diff --git a/src/audio/local-voice-session.ts b/src/audio/local-voice-session.ts
index c81965d..b010f85 100644
--- a/src/audio/local-voice-session.ts
+++ b/src/audio/local-voice-session.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ export class LocalVoiceSession {
   private readonly queue: SpeechJob[] = [];
   private readonly pendingSamples: number[] = [];
   private readonly silenceThreshold = 900;
+  private readonly windowsFrameSamples = 320;
+  private readonly windowsPreRollSamples = 3_200;
+  private readonly windowsSpeechStartThreshold = 520;
+  private readonly windowsSpeechContinueThreshold = 260;
+  private readonly windowsSpeechStartFrames = 2;
+  private readonly windowsSpeechEndFrames = 18;
+  private readonly windowsMinSpeechSamples = 7_200;
 
   private vad: RealTimeVAD | null = null;
   private recorder: ChildProcessByStdio<null, Readable, Readable> | null = null;
@@ -49,31 +56,40 @@ export class LocalVoiceSession {
   private lastNonSilentAudioAt = 0;
   private warnedNoPcm = false;
   private warnedSilent = false;
+  private windowsSpeechBuffer: number[] = [];
+  private windowsPreRollBuffer: number[] = [];
+  private windowsSpeechActive = false;
+  private windowsSpeechCandidateFrames = 0;
+  private windowsSilenceFrames = 0;
 
   constructor(private readonly options: LocalVoiceSessionOptions) {
     this.memory = new ConversationMemory(options.config.MAX_CONVERSATION_TURNS);
   }
 
   async start(): Promise<void> {
-    this.vad = await RealTimeVAD.new({
-      model: "v5",
-      sampleRate: 16000,
-      frameSamples: 1536,
-      positiveSpeechThreshold: 0.55,
-      negativeSpeechThreshold: 0.35,
-      redemptionFrames: 8,
-      preSpeechPadFrames: 2,
-      minSpeechFrames: 3,
-      onFrameProcessed: () => undefined,
-      onVADMisfire: () => undefined,
-      onSpeechStart: () => {
-        this.interruptPlayback("local-barge-in");
-      },
-      onSpeechRealStart: () => undefined,
-      onSpeechEnd: (audio: Float32Array) => {
-        void this.handleSpeechEnd(audio);
-      },
-    });
+    if (process.platform !== "win32") {
+      this.vad = await RealTimeVAD.new({
+        model: "v5",
+        sampleRate: 16000,
+        frameSamples: 1536,
+        positiveSpeechThreshold: 0.55,
+        negativeSpeechThreshold: 0.35,
+        redemptionFrames: 8,
+        preSpeechPadFrames: 2,
+        minSpeechFrames: 3,
+        onFrameProcessed: () => undefined,
+        onVADMisfire: () => undefined,
+        onSpeechStart: () => {
+          this.interruptPlayback("local-barge-in");
+        },
+        onSpeechRealStart: () => undefined,
+        onSpeechEnd: (audio: Float32Array) => {
+          void this.handleSpeechEnd(audio);
+        },
+      });
+    } else {
+      this.options.logger.info("Windows local mode uses amplitude-based speech detection");
+    }
 
     this.recorder = this.spawnRecorder();
     this.recorderStartedAt = Date.now();
@@ -212,7 +228,7 @@ export class LocalVoiceSession {
   }
 
   private pushPcm16Chunk(chunk: Buffer): void {
-    if (this.destroyed || !this.vad) {
+    if (this.destroyed) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -232,6 +248,15 @@ export class LocalVoiceSession {
       this.lastNonSilentAudioAt = Date.now();
     }
 
+    if (process.platform === "win32") {
+      this.processWindowsSpeechFrames();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!this.vad) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     while (true) {
       const frame = takeFrame(this.pendingSamples, 1536);
       if (!frame) {
@@ -247,6 +272,70 @@ export class LocalVoiceSession {
     }
   }
 
+  private processWindowsSpeechFrames(): void {
+    while (true) {
+      const frame = takeFrame(this.pendingSamples, this.windowsFrameSamples);
+      if (!frame) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      let peak = 0;
+      for (const sample of frame) {
+        const abs = Math.abs(sample);
+        if (abs > peak) {
+          peak = abs;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!this.windowsSpeechActive) {
+        this.appendWithCap(this.windowsPreRollBuffer, frame, this.windowsPreRollSamples);
+
+        if (peak >= this.windowsSpeechStartThreshold) {
+          this.windowsSpeechCandidateFrames += 1;
+        } else {
+          this.windowsSpeechCandidateFrames = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (this.windowsSpeechCandidateFrames >= this.windowsSpeechStartFrames) {
+          this.windowsSpeechActive = true;
+          this.windowsSilenceFrames = 0;
+          this.windowsSpeechBuffer = [...this.windowsPreRollBuffer];
+          this.windowsPreRollBuffer = [];
+          this.interruptPlayback("local-barge-in");
+          this.options.logger.debug("Windows speech start detected", { peak });
+        } else {
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      this.windowsSpeechBuffer.push(...frame);
+
+      if (peak >= this.windowsSpeechContinueThreshold) {
+        this.windowsSilenceFrames = 0;
+      } else {
+        this.windowsSilenceFrames += 1;
+      }
+
+      if (this.windowsSilenceFrames < this.windowsSpeechEndFrames) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const speech = Int16Array.from(this.windowsSpeechBuffer);
+      this.windowsSpeechActive = false;
+      this.windowsSpeechBuffer = [];
+      this.windowsSilenceFrames = 0;
+      this.windowsSpeechCandidateFrames = 0;
+
+      if (speech.length < this.windowsMinSpeechSamples) {
+        this.options.logger.debug("Ignored short Windows speech segment", { samples: speech.length });
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      this.options.logger.debug("Windows speech end detected", { samples: speech.length });
+      void this.handleSpeechEnd(int16ArrayToFloat32(speech));
+    }
+  }
+
   private async handleSpeechEnd(audio: Float32Array): Promise<void> {
     if (audio.length < 16000 * 0.25) {
       this.options.logger.debug("Ignored short local speech segment", { samples: audio.length });
@@ -537,6 +626,13 @@ export class LocalVoiceSession {
     }
     return this.options.config.LOCAL_AUDIO_SINK ?? "default";
   }
+
+  private appendWithCap(target: number[], samples: Int16Array, cap: number): void {
+    target.push(...samples);
+    if (target.length > cap) {
+      target.splice(0, target.length - cap);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function createWaveFileBuffer(