diff --git a/.changeset/mean-crabs-learn.md b/.changeset/mean-crabs-learn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30de0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mean-crabs-learn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@fluxerjs/voice": minor
+---
+
+Add LiveKit inbound audio receive APIs for participant subscriptions, `audioFrame` events, and speaking lifecycle events. Also add voice manager helpers for channel participant subscriptions and update docs/examples for transcription-oriented usage.
diff --git a/packages/voice/README.md b/packages/voice/README.md
index 60f3eaa..49c1685 100644
--- a/packages/voice/README.md
+++ b/packages/voice/README.md
@@ -11,12 +11,30 @@ pnpm add @fluxerjs/voice @fluxerjs/core
 ## Usage
 
 ```javascript
-import { getVoiceManager } from '@fluxerjs/voice';
+import { getVoiceManager, LiveKitRtcConnection } from '@fluxerjs/voice';
 
 const voiceManager = getVoiceManager(client);
 const connection = await voiceManager.join(channel);
 await connection.play(streamUrl);
 
+// Inbound transcription / speech-to-text pipeline
+if (connection instanceof LiveKitRtcConnection) {
+  const subs = voiceManager.subscribeChannelParticipants(channel.id);
+  connection.on('speakerStart', ({ participantId }) => {
+    console.log('speaker start', participantId);
+  });
+  connection.on('speakerStop', ({ participantId }) => {
+    console.log('speaker stop', participantId);
+  });
+  connection.on('audioFrame', (frame) => {
+    // frame.samples is Int16 PCM suitable for WAV/STT pipelines
+    console.log(frame.participantId, frame.sampleRate, frame.channels, frame.samples.length);
+  });
+
+  // cleanup subscriptions when done
+  for (const sub of subs) sub.stop();
+}
+
 connection.stop();
 voiceManager.leave(guildId);
 ```
diff --git a/packages/voice/src/LiveKitRtcConnection.receive.test.ts b/packages/voice/src/LiveKitRtcConnection.receive.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adfb5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/voice/src/LiveKitRtcConnection.receive.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { LiveKitRtcConnection } from './LiveKitRtcConnection.js';
+
+function makeClient() {
+  return {
+    on: vi.fn(),
+    emit: vi.fn(),
+    sendToGateway: vi.fn(),
+    user: { id: 'bot' },
+    rest: { post: vi.fn() },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('LiveKitRtcConnection receive api', () => {
+  it('returns inert subscription when room is not connected', () => {
+    const channel = { id: 'c1', guildId: 'g1' } as never;
+    const conn = new LiveKitRtcConnection(makeClient() as never, channel, 'bot');
+
+    const sub = conn.subscribeParticipantAudio('u1');
+
+    expect(sub.participantId).toBe('u1');
+    expect(() => sub.stop()).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/voice/src/LiveKitRtcConnection.ts b/packages/voice/src/LiveKitRtcConnection.ts
index 253af2d..e24fcf6 100644
--- a/packages/voice/src/LiveKitRtcConnection.ts
+++ b/packages/voice/src/LiveKitRtcConnection.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   GatewayVoiceStateUpdateDispatchData,
 } from '@fluxerjs/types';
 import {
+  AudioStream,
   Room,
   RoomEvent,
   AudioSource,
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ import {
   VideoBufferType,
   VideoFrame,
   VideoSource,
+  type RemoteParticipant,
+  type RemoteTrack,
+  TrackKind,
 } from '@livekit/rtc-node';
 import { buildLiveKitUrlForRtcSdk } from './livekit.js';
 import { parseOpusPacketBoundaries, concatUint8Arrays } from './opusUtils.js';
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ import type { VideoFrame as WebCodecsVideoFrame } from 'node-webcodecs';
 
 const SAMPLE_RATE = 48000;
 const CHANNELS = 1;
+const RECEIVE_READ_TIMEOUT_MS = 100;
 
 /** avcC box structure from mp4box (AVCConfigurationBox). */
 interface AvcCBox {
@@ -177,6 +182,25 @@ export type LiveKitRtcConnectionEvents = VoiceConnectionEvents & {
   serverLeave: [];
   /** Emitted when voice state should be synced (self_stream/self_video). VoiceManager listens. */
   requestVoiceStateSync: [payload: { self_stream?: boolean; self_video?: boolean }];
+  /** Emitted when a remote participant starts speaking. */
+  speakerStart: [payload: { participantId: string }];
+  /** Emitted when a remote participant stops speaking. */
+  speakerStop: [payload: { participantId: string }];
+  /** Emitted for each decoded inbound audio frame. */
+  audioFrame: [frame: LiveKitAudioFrame];
+};
+
+export type LiveKitAudioFrame = {
+  participantId: string;
+  trackSid?: string;
+  sampleRate: number;
+  channels: number;
+  samples: Int16Array;
+};
+
+export type LiveKitReceiveSubscription = {
+  participantId: string;
+  stop: () => void;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -245,6 +269,10 @@ export class LiveKitRtcConnection extends EventEmitter {
   private lastServerEndpoint: string | null = null;
   private lastServerToken: string | null = null;
   private _disconnectEmitted = false;
+  private readonly receiveSubscriptions = new Map<string, LiveKitReceiveSubscription>();
+  private readonly requestedSubscriptions = new Map<string, boolean>();
+  private readonly participantTrackSids = new Map<string, string>();
+  private readonly activeSpeakers = new Set<string>();
 
   /**
    * @param client - The Fluxer client instance
@@ -305,6 +333,130 @@ export class LiveKitRtcConnection extends EventEmitter {
     return this._volume ?? 100;
   }
 
+  private isAudioTrack(track: RemoteTrack): boolean {
+    return track.kind === TrackKind.KIND_AUDIO;
+  }
+
+  private getParticipantId(participant: RemoteParticipant): string {
+    return participant.identity;
+  }
+
+  private subscribeParticipantTrack(
+    participant: RemoteParticipant,
+    track: RemoteTrack,
+    options: { autoSubscribe?: boolean } = {},
+  ): void {
+    if (!this.isAudioTrack(track)) return;
+    const participantId = this.getParticipantId(participant);
+    if (!options.autoSubscribe && !this.requestedSubscriptions.has(participantId)) return;
+    const current = this.receiveSubscriptions.get(participantId);
+    if (current) current.stop();
+
+    const audioStream = new AudioStream(track, {
+      sampleRate: SAMPLE_RATE,
+      numChannels: CHANNELS,
+      frameSizeMs: 10,
+    });
+    let stopped = false;
+    let reader: ReturnType<AudioStream['getReader']> | null = null;
+
+    const pump = async () => {
+      try {
+        reader = audioStream.getReader();
+        while (!stopped) {
+          let readTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+          const next = await Promise.race([
+            reader.read(),
+            new Promise<null>((resolve) => {
+              readTimeout = setTimeout(() => resolve(null), RECEIVE_READ_TIMEOUT_MS);
+            }),
+          ]);
+          if (readTimeout) clearTimeout(readTimeout);
+          if (next === null) continue;
+          const { done, value } = next;
+          if (done || !value) break;
+          this.emit('audioFrame', {
+            participantId,
+            trackSid: track.sid,
+            sampleRate: value.sampleRate,
+            channels: value.channels,
+            samples: value.data,
+          });
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (!stopped) {
+          this.emit('error', err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)));
+        }
+      } finally {
+        if (reader) {
+          try {
+            reader.releaseLock();
+          } catch {
+            // Reader may already be released.
+          }
+          reader = null;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    const stop = () => {
+      if (stopped) return;
+      stopped = true;
+      if (reader) {
+        reader.cancel().catch(() => {});
+        try {
+          reader.releaseLock();
+        } catch {
+          // Reader may already be released.
+        }
+      }
+      audioStream.cancel().catch(() => {});
+      this.receiveSubscriptions.delete(participantId);
+    };
+
+    this.receiveSubscriptions.set(participantId, { participantId, stop });
+    this.participantTrackSids.set(participantId, track.sid ?? '');
+    void pump();
+  }
+
+  subscribeParticipantAudio(
+    participantId: string,
+    options: { autoResubscribe?: boolean } = {},
+  ): LiveKitReceiveSubscription {
+    const autoResubscribe = options.autoResubscribe === true;
+    const stop = () => {
+      this.receiveSubscriptions.get(participantId)?.stop();
+      this.receiveSubscriptions.delete(participantId);
+      this.participantTrackSids.delete(participantId);
+      this.requestedSubscriptions.delete(participantId);
+    };
+    this.requestedSubscriptions.set(participantId, autoResubscribe);
+
+    const room = this.room;
+    if (!room || !room.isConnected) return { participantId, stop };
+
+    const participant = room.remoteParticipants.get(participantId);
+    if (!participant) return { participantId, stop };
+
+    for (const pub of participant.trackPublications.values()) {
+      const maybeTrack = (pub as { track?: RemoteTrack }).track;
+      if (maybeTrack && this.isAudioTrack(maybeTrack)) {
+        this.subscribeParticipantTrack(participant, maybeTrack);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return { participantId, stop };
+  }
+
+  private clearReceiveSubscriptions(): void {
+    for (const sub of this.receiveSubscriptions.values()) sub.stop();
+    this.receiveSubscriptions.clear();
+    this.requestedSubscriptions.clear();
+    this.participantTrackSids.clear();
+    this.activeSpeakers.clear();
+  }
+
   playOpus(_stream: NodeJS.ReadableStream): void {
     this.emit(
       'error',
@@ -353,7 +505,52 @@ export class LiveKitRtcConnection extends EventEmitter {
         this.debug('Room reconnected');
       });
 
-      await room.connect(url, token, { autoSubscribe: false, dynacast: false });
+      room.on(RoomEvent.TrackSubscribed, (track, _publication, participant) => {
+        if (!this.isAudioTrack(track)) return;
+        this.subscribeParticipantTrack(participant, track);
+      });
+
+      room.on(RoomEvent.TrackUnsubscribed, (track, _publication, participant) => {
+        if (!this.isAudioTrack(track)) return;
+        const participantId = this.getParticipantId(participant);
+        this.receiveSubscriptions.get(participantId)?.stop();
+        this.receiveSubscriptions.delete(participantId);
+        if (this.requestedSubscriptions.get(participantId) !== true) {
+          this.requestedSubscriptions.delete(participantId);
+        }
+        this.participantTrackSids.delete(participantId);
+      });
+
+      room.on(RoomEvent.ParticipantDisconnected, (participant) => {
+        const participantId = this.getParticipantId(participant);
+        this.receiveSubscriptions.get(participantId)?.stop();
+        this.receiveSubscriptions.delete(participantId);
+        if (this.requestedSubscriptions.get(participantId) !== true) {
+          this.requestedSubscriptions.delete(participantId);
+        }
+        this.participantTrackSids.delete(participantId);
+        if (this.activeSpeakers.delete(participantId)) {
+          this.emit('speakerStop', { participantId });
+        }
+      });
+
+      room.on(RoomEvent.ActiveSpeakersChanged, (speakers) => {
+        const next = new Set(speakers.map((speaker) => speaker.identity));
+        for (const participantId of next) {
+          if (!this.activeSpeakers.has(participantId)) {
+            this.emit('speakerStart', { participantId });
+          }
+        }
+        for (const participantId of this.activeSpeakers) {
+          if (!next.has(participantId)) {
+            this.emit('speakerStop', { participantId });
+          }
+        }
+        this.activeSpeakers.clear();
+        for (const participantId of next) this.activeSpeakers.add(participantId);
+      });
+
+      await room.connect(url, token, { autoSubscribe: true, dynacast: false });
       this.lastServerEndpoint = raw;
       this.lastServerToken = token;
       this.debug('connected to room');
@@ -1523,6 +1720,7 @@ export class LiveKitRtcConnection extends EventEmitter {
   stop(): void {
     this._playing = false;
     this.stopVideo();
+    this.clearReceiveSubscriptions();
     if (this.currentStream?.destroy) this.currentStream.destroy();
     this.currentStream = null;
     if (this.audioTrack) {
diff --git a/packages/voice/src/VoiceManager.receive.test.ts b/packages/voice/src/VoiceManager.receive.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6710d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/voice/src/VoiceManager.receive.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { VoiceManager } from './VoiceManager.js';
+import { LiveKitRtcConnection } from './LiveKitRtcConnection.js';
+
+function makeClient() {
+  return {
+    on: vi.fn(),
+    emit: vi.fn(),
+    sendToGateway: vi.fn(),
+    user: { id: 'bot' },
+    rest: { post: vi.fn() },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('VoiceManager receive helpers', () => {
+  it('lists participants in a channel from voice state map', () => {
+    const manager = new VoiceManager(makeClient() as never);
+
+    manager.voiceStates.set('g1', new Map([['u1', 'c1'], ['u2', 'c1'], ['u3', 'c2']]));
+
+    expect(manager.listParticipantsInChannel('g1', 'c1')).toEqual(['u1', 'u2']);
+    expect(manager.listParticipantsInChannel('g1', 'missing')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('subscribes known channel participants for livekit connections', () => {
+    const client = makeClient();
+    const manager = new VoiceManager(client as never);
+
+    const channel = { id: 'c1', guildId: 'g1' } as never;
+    const conn = new LiveKitRtcConnection(client as never, channel, 'bot');
+    const subscribeSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(conn, 'subscribeParticipantAudio')
+      .mockImplementation((participantId) => ({ participantId, stop: vi.fn() }));
+
+    manager.voiceStates.set('g1', new Map([['bot', 'c1'], ['u1', 'c1'], ['u2', 'c1'], ['u3', 'c9']]));
+    (manager as unknown as { connections: Map<string, LiveKitRtcConnection> }).connections.set(
+      'c1',
+      conn,
+    );
+
+    const subs = manager.subscribeChannelParticipants('c1');
+
+    expect(subscribeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(subs.map((s) => s.participantId)).toEqual(['u1', 'u2']);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/voice/src/VoiceManager.ts b/packages/voice/src/VoiceManager.ts
index 2555d37..c08e4d2 100644
--- a/packages/voice/src/VoiceManager.ts
+++ b/packages/voice/src/VoiceManager.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import {
   GatewayVoiceStateUpdateDispatchData,
 } from '@fluxerjs/types';
 import { VoiceConnection } from './VoiceConnection.js';
-import { LiveKitRtcConnection } from './LiveKitRtcConnection.js';
+import {
+  LiveKitRtcConnection,
+  type LiveKitReceiveSubscription,
+} from './LiveKitRtcConnection.js';
 import { isLiveKitEndpoint } from './livekit.js';
 import { Collection } from '@fluxerjs/collection';
 
@@ -93,6 +96,38 @@ export class VoiceManager extends EventEmitter {
     return guildMap.get(userId) ?? null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * List participant user IDs currently in a specific voice channel.
+   */
+  listParticipantsInChannel(guildId: string, channelId: string): string[] {
+    const guildMap = this.voiceStates.get(guildId);
+    if (!guildMap) return [];
+    const participants: string[] = [];
+    for (const [userId, voiceChannelId] of guildMap.entries()) {
+      if (voiceChannelId === channelId) participants.push(userId);
+    }
+    return participants;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Subscribe to inbound audio for all known participants currently in a voice channel.
+   * Only supported for LiveKit connections.
+   */
+  subscribeChannelParticipants(
+    channelId: string,
+    opts?: { autoResubscribe?: boolean },
+  ): LiveKitReceiveSubscription[] {
+    const conn = this.connections.get(channelId);
+    if (!(conn instanceof LiveKitRtcConnection)) return [];
+    const guildId = conn.channel.guildId;
+    const participants = this.listParticipantsInChannel(guildId, channelId).filter(
+      (participantId) => participantId !== this.client.user?.id,
+    );
+    return participants.map((participantId) =>
+      conn.subscribeParticipantAudio(participantId, opts),
+    );
+  }
+
   private handleVoiceStateUpdate(data: GatewayVoiceStateUpdateDispatchData): void {
     const guildId = data.guild_id ?? '';
     if (!guildId) return;
diff --git a/packages/voice/src/index.ts b/packages/voice/src/index.ts
index de5d9af..5509a73 100644
--- a/packages/voice/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/voice/src/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ export { VoiceConnection, type VoiceConnectionEvents } from './VoiceConnection.j
 export {
   LiveKitRtcConnection,
   type LiveKitRtcConnectionEvents,
+  type LiveKitAudioFrame,
+  type LiveKitReceiveSubscription,
   type VideoPlayOptions,
 } from './LiveKitRtcConnection.js';
 import { Client } from '@fluxerjs/core';