diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts
index b61518492e6..127fc12971d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
   checkHermesUpdate,
   getActionStatus,
+  getElevenLabsVoices,
   getMemoryProviderConfig,
   getStatus,
   restartGateway,
   saveMemoryProviderConfig,
   setApiRequestProfile,
+  speakText,
+  transcribeAudio,
   updateHermes
 } from './hermes'
 
@@ -59,4 +62,21 @@ describe('backend action helpers are profile-scoped', () => {
       expect(call[0].profile).toBe('coder')
     }
   })
+
+  // Audio endpoints (transcribe / speak / voices) write to the active
+  // profile's config in the settings UI but historically called the backend
+  // without a profile scope, so playback used the default profile's TTS/voice
+  // config instead of the active one (#53441).
+  it('forwards the active profile to audio endpoints', () => {
+    setApiRequestProfile('jarvis')
+
+    void transcribeAudio('data:audio/webm;base64,AAAA', 'audio/webm')
+    void speakText('hello')
+    void getElevenLabsVoices()
+
+    expect(api.mock.calls).toHaveLength(3)
+    for (const call of api.mock.calls) {
+      expect(call[0].profile).toBe('jarvis')
+    }
+  })
 })
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts b/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
index 5d19debb428..1bb60c7e3d8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ export function transcribeAudio(dataUrl: string, mimeType?: string): Promise<Aud
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<AudioTranscriptionResponse>({
     path: '/api/audio/transcribe',
     method: 'POST',
+    ...profileScoped(),
     body: {
       data_url: dataUrl,
       mime_type: mimeType
@@ -1528,6 +1529,7 @@ export function speakText(text: string): Promise<AudioSpeakResponse> {
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<AudioSpeakResponse>({
     path: '/api/audio/speak',
     method: 'POST',
+    ...profileScoped(),
     body: { text },
     // TTS blocks until provider synthesis, file read, and base64 encoding
     // finish. Remote providers and large messages regularly exceed the
@@ -1538,7 +1540,8 @@ export function speakText(text: string): Promise<AudioSpeakResponse> {
 
 export function getElevenLabsVoices(): Promise<ElevenLabsVoicesResponse> {
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<ElevenLabsVoicesResponse>({
-    path: '/api/audio/elevenlabs/voices'
+    path: '/api/audio/elevenlabs/voices',
+    ...profileScoped()
   })
 }