(null);
-        setStatus("idle");
-        clearStreamingState();
+        if (senderRef.current?.hasSegments()) {
+          setStatus("failed");
+        } else {
+          setStatus("idle");
+          clearStreamingState();
+        }
       }
     }
   }, [autoStopWhenHidden?.isVisible, clearStreamingState, stopDurationTracking]);