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I did notice something while watching Mother 3, that’s also consistent with the other two games:

You hardly ever hear The Player Controlled Character speak.

Perspective changes a lot in Mother 3, so when a character isn’t your avatar they talk normally and continue their lives. But The Player Avatar is a virtual mime.

Why can’t we hear what Chara says, in the video recorded conversations, even though Asriel does hear what she’s saying, and reacts to it?

For the same reason the Target Dummy was horrified by words Frisk said, that we were never able to hear. Or that only Asriel could hear Frisk tell him his real name.

The Player can’t hear things their avatar says under their own power. We’re basically possessing that character.

And our character was Chara in the VHS tapes. So we couldn’t hear her.