Release v0.28.1: convert Gemini TTS mono audio to stereov0.28.1

Duplicate each 16-bit PCM sample into both L/R channels so all
audio output uses both speakers, and retroactively converted the
88 existing card MP3s to stereo via ffmpeg.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/internal/audio/gemini_provider.go b/internal/audio/gemini_provider.go
index 74478bd..3b2872a 100644
--- a/internal/audio/gemini_provider.go
+++ b/internal/audio/gemini_provider.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	defaultGeminiTTSModel  = "gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts"
 	geminiTTSLanguageCode  = "bg"
-	geminiTTSChannels      = 1
+	// Gemini returns mono PCM; we upsample to stereo so both channels carry audio.
+	geminiTTSChannels      = 2
 	geminiTTSSampleRate    = 24000
 	geminiTTSBitsPerSample = 16
 )
@@ -230,7 +231,25 @@ func ensureOutputDirectory(outputFile string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// monoToStereo duplicates each 16-bit mono sample into both left and right
+// channels, producing interleaved stereo PCM. The output is twice as large.
+func monoToStereo(mono []byte) []byte {
+	bytesPerSample := geminiTTSBitsPerSample / 8
+	stereo := make([]byte, len(mono)*2)
+	for i := 0; i+bytesPerSample <= len(mono); i += bytesPerSample {
+		sample := mono[i : i+bytesPerSample]
+		// Write sample for left channel, then right channel.
+		dst := i * 2
+		copy(stereo[dst:], sample)
+		copy(stereo[dst+bytesPerSample:], sample)
+	}
+	return stereo
+}
+
 func encodePCMAsWAV(pcmData []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	// Gemini returns mono audio; convert to stereo so both speakers carry audio.
+	pcmData = monoToStereo(pcmData)
+
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 
 	if _, err := buffer.WriteString("RIFF"); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/audio/gemini_provider_test.go b/internal/audio/gemini_provider_test.go
index 64b43b1..21b8a37 100644
--- a/internal/audio/gemini_provider_test.go
+++ b/internal/audio/gemini_provider_test.go
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ func TestWriteGeminiAudioFileWritesWAV(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("output file does not look like WAV data: %q", fileData[:4])
 	}
 
-	if got, want := len(fileData), 44+len(pcmData); got != want {
+	// Mono PCM is duplicated to stereo (both channels), so the data section doubles.
+	if got, want := len(fileData), 44+len(pcmData)*2; got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("len(output) = %d, want %d", got, want)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/version.go b/internal/version.go
index e6b624a..7f9bfc6 100644
--- a/internal/version.go
+++ b/internal/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package internal
 
-const Version = "0.28.0"
+const Version = "0.28.1"