diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.test.ts b/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.test.ts
index 71859767f..b86f38fc2 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,42 @@ describe('streamTranscription', () => {
     expect((requestInit as RequestInit & { duplex?: string }).duplex).toBe('half')
   })
 
+  it('normalizes T-3 ArrayBuffer audio chunks before browser fetch', async () => {
+    // ROOT CAUSE:
+    //
+    // The VAD audio stream emits ArrayBuffer chunks. Chromium rejects these
+    // chunks in a streaming request body and reports `TypeError: Failed to fetch`.
+    // Fetch requires each request stream chunk to be a Uint8Array.
+    let uploadedChunk: unknown
+    const audioStream = new ReadableStream<ArrayBuffer>({
+      start(controller) {
+        controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]).buffer)
+        controller.close()
+      },
+    })
+
+    const result = streamTranscription({
+      baseURL: 'https://example.invalid/transcription',
+      fetch: async (_input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
+        if (!(init?.body instanceof ReadableStream))
+          throw new TypeError('Expected a readable request body.')
+
+        const reader = init.body.getReader()
+        uploadedChunk = (await reader.read()).value
+        return new Response(new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+          start(controller) {
+            controller.close()
+          },
+        }))
+      },
+      inputAudioStream: audioStream,
+    })
+
+    await expect(result.text).resolves.toBe('')
+    expect(uploadedChunk).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array)
+    expect(uploadedChunk).toEqual(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]))
+  })
+
   it('parses split SSE chunks and joins transcription deltas', async () => {
     const encoder = new TextEncoder()
     const responseBody = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.ts b/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.ts
index e2cadc47d..ec41ddc7c 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.ts
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/src/libs/providers/stream-transcription/index.ts
@@ -42,12 +42,30 @@ function createDeferred<T>() {
   return { promise, resolve, reject }
 }
 
-function resolveAudioStream(options: StreamTranscriptionOptions): ReadableStream<AudioChunk> {
+/**
+ * Normalizes an audio chunk for a streaming fetch body.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * normalizeAudioChunk(new Uint8Array([1, 2]).buffer)
+ * // => Uint8Array([1, 2])
+ */
+function normalizeAudioChunk(chunk: AudioChunk): Uint8Array {
+  if (ArrayBuffer.isView(chunk))
+    return new Uint8Array(chunk.buffer, chunk.byteOffset, chunk.byteLength)
+
+  return new Uint8Array(chunk)
+}
+
+function resolveAudioStream(options: StreamTranscriptionOptions): ReadableStream<Uint8Array> {
   const stream = options.inputAudioStream ?? options.inputStream ?? options.file?.stream()
   if (!stream)
     throw new TypeError('Audio stream or file is required for streaming transcription.')
 
-  return stream as ReadableStream<AudioChunk>
+  return (stream as ReadableStream<AudioChunk>).pipeThrough(new TransformStream<AudioChunk, Uint8Array>({
+    transform(chunk, controller) {
+      controller.enqueue(normalizeAudioChunk(chunk))
+    },
+  }))
 }
 
 function parseSSELine(line: string): AIRIStreamTranscriptionDelta | undefined {