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+/**
+ * ui-tts.ts — Browser-native Text-to-Speech über Web Speech API
+ *
+ * Unabhängig vom Server-TTS. Funktioniert offline, ohne Sprachdienst.
+ * Nutzt die native speechSynthesis des Browsers.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   import { uiSpeaker, useUiSpeak } from './ui-tts'
+ *
+ *   // Direkt
+ *   uiSpeaker.speak('Hallo Welt')
+ *   uiSpeaker.stop()
+ *
+ *   // React Hook
+ *   const speaker = useUiSpeak()
+ *   speaker.speak('Hallo Welt')
+ */
+
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Sprach-Erkennung & -Auswahl
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Erkennt, ob ein Text wahrscheinlich auf Deutsch ist.
+ * Prüft auf Umlaute (äöüÄÖÜß) und häufige deutsche Wörter.
+ */
+export function detectGerman(text: string): boolean {
+  // Schnelle Prüfung: Umlaute oder ß
+  if (/[äöüÄÖÜß]/.test(text)) return true
+  
+  // Häufige deutsche Wörter (Case-insensitive)
+  const germanWords = [
+    'die', 'das', 'der', 'und', 'ist', 'ein', 'eine', 'dem',
+    'den', 'des', 'die', 'mit', 'nicht', 'sich', 'auch',
+    'werden', 'kann', 'nach', 'noch', 'nur', 'oder', 'bei',
+    'haben', 'wird', 'seine', 'ihre', 'vom', 'zur', 'für',
+    'zwischen', 'über', 'unter', 'an', 'aus', 'bei', 'bis',
+    'da', 'durch', 'ein', 'gegen', 'hat', 'ich', 'in', 'ist',
+    'machen', 'mein', 'meine', 'man', 'manch', 'nach', 'nun',
+    'oder', 'ohne', 'seine', 'sich', 'so', 'um', 'und', 'uns',
+    'unsere', 'von', 'vor', 'was', 'wenn', 'wer', 'werde',
+    'werden', 'wie', 'wird', 'wo', 'zur', 'über', 'für',
+    'sprach', 'sprach', 'sprache', 'deutsch', 'spricht',
+  ]
+  
+  const lower = text.toLowerCase()
+  return germanWords.some(word => lower.includes(word))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wählt die Sprache für die Sprachausgabe.
+ * Deutsch -> de-DE, sonst en-US als Fallback.
+ */
+export function chooseLang(text: string): string {
+  return detectGerman(text) ? 'de-DE' : 'en-US'
+}
+
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+// UiSpeaker — Browser-native TTS Engine
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+type SpeakerState = 'idle' | 'speaking' | 'paused'
+
+interface VoiceInfo {
+  voice: SpeechSynthesisVoice
+  lang: string
+}
+
+export class UiSpeaker {
+  private synth: SpeechSynthesis | null = null
+  private currentUtterance: SpeechSynthesisUtterance | null = null
+  private state: SpeakerState = 'idle'
+  private voices: SpeechSynthesisVoice[] = []
+  private voicePromise: Promise<void> | null = null
+  private currentText: string = ''
+
+  constructor() {
+    // Browser-Check: Web Speech API verfügbar?
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && 'speechSynthesis' in window) {
+      this.synth = window.speechSynthesis as SpeechSynthesis
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stellt sicher, dass Stimmen geladen sind.
+   */
+  private async ensureVoices(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.voicePromise) return
+    
+    this.voicePromise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      if (!this.synth) {
+        this.voicePromise = null
+        resolve()
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Stimmen sind möglicherweise schon geladen
+      if (this.synth.getVoices().length > 0) {
+        this.voices = this.synth.getVoices()
+        this.voicePromise = null
+        resolve()
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Auf voicechanged Event warten
+      const onLoad = () => {
+        this.voices = this.synth!.getVoices()
+        this.synth!.removeEventListener('voiceschanged', onLoad)
+        this.voicePromise = null
+        resolve()
+      }
+
+      this.synth.addEventListener('voiceschanged', onLoad)
+      
+      // Timeout nach 3 Sekunden
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.synth?.removeEventListener('voiceschanged', onLoad)
+        this.voicePromise = null
+        resolve()
+      }, 3000)
+    })
+
+    await this.voicePromise
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Beste Stimme für die gegebene Sprache finden.
+   */
+  private findBestVoice(lang: string): SpeechSynthesisVoice | undefined {
+    if (!this.voices.length) return undefined
+
+    // Exakte Übereinstimmung
+    const exact = this.voices.find(v => v.lang === lang)
+    if (exact) return exact
+
+    // Sprachpräfix Übereinstimmung (z.B. de-DE vs de)
+    const prefix = lang.split('-')[0]
+    const prefixMatch = this.voices.find(v => v.lang.startsWith(prefix))
+    if (prefixMatch) return prefixMatch
+
+    // Standard-Deutsch oder Standard-Englisch
+    const fallback = this.voices.find(v => 
+      v.lang === 'de-DE' || v.lang === 'de' || v.lang === 'en-US' || v.lang === 'en'
+    )
+    if (fallback) return fallback
+
+    // Erstbeste Stimme
+    return this.voices[0]
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Text sprechen.
+   */
+  async speak(text: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.synth) {
+      console.warn('[UiSpeaker] Web Speech API nicht verfügbar')
+      return
+    }
+
+    // Wenn schon etwas spricht, zuerst stoppen
+    this.stop()
+
+    this.currentText = text
+    const lang = chooseLang(text)
+    
+    await this.ensureVoices()
+
+    const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text)
+    utterance.lang = lang
+    
+    const voice = this.findBestVoice(lang)
+    if (voice) {
+      utterance.voice = voice
+      utterance.rate = 1.0
+      utterance.pitch = 1.0
+      utterance.volume = 1.0
+    }
+
+    utterance.onstart = () => {
+      this.state = 'speaking'
+      this.currentUtterance = utterance
+    }
+
+    utterance.onend = () => {
+      this.state = 'idle'
+      this.currentUtterance = null
+    }
+
+    utterance.onerror = (event) => {
+      if (event.error === 'canceled' || event.error === 'interrupted') return
+      console.warn('[UiSpeaker] TTS error:', event.error)
+      this.state = 'idle'
+      this.currentUtterance = null
+    }
+
+    this.currentUtterance = utterance
+    this.synth.speak(utterance)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sprachausgabe stoppen.
+   */
+  stop(): void {
+    if (this.synth) {
+      this.synth.cancel()
+    }
+    this.state = 'idle'
+    this.currentUtterance = null
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sprachausgabe pausieren.
+   */
+  pause(): void {
+    if (this.synth && this.state === 'speaking') {
+      this.synth.pause()
+      this.state = 'paused'
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sprachausgabe fortsetzen.
+   */
+  resume(): void {
+    if (this.synth && this.state === 'paused') {
+      this.synth.resume()
+      this.state = 'speaking'
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Aktueller Zustand.
+   */
+  getState(): SpeakerState {
+    return this.state
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Läuft gerade etwas?
+   */
+  isSpeaking(): boolean {
+    return this.state === 'speaking'
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Alle verfügbaren Stimmen.
+   */
+  getVoices(): VoiceInfo[] {
+    return this.voices.map(v => ({
+      voice: v,
+      lang: v.lang,
+    }))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Verfügbare Sprachen.
+   */
+  getLanguages(): string[] {
+    const langs = new Set(this.voices.map(v => v.lang))
+    return Array.from(langs).sort()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Letzten Text abspielen.
+   */
+  async replay(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.currentText) {
+      await this.speak(this.currentText)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Lautstärke setzen (0-1).
+   */
+  setVolume(volume: number): void {
+    // Web Speech API hat keine direkte Lautstärke-Steuerung
+    // pro Utterance, daher speichern wir es nur
+    // In einer echten Implementierung könnte man hier
+    // eine Gain-Node mit Web Audio API verwenden
+    console.log('[UiSpeaker] Volume:', volume)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Geschwindigkeit setzen (0.5-2.0).
+   */
+  setRate(rate: number): void {
+    // Muss neu gesprochen werden, da Rate nur pro Utterance
+    console.log('[UiSpeaker] Rate:', rate)
+  }
+}
+
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Instanz (singleton)
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+export const uiSpeaker = new UiSpeaker()
+
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+// React Hook
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+import { useState, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+
+export function useUiSpeak(initialText?: string) {
+  const [text, setText] = useState<string | null>(initialText ?? null)
+  const [state, setState] = useState<SpeakerState>('idle')
+  const speakRef = useRef<UiSpeaker>(uiSpeaker)
+
+  // Zustand synchronisieren
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      setState(speakRef.current.getState())
+    }, 200)
+    return () => clearInterval(interval)
+  }, [])
+
+  const speak = useCallback((t: string) => {
+    setText(t)
+    speakRef.current.speak(t).catch(console.error)
+  }, [])
+
+  const stop = useCallback(() => {
+    speakRef.current.stop()
+    setText(null)
+  }, [])
+
+  const pause = useCallback(() => {
+    speakRef.current.pause()
+  }, [])
+
+  const resume = useCallback(() => {
+    speakRef.current.resume()
+  }, [])
+
+  const getVoices = useCallback(() => {
+    return speakRef.current.getVoices()
+  }, [])
+
+  return {
+    text,
+    state,
+    speak,
+    stop,
+    pause,
+    resume,
+    getVoices,
+    setGlobalSpeakText: (t: string) => setText(t),
+    clearGlobalSpeakText: () => setText(null),
+    isSpeaking: state === 'speaking',
+  }
+}