diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0de1639..7ca7605 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Package: stt.api
-Title: OpenAI-Compatible Speech-to-Text API Client
+Title: 'OpenAI' Compatible Speech-to-Text API Client
 Version: 0.1.0
 Authors@R:
     person("Troy", "Hernandez", email = "troy@cornball.ai", role = c("aut", "cre"))
-Description: A minimal-dependency R client for OpenAI-compatible Speech-to-Text
-    APIs with optional local fallbacks. Supports OpenAI, local servers
-    (LM Studio, OpenWebUI, Whisper containers), and the audio.whisper package.
+Description: A minimal-dependency R client for 'OpenAI'-compatible Speech-to-Text
+    APIs with optional local fallbacks. Supports 'OpenAI', local servers
+    ('LM Studio', 'OpenWebUI', 'Whisper' containers), and the 'audio.whisper'
+    package.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 URL: https://github.com/cornball-ai/stt.api
@@ -14,9 +15,6 @@ Imports:
     curl,
     jsonlite
 Suggests:
-    audio.whisper,
-    gpu.ctl,
-    processx,
     tinytest,
     whisper
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ff3a12..7d8fc56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Optional backends:
 
 * `{whisper}` (recommended, on CRAN)
 * `{audio.whisper}` (whisper.cpp alternative)
-* `{processx}` (Docker helpers)
+
 
 ---
 
@@ -163,21 +163,6 @@ This is intentionally chosen because it is:
 
 ---
 
-## Docker (optional)
-
-If you run Whisper or OpenAI-compatible STT in Docker, `stt.api` can optionally integrate via `{processx}`.
-
-Example use cases:
-
-* Starting a local Whisper container
-* Checking container health
-* Inspecting logs
-
-Docker helpers are **explicit and opt-in**.
-`stt.api` never starts containers automatically.
-
----
-
 ## Configuration options
 
 ```r