{
  "$schema": "https://veritymodchecker.online/data/verity-voice-troubleshooting.schema.json",
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "checkedAt": "2026-07-31T03:45:00+08:00",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://veritymodchecker.online/voice-not-working/",
  "method": "Point-in-time voice troubleshooting source pack built from delayed GSC rows, GA4 page-title and channel cards, current SERP/player questions, official CurseForge project pages, Groq documentation, Simple Voice Chat documentation, and public project metadata. This file does not collect API keys, upload audio, host Verity files, or claim that a voice symptom is a malware verdict.",
  "observedDemand": {
    "gscWindow": "2026-07-15 through 2026-07-28 delayed Search Console data",
    "ga4Window": "Last 7 days checked July 31, 2026 at 02:45 Asia/Shanghai",
    "ga4Signals": {
      "voiceNotWorkingPageViews": 30,
      "apiConnectionFailedPageViews": 139,
      "organicSearchSessions": 142,
      "referralSessions": 86,
      "gistGithubReferralSessions": 70,
      "verityOutboundProjectClickEvents": 60
    },
    "searchAndPlayerSignals": [
      "A current Reddit thread asks why Verity messages appear in chat but no voice can be heard.",
      "Current video results include API key, microphone, voice, and setup tutorial wording around Verity Mod.",
      "The current VERITY.exe source page updated again on July 30 and explicitly separates voice chat, direct chat, TTS, and Groq issues.",
      "Current source checks show Smiley's Better Voice as a dedicated Verity JE add-on for Fish Audio, Cartesia, TTS, and voice mimicking.",
      "The current Smiley's Better Voice 4.0.0 file changelog says it supports Verity JE 6.0.0 and is incompatible with earlier Verity JE versions.",
      "The official Smiley's Better Voice files/all page exposes older 3.x and 2.x rows, so older parent/add-on stacks should be verified from official rows instead of mirrored JAR posts.",
      "GA4 shows the voice page inside the current top page-title card, so voice fixes have active user demand even before GSC exposes many voice queries."
    ]
  },
  "currentProjectSignals": [
    {
      "route": "VERITY.exe CurseForge modpack",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/verity-exe",
      "owner": "SkyeTheFox",
      "projectId": 1585389,
      "projectDownloadsAtCheck": 131185,
      "currentFile": "VERITY.exe.zip",
      "currentFileLabel": "Forge Port 2.1.3",
      "currentFileRecord": 8539885,
      "currentFileUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/verity-exe/files/8539885",
      "currentFileDownloadsAtCheck": 90,
      "lastUpdate": "2026-07-30",
      "voiceEvidence": "The source page says the pack supports voice chat, uses text-to-speech, supports direct chat, and that Groq issues are outside the pack author's control."
    },
    {
      "route": "Verity JE CurseForge standalone Java mod",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/verity-je",
      "owner": "VarmiteYT",
      "projectId": 1591438,
      "projectDownloadsAtCheck": 2411115,
      "currentFile": "verity-5.7.3.jar",
      "currentFileRecord": 8461257,
      "voiceEvidence": "Use this as the standalone Java mod route; do not assume Simple Voice Chat or a modpack tutorial proves the standalone JAR voice path."
    },
    {
      "route": "Verity BE official Bedrock addon",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft-bedrock/addons/verity-be/files/8544453",
      "owner": "Undertaletalelover",
      "projectId": 1574632,
      "currentFile": "Verity (Stable) (2.0.0)-(26.3).mcaddon",
      "currentFileRecord": 8544453,
      "voiceEvidence": "Current Verity BE is a Bedrock MCADDON route. Verify the current file before diagnosing local TTS, resource-pack audio, or any voice behavior; this is not the same as live Java microphone input.",
      "currentFileStatusNote": "Current Verity BE record 8544453 is the July 31, 2026 hot fix. Same-day old record 8543534 is retained only for old-link diagnosis."
    },
    {
      "route": "Smiley's Better Voice Verity JE voice add-on",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/smileys-better-voice/files/8536538",
      "owner": "Toast5",
      "projectId": 1608717,
      "projectDownloadsAtCheck": 101848,
      "currentFile": "Smiley's Better Voice-4.0.0.jar",
      "currentFileRecord": 8536538,
      "currentFileDownloadsAtCheck": 3300,
      "lastUpdate": "2026-07-29",
      "voiceEvidence": "The project describes a Verity JE add-on for Fish Audio, Cartesia, expressive TTS, and voice mimicking. The current 4.0.0 file changelog says it supports Verity JE 6.0.0 and is incompatible with earlier Verity JE versions. At the July 31 03:45 Asia/Shanghai check, the official files/all page rendered 101,848 project downloads and 3.3K downloads for the 4.0.0 row, while the exact file page rendered 101,479 project downloads and 3.0K downloads; treat these as point-in-time CurseForge display counters. Use it after the parent Verity JE route works; it is not a Bedrock route or a generic voice-fix mirror."
    },
    {
      "route": "Smiley OpenAL Android Java audio bridge",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-addons/smiley-openal",
      "owner": "EzequielDevTeam",
      "projectId": 1615985,
      "projectDownloadsAtCheck": 314,
      "currentFile": "smiley-openal-1.2.1.jar",
      "lastUpdate": "2026-07-29",
      "voiceEvidence": "The source page says it routes Verity microphone input and TTS through OpenAL for Android Java launchers and does not contain or redistribute Verity code."
    }
  ],
  "providerAndVoiceSources": [
    {
      "source": "Groq Speech to Text",
      "sourceUrl": "https://console.groq.com/docs/speech-to-text",
      "useFor": "Separate microphone capture and speech-to-text from ordinary text-chat response failures. Groq documents audio transcription and translation endpoints plus supported Whisper models."
    },
    {
      "source": "Groq Orpheus Text to Speech",
      "sourceUrl": "https://console.groq.com/docs/text-to-speech/orpheus",
      "useFor": "Separate TTS output, voice choice, input length, and response format from Verity Java download identity. Groq documents the audio/speech endpoint and Orpheus model IDs."
    },
    {
      "source": "Simple Voice Chat troubleshooting",
      "sourceUrl": "https://modrepo.de/minecraft/voicechat/wiki/troubleshooting",
      "useFor": "Separate generic voice-chat connection, microphone, speaker, UDP, proxy, and server-hosting checks from Verity-specific AI/provider behavior."
    }
  ],
  "diagnosisLayers": [
    {
      "symptom": "Messages appear but no voice plays",
      "likelyLayer": "TTS, output device, Minecraft audio, resource pack, or voice dependency",
      "firstAction": "Keep the current file installed, test one short text prompt, then check Minecraft/device output and route-specific TTS or voice dependencies.",
      "avoid": "Do not reinstall from mirrors when typed chat already works."
    },
    {
      "symptom": "Microphone works in Simple Voice Chat but Verity does not react",
      "likelyLayer": "Verity talk control, STT route, provider response, or server-side dependency",
      "firstAction": "Prove typed Verity chat first, then test one short English voice phrase and server/client dependency parity.",
      "avoid": "Do not treat a generic voice-chat pass as proof that Verity received speech as a prompt."
    },
    {
      "symptom": "VERITY.exe does not talk or says API key problem",
      "likelyLayer": "Modpack profile, Groq key, TTS tokens, provider quota, or voice-chat profile setup",
      "firstAction": "Open the current VERITY.exe project and file record, prove direct chat/text first, then debug Groq and voice chat separately.",
      "avoid": "Do not use unrelated EXE installers or replacement ZIPs as a voice fix."
    },
    {
      "symptom": "Smiley's Better Voice 4.0.0 is installed with an older Verity JE 5.x or earlier parent mod",
      "likelyLayer": "Parent mod and add-on version mismatch",
      "firstAction": "Use Verity JE 6.0.0 for Better Voice 4.0.0, or intentionally choose an official older Better Voice file that matches the older parent route after opening its exact file page.",
      "avoid": "Do not diagnose this first as a microphone, Fish Audio, Cartesia, or Groq key problem."
    },
    {
      "symptom": "Verity BE dialogue appears but audio is silent",
      "likelyLayer": "Local TTS command, resource pack activation, device audio, or Bedrock world state",
      "firstAction": "Run /verity:tts on, activate the resource pack with the behavior pack, then test a clean Bedrock world.",
      "avoid": "Do not switch to a Java JAR for a Bedrock TTS issue."
    },
    {
      "symptom": "Android Java launcher says no compatible microphone",
      "likelyLayer": "Android Java audio runtime or OpenAL bridge",
      "firstAction": "Keep Verity JE installed, verify launcher microphone permission, and inspect the current Smiley OpenAL add-on route separately.",
      "avoid": "Do not confuse Android Java launchers with MCPE Bedrock imports."
    }
  ],
  "safeSupportSummaryFields": [
    "edition and project route",
    "file name and record ID",
    "whether typed chat works",
    "whether microphone capture works outside Verity",
    "whether TTS or sound output works elsewhere",
    "provider and status code if shown",
    "sanitized log line with no API key and no private audio"
  ],
  "publicGists": [
    "https://gist.github.com/ChannelerH/165f38d454a0c9f0e5db07f912f70e6d",
    "https://gist.github.com/ChannelerH/2973744adf4c694e03ba6ae67421564d",
    "https://gist.github.com/ChannelerH/4e020077e1abd592a87c23b5e40738b1"
  ]
}