Suppress Voice Messages While Alarm is Playing

[SomdattaNag]

Currently, voice messages (speak_event) can play while alarm sounds are active, which may cause overlapping audio or confusion. We need a mechanism to suppress all voice messages while an alarm is playing, but the system should continue running without blocking threads or affecting other functions.

Proposed Feature:

• Introduce a flag (e.g., alarm_playing) to track when an alarm is being played.
• Modify all speak_event calls to check this flag before speaking:
• If alarm_playing = True, skip the message.
• If alarm_playing = False, allow the message as usual.
• Ensure that alarms (threat_alarm / safe_alarm) are still played asynchronously and set/reset the alarm_playing flag automatically.
• Optional: Wrap this logic in a helper method (e.g., safe_speak(event, text, sync=False)) to avoid repetitive checks throughout the code.

Benefits:

• Prevents overlapping audio between alarms and voice prompts.
• Maintains non-blocking behavior; system continues functioning normally.
• Centralizes audio control for easier future enhancements.

[AshokKumar2525]

Hello @SomdattaNag! I want to address this issue. Please assign me.