From 78f69479a3f2625109acfc8ac0bfba0cedae2b36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thorsten Sommer <SommerEngineering@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:49:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add preparation state to VoiceRecorder component

---
 app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor    | 2 +-
 app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor.cs | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor
index fb7a1334..e247f439 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 @if (PreviewFeatures.PRE_SPEECH_TO_TEXT_2026.IsEnabled(this.SettingsManager) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.App.UseTranscriptionProvider))
 {
     <MudTooltip Text="@this.Tooltip">
-        @if (this.isTranscribing)
+        @if (this.isTranscribing || this.isPreparing)
         {
             <MudProgressCircular Size="Size.Small" Indeterminate="true" Color="Color.Primary"/>
         }
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor.cs
index c7d99e21..8b58035b 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/VoiceRecorder.razor.cs	
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public partial class VoiceRecorder : MSGComponentBase
 
     private uint numReceivedChunks;
     private bool isRecording;
+    private bool isPreparing;
     private bool isTranscribing;
     private FileStream? currentRecordingStream;
     private string? currentRecordingPath;
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ public partial class VoiceRecorder : MSGComponentBase
     {
         if (toggled)
         {
+            this.isPreparing = true;
+            this.StateHasChanged();
+            
             try
             {
                 // Warm up sound effects:
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ public partial class VoiceRecorder : MSGComponentBase
                 this.currentRecordingMimeType = actualMimeType;
 
                 this.Logger.LogInformation("Audio recording started with MIME type: '{ActualMimeType}'.", actualMimeType);
+                this.isPreparing = false;
                 this.isRecording = true;
             }
             catch (Exception e)