From 668b40f33051f4a035edfdd9268c4b136cf18659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mikkeli Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 16:10:48 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] ORIN-RUNTIME: buffer-to-terminator receiver is an acceptable first step Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- docs/ORIN-RUNTIME.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ORIN-RUNTIME.md b/docs/ORIN-RUNTIME.md index 9a23eba..dbe8767 100644 --- a/docs/ORIN-RUNTIME.md +++ b/docs/ORIN-RUNTIME.md @@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ play" player.** It works, and it forecloses streaming permanently — the receiv has no way to begin before the last byte. The chunk boundary is what keeps both TTS modes available. +What *is* fine early on: a receiver that buffers chunks and plays on the +terminator. The wire format is already the streaming one, so moving to playback +on the first chunk is a change to the receiver alone. Streaming playback is the +end state. + ### The transport is testable with no real TTS Audio is the lowest-priority part of the system, but its transport does not have