diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c70ec7d..4923ba6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ pytesseract     # OCR wrapper -> requires Tesseract-OCR installed separately:
                 #   winget install --id UB-Mannheim.TesseractOCR
                 # (or https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki)
 
+# Only needed for the audio watcher (eve_audio_watcher.py — lock/depleted/warp cues):
+numpy           # FFT sound fingerprinting
+soundcard       # Windows speaker (WASAPI) loopback capture
+
 # timer mode and --snip need no extra packages beyond winotify
 # (tkinter ships with the Windows python.org installer).