diff --git a/ui/src/components/VoiceMicButton.tsx b/ui/src/components/VoiceMicButton.tsx
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+import { Mic, Loader2 } from "lucide-react";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { VoiceWaveform } from "./VoiceWaveform";
+import { useVadRecorder } from "../hooks/useVadRecorder";
+
+interface VoiceMicButtonProps {
+  onTranscript: (text: string) => void;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+export function VoiceMicButton({ onTranscript, disabled }: VoiceMicButtonProps) {
+  const { state, start, stop, mediaStream } = useVadRecorder({ onTranscript });
+
+  // Idle state (also used when disabled)
+  if (state === "idle") {
+    return (
+      <Button
+        variant="ghost"
+        size="icon"
+        className="h-8 w-8"
+        onClick={start}
+        disabled={disabled}
+        aria-label="Start voice input"
+        title="Start voice input"
+      >
+        <Mic className="h-4 w-4" />
+      </Button>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Recording state — show waveform with primary ring, click to stop
+  if (state === "recording") {
+    return (
+      <Button
+        variant="ghost"
+        size="icon"
+        className="h-8 w-8 ring-2 ring-primary"
+        onClick={stop}
+        aria-label="Recording — speak now"
+        title="Recording — speak now"
+      >
+        <VoiceWaveform stream={mediaStream} active={true} />
+      </Button>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Processing state — transcribing, disabled
+  return (
+    <Button
+      variant="ghost"
+      size="icon"
+      className="h-8 w-8"
+      disabled
+      aria-label="Transcribing..."
+      title="Transcribing..."
+    >
+      <Loader2 className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
+    </Button>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/VoiceWaveform.tsx b/ui/src/components/VoiceWaveform.tsx
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+import { useRef, useEffect } from "react";
+
+interface VoiceWaveformProps {
+  stream: MediaStream | null;
+  active: boolean; // controls animation loop
+}
+
+export function VoiceWaveform({ stream, active }: VoiceWaveformProps) {
+  const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null);
+  const audioCtxRef = useRef<AudioContext | null>(null);
+  const analyserRef = useRef<AnalyserNode | null>(null);
+  const sourceRef = useRef<MediaStreamAudioSourceNode | null>(null);
+  const animFrameRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+    if (!canvas || !stream || !active) return;
+
+    // Create or resume AudioContext (lazily — reused across start/stop cycles)
+    if (!audioCtxRef.current) {
+      audioCtxRef.current = new AudioContext();
+    }
+    const audioCtx = audioCtxRef.current;
+
+    if (audioCtx.state === "suspended") {
+      audioCtx.resume();
+    }
+
+    // Set up analyser
+    const analyser = audioCtx.createAnalyser();
+    analyser.fftSize = 64; // 32 frequency bins
+    analyserRef.current = analyser;
+
+    const source = audioCtx.createMediaStreamSource(stream);
+    sourceRef.current = source;
+    source.connect(analyser);
+
+    const dataArray = new Uint8Array(analyser.frequencyBinCount); // 32 bins
+    const canvasWidth = canvas.width;
+    const canvasHeight = canvas.height;
+    const ctx2d = canvas.getContext("2d");
+
+    // Get primary color from CSS variable
+    const primaryColor =
+      getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue("--primary").trim() ||
+      "#1e66f5";
+
+    const draw = () => {
+      analyser.getByteFrequencyData(dataArray);
+
+      if (ctx2d) {
+        ctx2d.clearRect(0, 0, canvasWidth, canvasHeight);
+        ctx2d.fillStyle = primaryColor;
+
+        // Draw 20 bars, skipping every other bin (using bins 0, 2, 4, ... 38)
+        const barCount = 20;
+        const barWidth = 2;
+        const barGap = 2;
+        const totalWidth = barCount * barWidth + (barCount - 1) * barGap;
+        const startX = Math.floor((canvasWidth - totalWidth) / 2);
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < barCount; i++) {
+          const binValue = dataArray[i * 2] ?? 0;
+          const barHeight = Math.max(2, (binValue / 255) * canvasHeight);
+          const x = startX + i * (barWidth + barGap);
+          const y = canvasHeight - barHeight;
+          ctx2d.fillRect(x, y, barWidth, barHeight);
+        }
+      }
+
+      animFrameRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(draw);
+    };
+
+    animFrameRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(draw);
+
+    return () => {
+      // Cleanup on unmount or when active becomes false
+      if (animFrameRef.current !== null) {
+        cancelAnimationFrame(animFrameRef.current);
+        animFrameRef.current = null;
+      }
+      source.disconnect();
+      sourceRef.current = null;
+      analyserRef.current = null;
+      // Do NOT close AudioContext — reuse across start/stop cycles
+    };
+  }, [stream, active]);
+
+  return (
+    <canvas
+      ref={canvasRef}
+      width={80}
+      height={32}
+      className="inline-block"
+      aria-hidden="true"
+    />
+  );
+}