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Brian D. Evans 3ad46933d3 docs(voice): use uv pip install faster-whisper in STT install hints (#29800)
* docs(voice): use `uv pip install faster-whisper` in STT install hints

Three runtime messages told users to `pip install faster-whisper`
(reported in #29782 for the gateway STT failure message under
Telegram-in-Docker, where the user hit `bash: pip: command not
found`). The Hermes Docker image is built on `ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv`
with a uv-managed venv that doesn't ship `pip` on PATH; users on
modern `uv tool install` / `uv venv` installs see the same problem.

The canonical install command in this repo is `uv pip install`
(see `tools/lazy_deps.py:509` `feature_install_command()`), which
works in Docker (uv image), in `uv tool install` venvs, and in
pip-based venvs that already have uv on PATH.

Changed three locations to match:

- `gateway/run.py` — Telegram/Discord/Slack/WhatsApp/etc. voice
  reply when no STT provider is configured. Suggests
  `uv pip install faster-whisper` and notes that
  `pip install faster-whisper` also works if `pip` is on PATH.
- `tools/voice_mode.py` — `/voice` status line for missing STT.
- `cli.py` — Voice-mode startup error, "Option 1".

No behavior change beyond the user-facing text. No production
code path was touched.

* docs(voice): add pip fallback to cli + voice_mode STT hints

Copilot flagged that cli.py and tools/voice_mode.py recommend
`uv pip install faster-whisper` without a fallback for environments
where uv isn't on PATH. The gateway/run.py message already lists
`pip install faster-whisper` as an alternative; this commit aligns
the two remaining call sites to match.

Addresses inline Copilot review on #29800.

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Co-authored-by: briandevans <252620095+briandevans@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-28 16:23:14 +10:00
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