fix(voice): scope OpenAI voice credentials

Resolve OpenAI voice credentials and endpoints from voice-specific config before broader OpenAI fallbacks, and use the same REST STT provider for dictation and voice mode.

docs/data-model.md

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Single file, validated with `PersistedConfigSchema`.
     root?: string            // optional root for new worktrees; defaults to $PASEO_HOME/worktrees
   },
   providers: {
-    openai: { apiKey: string },
+    openai: { voice: { apiKey: string, baseUrl: string } },
     local: { modelsDir: string }
   },
   agents: {
@@ -193,6 +193,37 @@ All fields are optional with sensible defaults.
 
 Local speech model ids are intentionally narrow: STT uses `parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2-int8`, TTS uses `kokoro-en-v0_19`, and turn detection uses the bundled Silero VAD model.
 
+Set these to select OpenAI instead of local speech:
+
+| Env var                        | Applies to                      |
+| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------- |
+| `PASEO_VOICE_STT_PROVIDER`     | Voice mode STT provider         |
+| `PASEO_DICTATION_STT_PROVIDER` | Composer dictation STT provider |
+| `PASEO_VOICE_TTS_PROVIDER`     | Voice mode TTS provider         |
+
+OpenAI voice can be configured under `providers.openai`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "providers": {
+    "openai": {
+      "voice": {
+        "apiKey": "sk-...",
+        "baseUrl": "https://api.openai.com/v1"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`providers.openai.voice.apiKey` and `providers.openai.voice.baseUrl` apply only to Paseo OpenAI voice features.
+
+Paseo uses these paths under the configured OpenAI base URL:
+
+- dictation STT: `/v1/audio/transcriptions`
+- voice mode STT: `/v1/audio/transcriptions`
+- voice mode TTS: `/v1/audio/speech`
+
 ---
 
 ## 3. Schedule

package.json

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
   "name": "paseo",
   "version": "0.1.100",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "Paseo: voice-controlled development environment with OpenAI Realtime API",
+  "description": "Paseo: voice-controlled development environment for local AI coding agents",
   "keywords": [
     "development",
     "mcp",
     "openai",
-    "realtime",
     "voice",
     "voice-assistant"
   ],

packages/server/scripts/dictation-generate-baseline.ts

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   const apiKey = requireEnv("OPENAI_API_KEY");
-  const transcriptionModel = process.env.OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL ?? "gpt-4o-transcribe";
+  const transcriptionModel = process.env.STT_MODEL ?? "gpt-4o-transcribe";
   const prompt =
-    process.env.OPENAI_REALTIME_DICTATION_TRANSCRIPTION_PROMPT ??
+    process.env.PASEO_DICTATION_TRANSCRIPTION_PROMPT ??
     "Transcribe only what the speaker says. Do not add words. Preserve punctuation and casing. If the audio is silence or non-speech noise, return an empty transcript.";
 
   const openai = new OpenAI({ apiKey });

packages/server/src/server/persisted-config.test.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,24 @@ describe("PersistedConfigSchema worktrees config", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("PersistedConfigSchema provider credentials", () => {
+  test("accepts OpenAI voice credentials", () => {
+    const parsed = PersistedConfigSchema.parse({
+      providers: {
+        openai: {
+          voice: {
+            apiKey: " voice-secret ",
+            baseUrl: " https://voice.example.com/v1 ",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(parsed.providers?.openai?.voice?.apiKey).toBe("voice-secret");
+    expect(parsed.providers?.openai?.voice?.baseUrl).toBe("https://voice.example.com/v1");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("PersistedConfigSchema daemon append system prompt", () => {
   test("accepts optional append system prompt", () => {
     const parsed = PersistedConfigSchema.parse({

packages/server/src/server/persisted-config.ts

@@ -45,9 +45,18 @@ const LogConfigSchema = z
   })
   .strict();
 
-const ProviderCredentialsSchema = z
+const OpenAiVoiceProviderSchema = z
+  .object({
+    apiKey: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
+    baseUrl: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
+  })
+  .strict();
+
+const OpenAiProviderSchema = z
   .object({
     apiKey: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+    voice: OpenAiVoiceProviderSchema.optional(),
+    baseUrl: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
   })
   .strict();
 
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ const LocalSpeechProviderSchema = z
 
 const ProvidersSchema = z
   .object({
-    openai: ProviderCredentialsSchema.optional(),
+    openai: OpenAiProviderSchema.optional(),
     local: LocalSpeechProviderSchema.optional(),
   })
   .strict();

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/config.test.ts

@@ -43,4 +43,118 @@ describe("resolveOpenAiSpeechConfig", () => {
     expect(resolved?.stt?.apiKey).toBe("sk-test");
     expect(resolved?.tts?.apiKey).toBe("sk-test");
   });
+
+  test("uses nested voice config before env and non-voice fallbacks", () => {
+    const persisted = PersistedConfigSchema.parse({
+      providers: {
+        openai: {
+          apiKey: "fallback-config-key",
+          voice: {
+            apiKey: "voice-config-key",
+            baseUrl: " https://voice.example.com/v1 ",
+          },
+          baseUrl: "https://legacy-config.example.com/v1",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const env = {
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: "env-key",
+      OPENAI_VOICE_API_KEY: "voice-env-key",
+      OPENAI_VOICE_BASE_URL: "https://voice-env.example.com/v1",
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: "https://env.example.com/v1",
+    } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+
+    const resolved = resolveOpenAiSpeechConfig({
+      env,
+      persisted,
+      providers: {
+        dictationStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceTts: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved?.apiKey).toBe("voice-config-key");
+    expect(resolved?.baseUrl).toBe("https://voice.example.com/v1");
+    expect(resolved?.stt?.apiKey).toBe("voice-config-key");
+    expect(resolved?.stt?.baseUrl).toBe("https://voice.example.com/v1");
+    expect(resolved?.tts?.apiKey).toBe("voice-config-key");
+    expect(resolved?.tts?.baseUrl).toBe("https://voice.example.com/v1");
+  });
+
+  test("uses voice env config when nested voice config is unset", () => {
+    const persisted = PersistedConfigSchema.parse({});
+    const env = {
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: "sk-test",
+      OPENAI_VOICE_API_KEY: "voice-env-key",
+      OPENAI_VOICE_BASE_URL: " https://voice-env.example.com/v1 ",
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: "https://env.example.com/v1",
+    } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+
+    const resolved = resolveOpenAiSpeechConfig({
+      env,
+      persisted,
+      providers: {
+        dictationStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceTts: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved?.apiKey).toBe("voice-env-key");
+    expect(resolved?.stt?.apiKey).toBe("voice-env-key");
+    expect(resolved?.tts?.apiKey).toBe("voice-env-key");
+    expect(resolved?.baseUrl).toBe("https://voice-env.example.com/v1");
+    expect(resolved?.stt?.baseUrl).toBe("https://voice-env.example.com/v1");
+    expect(resolved?.tts?.baseUrl).toBe("https://voice-env.example.com/v1");
+  });
+
+  test("falls back to non-voice OpenAI config", () => {
+    const persisted = PersistedConfigSchema.parse({
+      providers: {
+        openai: {
+          apiKey: "fallback-config-key",
+          baseUrl: " https://legacy-config.example.com/v1 ",
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const env = {
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: "sk-test",
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: " https://env.example.com/v1 ",
+    } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+
+    const resolved = resolveOpenAiSpeechConfig({
+      env,
+      persisted,
+      providers: {
+        dictationStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceTts: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved?.apiKey).toBe("fallback-config-key");
+    expect(resolved?.baseUrl).toBe("https://legacy-config.example.com/v1");
+  });
+
+  test("falls back to global OpenAI env config when voice-specific inputs are unset", () => {
+    const persisted = PersistedConfigSchema.parse({});
+    const env = {
+      OPENAI_API_KEY: "env-key",
+      OPENAI_BASE_URL: " https://env.example.com/v1 ",
+    } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+
+    const resolved = resolveOpenAiSpeechConfig({
+      env,
+      persisted,
+      providers: {
+        dictationStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceTts: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved?.apiKey).toBe("env-key");
+    expect(resolved?.baseUrl).toBe("https://env.example.com/v1");
+  });
 });

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/config.ts

@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ import type { RequestedSpeechProviders } from "../../speech-types.js";
 import type { STTConfig } from "./stt.js";
 import type { TTSConfig } from "./tts.js";
 
-export const DEFAULT_OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL = "gpt-4o-transcribe";
 export const DEFAULT_OPENAI_TTS_MODEL = "tts-1";
 
 export interface OpenAiSpeechProviderConfig {
   apiKey?: string;
+  baseUrl?: string;
   stt?: Partial<STTConfig> & { apiKey?: string };
   tts?: Partial<TTSConfig> & { apiKey?: string };
-  realtimeTranscriptionModel?: string;
 }
 
 const OpenAiTtsVoiceSchema = z.enum(["alloy", "echo", "fable", "onyx", "nova", "shimmer"]);
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ const OptionalTrimmedStringSchema = z
 
 const OpenAiSpeechResolutionSchema = z.object({
   apiKey: OptionalTrimmedStringSchema,
+  baseUrl: OptionalTrimmedStringSchema,
   sttConfidenceThreshold: OptionalFiniteNumberSchema,
   sttModel: OptionalTrimmedStringSchema,
   ttsVoice: z.string().trim().toLowerCase().pipe(OpenAiTtsVoiceSchema).default("alloy"),
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ const OpenAiSpeechResolutionSchema = z.object({
     .toLowerCase()
     .pipe(OpenAiTtsModelSchema)
     .default(DEFAULT_OPENAI_TTS_MODEL),
-  realtimeTranscriptionModel: OptionalTrimmedStringSchema.default(
-    DEFAULT_OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL,
-  ),
 });
 
 function isOpenAiProviderActive(provider: { enabled?: boolean; provider: string }): boolean {
@@ -83,11 +80,6 @@ function buildOpenAiSttInput(params: {
       pickIfOpenAi(providers.voiceStt, persisted.features?.voiceMode?.stt?.model),
       pickIfOpenAi(providers.dictationStt, persisted.features?.dictation?.stt?.model),
     ]),
-    realtimeTranscriptionModel: firstDefined<string>([
-      env.OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL,
-      pickIfOpenAi(providers.dictationStt, persisted.features?.dictation?.stt?.model),
-      DEFAULT_OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL,
-    ]),
   };
 }
 
@@ -118,8 +110,16 @@ function buildOpenAiResolutionInput(params: {
 }): Record<string, unknown> {
   return {
     apiKey: firstDefined<string>([
-      params.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+      params.persisted.providers?.openai?.voice?.apiKey,
+      params.env.OPENAI_VOICE_API_KEY,
       params.persisted.providers?.openai?.apiKey,
+      params.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+    ]),
+    baseUrl: firstDefined<string>([
+      params.persisted.providers?.openai?.voice?.baseUrl,
+      params.env.OPENAI_VOICE_BASE_URL,
+      params.persisted.providers?.openai?.baseUrl,
+      params.env.OPENAI_BASE_URL,
     ]),
     ...buildOpenAiSttInput(params),
     ...buildOpenAiTtsInput(params),
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ export function resolveOpenAiSpeechConfig(params: {
 
   return {
     apiKey: parsed.apiKey,
+    ...(parsed.baseUrl ? { baseUrl: parsed.baseUrl } : {}),
     stt: {
       apiKey: parsed.apiKey,
+      ...(parsed.baseUrl ? { baseUrl: parsed.baseUrl } : {}),
       ...(parsed.sttConfidenceThreshold !== undefined
         ? { confidenceThreshold: parsed.sttConfidenceThreshold }
         : {}),
@@ -148,10 +150,10 @@ export function resolveOpenAiSpeechConfig(params: {
     },
     tts: {
       apiKey: parsed.apiKey,
+      ...(parsed.baseUrl ? { baseUrl: parsed.baseUrl } : {}),
       voice: parsed.ttsVoice,
       model: parsed.ttsModel,
       responseFormat: "pcm",
     },
-    realtimeTranscriptionModel: parsed.realtimeTranscriptionModel,
   };
 }

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/realtime-transcription-session.ts

@@ -1,264 +0,0 @@
-import type pino from "pino";
-import { WebSocket } from "ws";
-import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
-import type { StreamingTranscriptionSession } from "../../speech-provider.js";
-
-type OpenAITurnDetection =
-  | null
-  | {
-      type: "server_vad";
-      create_response?: boolean;
-      threshold?: number;
-      prefix_padding_ms?: number;
-      silence_duration_ms?: number;
-    }
-  | {
-      type: "semantic_vad";
-      create_response?: boolean;
-      eagerness?: "low" | "medium" | "high";
-    };
-
-type OpenAIClientEvent =
-  | {
-      type: "session.update";
-      session: {
-        type: "transcription";
-        audio: {
-          input: {
-            format: { type: "audio/pcm"; rate: 24000 };
-            transcription: {
-              model: string;
-              language?: string;
-              prompt?: string;
-            };
-            turn_detection: OpenAITurnDetection;
-          };
-        };
-      };
-    }
-  | { type: "input_audio_buffer.append"; audio: string }
-  | { type: "input_audio_buffer.commit" }
-  | { type: "input_audio_buffer.clear" };
-
-type OpenAIServerEvent =
-  | { type: "session.created" | "session.updated" }
-  | {
-      type: "input_audio_buffer.committed";
-      item_id: string;
-      previous_item_id: string | null;
-    }
-  | { type: "input_audio_buffer.speech_started" }
-  | { type: "input_audio_buffer.speech_stopped" }
-  | {
-      type: "conversation.item.input_audio_transcription.delta";
-      item_id: string;
-      delta: string;
-    }
-  | {
-      type: "conversation.item.input_audio_transcription.completed";
-      item_id: string;
-      transcript: string;
-    }
-  | { type: "error"; error?: { message?: string } };
-
-export class OpenAIRealtimeTranscriptionSession
-  extends EventEmitter
-  implements StreamingTranscriptionSession
-{
-  public readonly requiredSampleRate = 24000;
-  private readonly apiKey: string;
-  private readonly logger: pino.Logger;
-  private readonly transcriptionModel: string;
-  private readonly language?: string;
-  private readonly prompt?: string;
-  private readonly turnDetection: OpenAITurnDetection;
-
-  private ws: WebSocket | null = null;
-  private ready: Promise<void> | null = null;
-  private closing = false;
-  private partialByItemId = new Map<string, string>();
-
-  constructor(params: {
-    apiKey: string;
-    logger: pino.Logger;
-    transcriptionModel: string;
-    language?: string;
-    prompt?: string;
-    turnDetection?: OpenAITurnDetection;
-  }) {
-    super();
-    this.apiKey = params.apiKey;
-    this.logger = params.logger.child({ provider: "openai", component: "realtime-transcription" });
-    this.transcriptionModel = params.transcriptionModel;
-    this.language = params.language;
-    this.prompt = params.prompt;
-    this.turnDetection = params.turnDetection ?? null;
-  }
-
-  public async connect(): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.ready) {
-      return this.ready;
-    }
-
-    this.closing = false;
-    this.ready = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-      const url =
-        process.env.OPENAI_REALTIME_URL ?? "wss://api.openai.com/v1/realtime?intent=transcription";
-      const ws = new WebSocket(url, {
-        headers: {
-          Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
-        },
-      });
-      this.ws = ws;
-
-      let resolved = false;
-
-      const fail = (error: Error) => {
-        if (resolved) {
-          this.emit("error", error);
-          return;
-        }
-        resolved = true;
-        reject(error);
-      };
-
-      ws.on("open", () => {
-        this.logger.debug("OpenAI realtime transcription websocket connected");
-        const update: OpenAIClientEvent = {
-          type: "session.update",
-          session: {
-            type: "transcription",
-            audio: {
-              input: {
-                format: { type: "audio/pcm", rate: 24000 },
-                transcription: {
-                  model: this.transcriptionModel,
-                  ...(this.language ? { language: this.language } : {}),
-                  ...(this.prompt ? { prompt: this.prompt } : {}),
-                },
-                turn_detection: this.turnDetection,
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        };
-        ws.send(JSON.stringify(update));
-      });
-
-      ws.on("message", (data) => {
-        const text = typeof data === "string" ? data : data.toString("utf-8");
-        let parsed: unknown;
-        try {
-          parsed = JSON.parse(text);
-        } catch {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        const event = parsed as OpenAIServerEvent;
-        if (event.type === "session.created" || event.type === "session.updated") {
-          if (!resolved) {
-            resolved = true;
-            resolve();
-          }
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (event.type === "input_audio_buffer.committed") {
-          this.emit("committed", {
-            segmentId: event.item_id,
-            previousSegmentId: event.previous_item_id,
-          });
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (event.type === "input_audio_buffer.speech_started") {
-          this.emit("speech_started");
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (event.type === "input_audio_buffer.speech_stopped") {
-          this.emit("speech_stopped");
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (event.type === "conversation.item.input_audio_transcription.delta") {
-          const replaceDelta = this.transcriptionModel === "whisper-1";
-          const prev = this.partialByItemId.get(event.item_id) ?? "";
-          const next = replaceDelta ? event.delta : prev + event.delta;
-          this.partialByItemId.set(event.item_id, next);
-          this.emit("transcript", { segmentId: event.item_id, transcript: next, isFinal: false });
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (event.type === "conversation.item.input_audio_transcription.completed") {
-          this.partialByItemId.set(event.item_id, event.transcript);
-          this.emit("transcript", {
-            segmentId: event.item_id,
-            transcript: event.transcript,
-            isFinal: true,
-          });
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (event.type === "error") {
-          const message = event.error?.message ?? "OpenAI realtime error";
-          fail(new Error(message));
-        }
-      });
-
-      ws.on("error", (err) => {
-        fail(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)));
-      });
-
-      ws.on("close", () => {
-        this.logger.debug("OpenAI realtime websocket closed");
-        if (this.closing) {
-          return;
-        }
-        if (!resolved) {
-          fail(new Error("OpenAI realtime websocket closed before ready"));
-          return;
-        }
-        fail(new Error("OpenAI realtime websocket closed"));
-      });
-    });
-
-    return this.ready;
-  }
-
-  public appendPcm16(pcm16le: Buffer): void {
-    if (!this.ws || this.ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
-      throw new Error("OpenAI realtime websocket not connected");
-    }
-    const base64Audio = pcm16le.toString("base64");
-    const event: OpenAIClientEvent = { type: "input_audio_buffer.append", audio: base64Audio };
-    this.ws.send(JSON.stringify(event));
-  }
-
-  public commit(): void {
-    if (!this.ws || this.ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
-      throw new Error("OpenAI realtime websocket not connected");
-    }
-    const event: OpenAIClientEvent = { type: "input_audio_buffer.commit" };
-    this.ws.send(JSON.stringify(event));
-  }
-
-  public clear(): void {
-    if (!this.ws || this.ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const event: OpenAIClientEvent = { type: "input_audio_buffer.clear" };
-    this.ws.send(JSON.stringify(event));
-  }
-
-  public close(): void {
-    try {
-      this.closing = true;
-      this.ws?.close();
-    } catch {
-      // no-op
-    } finally {
-      this.ws = null;
-      this.ready = null;
-    }
-  }
-}

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/runtime.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import pino from "pino";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+import { initializeOpenAiSpeechServices } from "./runtime.js";
+import { OpenAISTT } from "./stt.js";
+import { OpenAITTS } from "./tts.js";
+
+describe("initializeOpenAiSpeechServices", () => {
+  test("uses REST OpenAI STT for voice and dictation", () => {
+    const services = initializeOpenAiSpeechServices({
+      providers: {
+        dictationStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceTurnDetection: { provider: "local", explicit: false, enabled: false },
+        voiceStt: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+        voiceTts: { provider: "openai", explicit: true },
+      },
+      openaiConfig: {
+        apiKey: "sk-test",
+        stt: { apiKey: "sk-test" },
+        tts: { apiKey: "sk-test" },
+      },
+      existing: {
+        turnDetectionService: null,
+        sttService: null,
+        ttsService: null,
+        dictationSttService: null,
+      },
+      logger: pino({ level: "silent" }),
+    });
+
+    expect(services.sttService).toBeInstanceOf(OpenAISTT);
+    expect(services.dictationSttService).toBeInstanceOf(OpenAISTT);
+    expect(services.ttsService).toBeInstanceOf(OpenAITTS);
+  });
+});

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/runtime.ts

@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ import type { Logger } from "pino";
 import type { SpeechToTextProvider, TextToSpeechProvider } from "../../speech-provider.js";
 import type { RequestedSpeechProviders } from "../../speech-types.js";
 import type { TurnDetectionProvider } from "../../turn-detection-provider.js";
-import {
+import { DEFAULT_OPENAI_TTS_MODEL, type OpenAiSpeechProviderConfig } from "./config.js";
-  DEFAULT_OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL,
-  DEFAULT_OPENAI_TTS_MODEL,
-  type OpenAiSpeechProviderConfig,
-} from "./config.js";
-import { OpenAIRealtimeTranscriptionSession } from "./realtime-transcription-session.js";
 import { OpenAISTT } from "./stt.js";
 import { OpenAITTS } from "./tts.js";
 
@@ -126,25 +121,6 @@ function createOpenAiTts(
   );
 }
 
-function createOpenAiDictationService(
-  apiKey: string,
-  openaiConfig: OpenAiSpeechProviderConfig | undefined,
-): SpeechToTextProvider {
-  return {
-    id: "openai",
-    createSession: ({ logger: sessionLogger, language, prompt }) =>
-      new OpenAIRealtimeTranscriptionSession({
-        apiKey,
-        logger: sessionLogger,
-        transcriptionModel:
-          openaiConfig?.realtimeTranscriptionModel ?? DEFAULT_OPENAI_REALTIME_TRANSCRIPTION_MODEL,
-        ...(language ? { language } : {}),
-        ...(prompt ? { prompt } : {}),
-        turnDetection: null,
-      }),
-  };
-}
-
 export function initializeOpenAiSpeechServices(params: {
   providers: RequestedSpeechProviders;
   openaiConfig: OpenAiSpeechProviderConfig | undefined;
@@ -186,9 +162,10 @@ export function initializeOpenAiSpeechServices(params: {
     }
 
     if (needsOpenAiDictation && openAiCredentials.openaiDictationApiKey) {
-      dictationSttService = createOpenAiDictationService(
+      dictationSttService = createOpenAiStt(
         openAiCredentials.openaiDictationApiKey,
         openaiConfig,
+        logger,
       );
     }
   } else if (needsAnyOpenAi) {

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/stt.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import pino from "pino";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const { openAiConstructorOptionsMock, transcriptionsCreateMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  openAiConstructorOptionsMock: vi.fn(),
+  transcriptionsCreateMock: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("openai", () => ({
+  OpenAI: vi.fn(function OpenAI(options: unknown) {
+    openAiConstructorOptionsMock(options);
+    return {
+      audio: {
+        transcriptions: {
+          create: transcriptionsCreateMock,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+  }),
+}));
+
+import { OpenAISTT } from "./stt.js";
+
+describe("OpenAISTT", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    openAiConstructorOptionsMock.mockReset();
+    transcriptionsCreateMock.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  test("passes configured baseUrl to the OpenAI client", () => {
+    const provider = new OpenAISTT(
+      { apiKey: "sk-test", baseUrl: "https://speech.example.com/v1" },
+      pino({ level: "silent" }),
+    );
+
+    expect(provider.id).toBe("openai");
+    expect(openAiConstructorOptionsMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      apiKey: "sk-test",
+      baseURL: "https://speech.example.com/v1",
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("passes transcription prompt to OpenAI REST STT", async () => {
+    transcriptionsCreateMock.mockImplementation(
+      async (request: { file: NodeJS.ReadableStream }) => {
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          request.file.once("error", reject);
+          request.file.once("end", resolve);
+          request.file.resume();
+        });
+        return { text: "hello" };
+      },
+    );
+
+    const provider = new OpenAISTT(
+      { apiKey: "sk-test", model: "gpt-4o-transcribe" },
+      pino({ level: "silent" }),
+    );
+    const session = provider.createSession({
+      logger: pino({ level: "silent" }),
+      language: "en",
+      prompt: "Only transcribe the speaker.",
+    });
+
+    const transcript = new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+      session.on("transcript", (event) => {
+        if (event.isFinal) {
+          resolve(event.transcript);
+        }
+      });
+      session.on("error", (error) => {
+        reject(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)));
+      });
+    });
+
+    await session.connect();
+    session.appendPcm16(Buffer.from([0, 0, 0, 0]));
+    session.commit();
+
+    await expect(transcript).resolves.toBe("hello");
+    expect(transcriptionsCreateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        language: "en",
+        model: "gpt-4o-transcribe",
+        prompt: "Only transcribe the speaker.",
+        response_format: "json",
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+});

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/stt.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export type { LogprobToken, TranscriptionResult };
 
 export interface STTConfig {
   apiKey: string;
+  baseUrl?: string;
   model?: "whisper-1" | "gpt-4o-transcribe" | "gpt-4o-mini-transcribe" | (string & {});
   confidenceThreshold?: number; // Default: -3.0
 }
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export class OpenAISTT implements SpeechToTextProvider {
     this.logger = parentLogger.child({ module: "agent", provider: "openai", component: "stt" });
     this.openaiClient = new OpenAI({
       apiKey: sttConfig.apiKey,
+      ...(sttConfig.baseUrl ? { baseURL: sttConfig.baseUrl } : {}),
     });
     this.logger.info({ model: sttConfig.model || "whisper-1" }, "STT (OpenAI Whisper) initialized");
   }
@@ -138,7 +140,13 @@ export class OpenAISTT implements SpeechToTextProvider {
             }
 
             const wav = convertPCMToWavBuffer(pcm16);
-            const result = await transcribeAudio(wav, "audio/wav", params.language ?? "en", logger);
+            const result = await transcribeAudio(
+              wav,
+              "audio/wav",
+              params.language ?? "en",
+              logger,
+              params.prompt,
+            );
 
             emitter.emit("transcript", {
               segmentId: committedId,
@@ -178,6 +186,7 @@ export class OpenAISTT implements SpeechToTextProvider {
     format: string,
     language: string,
     logger: pino.Logger,
+    prompt?: string,
   ): Promise<TranscriptionResult> {
     const startTime = Date.now();
     let tempFilePath: string | null = null;
@@ -198,6 +207,7 @@ export class OpenAISTT implements SpeechToTextProvider {
         file: await import("fs").then((fs) => fs.createReadStream(tempFilePath!)),
         language,
         model: modelToUse,
+        ...(prompt ? { prompt } : {}),
         ...(supportsLogprobs ? { include: includeLogprobs } : {}),
         response_format: "json",
       });

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/tts.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import pino from "pino";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const { openAiConstructorOptionsMock, speechCreateMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  openAiConstructorOptionsMock: vi.fn(),
+  speechCreateMock: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("openai", () => ({
+  OpenAI: vi.fn(function OpenAI(options: unknown) {
+    openAiConstructorOptionsMock(options);
+    return {
+      audio: {
+        speech: {
+          create: speechCreateMock,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+  }),
+}));
+
+import { OpenAITTS } from "./tts.js";
+
+describe("OpenAITTS", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    openAiConstructorOptionsMock.mockReset();
+    speechCreateMock.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  test("passes configured baseUrl to the OpenAI client", () => {
+    const provider = new OpenAITTS(
+      { apiKey: "sk-test", baseUrl: "https://speech.example.com/v1" },
+      pino({ level: "silent" }),
+    );
+
+    expect(provider.getConfig().baseUrl).toBe("https://speech.example.com/v1");
+    expect(openAiConstructorOptionsMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      apiKey: "sk-test",
+      baseURL: "https://speech.example.com/v1",
+    });
+  });
+});

packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/openai/tts.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export type { SpeechStreamResult };
 
 export interface TTSConfig {
   apiKey: string;
+  baseUrl?: string;
   model?: "tts-1" | "tts-1-hd";
   voice?: "alloy" | "echo" | "fable" | "onyx" | "nova" | "shimmer";
   responseFormat?: "mp3" | "opus" | "aac" | "flac" | "wav" | "pcm";
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export class OpenAITTS implements TextToSpeechProvider {
     this.logger = parentLogger.child({ module: "agent", provider: "openai", component: "tts" });
     this.openaiClient = new OpenAI({
       apiKey: ttsConfig.apiKey,
+      ...(ttsConfig.baseUrl ? { baseURL: ttsConfig.baseUrl } : {}),
     });
 
     this.logger.info(

packages/server/src/server/speech/speech-config-resolver.test.ts

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe("resolveSpeechConfig", () => {
       dictation: "es",
       voice: "pt",
     });
-    expect(result.openai?.apiKey).toBe("env-key");
+    expect(result.openai?.apiKey).toBe("persisted-key");
     expect(result.openai?.stt?.model).toBe("gpt-4o-transcribe");
   });
 

public-docs/voice.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ category: Configuration
 
 # Voice
 
-Paseo has first-class voice support for dictation and realtime conversations with your coding environment.
+Paseo has first-class voice support for dictation and voice mode conversations with your coding environment.
 
 ## Philosophy
 
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ For multilingual local dictation, set the model to v3 — it auto-detects the la
 }
 ```
 
-The `language` field applies only to the OpenAI STT provider: set `features.dictation.stt.language` for dictation and `features.voiceMode.stt.language` for realtime voice. If voice language is omitted, Paseo uses the dictation language before falling back to `en`. It has no effect on the local Parakeet models.
+The `language` field applies only to the OpenAI STT provider: set `features.dictation.stt.language` for dictation and `features.voiceMode.stt.language` for voice mode. If voice language is omitted, Paseo uses the dictation language before falling back to `en`. It has no effect on the local Parakeet models.
 
-## OpenAI Speech Option
+## OpenAI Voice Option
 
-You can switch dictation, voice STT, and voice TTS to OpenAI by setting provider fields to `openai` and providing `OPENAI_API_KEY`.
+You can switch dictation, voice STT, and voice TTS to OpenAI by setting provider fields to `openai` and providing OpenAI credentials.
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -89,22 +89,35 @@ You can switch dictation, voice STT, and voice TTS to OpenAI by setting provider
     }
   },
   "providers": {
-    "openai": { "apiKey": "..." }
+    "openai": {
+      "voice": {
+        "apiKey": "...",
+        "baseUrl": "https://api.openai.com/v1"
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 ```
 
+`providers.openai.voice.apiKey` and `providers.openai.voice.baseUrl` configure only Paseo OpenAI voice traffic, without changing Codex or other OpenAI-backed tools.
+
+Paseo uses these paths under the configured OpenAI base URL:
+
+- dictation STT: `/v1/audio/transcriptions`
+- voice mode STT: `/v1/audio/transcriptions`
+- voice mode TTS: `/v1/audio/speech`
+
 ## Environment Variables
 
-- `OPENAI_API_KEY`, OpenAI speech credentials
 - `PASEO_VOICE_LLM_PROVIDER`, voice agent provider override
+- `PASEO_DICTATION_STT_PROVIDER`, `PASEO_VOICE_STT_PROVIDER`, `PASEO_VOICE_TTS_PROVIDER`, speech provider selection (`local` or `openai`)
 - `PASEO_LOCAL_MODELS_DIR`, local model storage directory
 - `PASEO_DICTATION_LOCAL_STT_MODEL`, local dictation STT model ID
 - `PASEO_VOICE_LOCAL_STT_MODEL`, `PASEO_VOICE_LOCAL_TTS_MODEL`, local voice STT/TTS model IDs
 - `PASEO_DICTATION_LANGUAGE`, dictation STT language (OpenAI STT only; ignored by local Parakeet)
-- `PASEO_VOICE_LANGUAGE`, realtime voice STT language; falls back to `PASEO_DICTATION_LANGUAGE` when unset (OpenAI STT only; ignored by local Parakeet)
+- `PASEO_VOICE_LANGUAGE`, voice mode STT language; falls back to `PASEO_DICTATION_LANGUAGE` when unset (OpenAI STT only; ignored by local Parakeet)
 - `PASEO_VOICE_LOCAL_TTS_SPEAKER_ID`, `PASEO_VOICE_LOCAL_TTS_SPEED`, optional local voice TTS tuning
 
 ## Operational Notes
 
-Realtime voice can launch and control agents. Treat voice prompts with the same care as direct agent instructions, especially when specifying working directories or destructive operations.
+Voice mode can launch and control agents. Treat voice prompts with the same care as direct agent instructions, especially when specifying working directories or destructive operations.