Fox 2026-06-05: "self transcribe not working, also 1:28:59 PM JS
unhandled: can't access lexical declaration 'transcribeEnabled'
before initialization."
The restore block (button-binding site, ~line 1635) was reading
transcribeEnabled before its `let` declaration further down (~line
2225). Script execution order: TDZ violated, the whole restore +
worker pre-warm + capture-kick branch never ran. Subsequent code
continued (the error fired async on click) but the restore-time
initialization was skipped.
Fix: hoist the const TRANSCRIBE_KEY + let transcribeEnabled + the
localStorage load up to BEFORE the click-handler binding. Now the
restore block has a valid initialized value to read.
Plus diagnostic logging in startSelfCapture for the early-return
branches (no micStream / already running / worklet module load
failed) — so we can SEE why self capture isn't engaging if it
still isn't after this fix.
Self-transcribe issue should also be addressed by this TDZ fix:
the restore branch is where startSelfCapture would have been
called on page-load with state=on, but the TDZ throw skipped it.
After this lands, refreshes preserve transcribe state AND self
capture engages alongside remote captures.
Russell Ballestrini
af6de11540