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readme: document audio recorder requirement (pipewire-bin)

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@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ menu — just click it. Or run the installed binary directly:
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  ```
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  Requires a glibc-based 64-bit Linux (glibc ≥ 2.38) with a working X11/XCB display.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  **Getting a model:** open the **model menu** at the top and pick one to download, or
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  just **type a prompt and press Enter** — if no model is installed yet, emu downloads
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  a recommended one automatically and sends your message once it's ready.
 
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  ```
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  Requires a glibc-based 64-bit Linux (glibc ≥ 2.38) with a working X11/XCB display.
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+ **Microphone / speech-to-text:** emu records using your system's audio recorder, so
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+ one of these must be installed (on a standard PipeWire desktop the first is already
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+ present):
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+ ```bash
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+ sudo apt install pipewire-bin # provides pw-record (recommended, PipeWire-native)
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+ # or: sudo apt install pulseaudio-utils (parecord)
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+ # or: sudo apt install alsa-utils (arecord)
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+ ```
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  **Getting a model:** open the **model menu** at the top and pick one to download, or
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  just **type a prompt and press Enter** — if no model is installed yet, emu downloads
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  a recommended one automatically and sends your message once it's ready.