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Voice input and output posture

2 min readReferenceUpdated 2026-05-22

What you'll find here

The VoiceSurface contract — how voice input and output is bounded as a governed operator surface, not an always-on assistant layer.

No always-on assistant behavior.

Voice support is a governed extension point. Always-on or raw-audio-retaining behavior is deferred.

What it records

Surface id

Direction

input · output · bidirectional.

Support level

supported · experimental · deferred.

Consent requirement

Policy context preservation

Evidence link preservation

Receipt requirement

Transcript redaction

Media metadata redaction

Raw audio payload persistence

Documentation reference

Decision rules

Allowed (supported)

  • Explicit operator consent
  • Transcript redaction
  • Media metadata redaction
  • Policy context
  • Evidence links
  • Receipts

Blocked

  • Persists raw audio payloads
  • Skips operator consent
  • Omits transcript or media metadata redaction
  • Loses policy or evidence links
  • Skips receipts

Redaction boundary

Voice records preserve ids and summaries — never raw audio or private transcripts.

Safe to record

  • Transcript id
  • Media artifact reference id
  • Evidence ids
  • Receipt ids
  • Policy envelope id
  • Adapter id
  • Redaction status
  • Short review summary

Never record

  • Raw audio payloads
  • Credentials
  • Private prompts
  • Private transcripts
  • Local-only paths
  • Unredacted generated speech metadata

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