# HyperTwist Phase 6R-AQ piper downloadable voice-asset review boundary preparation packet

Created on `2026-05-31`

## Status

- first-party HyperTwist packet
- source-backed permissive `Phase 6R-AQ` preparation/control slice

## Purpose

This packet narrows the retained `rhasspy/piper` row after the landed local narration sidecar slice.

The retained next slice is:

- downloadable voice-asset review metadata above the landed local narration sidecar contract

It is not:

- a downloadable voice-asset shipping packet
- a runtime voice-download packet
- a rich playback runtime packet
- a viseme or gesture runtime packet
- a broad voice-platform ownership packet

## Source-backed basis

Primary donor surfaces inspected:

- `README.md`
- `VOICES.md`
- `src/python_run/piper/voices.json`
- `etc/test_voice.onnx.json`

## Narrowing decision

The smallest strong next seam is:

- a first-party review profile that keeps code-license judgment separate from voice-asset review
- bounded local voice-asset descriptors aligned to the landed local voice catalog
- service-health metadata advertising review posture without implying shipping

The next bounded implementation packet should therefore land only:

- first-party voice-asset review profile metadata
- first-party local voice-asset descriptors for the retained local narration lane
- voice service-health review capabilities and supported asset ids/descriptors
- focused automation around catalog alignment and provider-backed fallback

## Explicit deferrals

Still deferred after this control pass:

- bundled voice asset shipping
- runtime voice download
- rich playback runtime ownership
- viseme or gesture runtime integration
- broad assistant-platform scope
- `coqui-ai/TTS` review or shipping widening

## Queue effect

This preparation packet authorizes one bounded permissive implementation packet:

- `Phase 6R-AQ` downloadable voice-asset review boundary

After that packet, keep the queue open for later voice-lane work only when a similarly narrow seam is justified.

Keep the legal guard visible:

- keep code-license judgments separate from voice/model/payload review
