brailcom/speechd

Audio ducking for media?

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#880 opened on Mar 17, 2024

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Inferred from @eeejay feedback: When e.g. listening to music, and suddenly a notification comes, we'd want the music to get lower so we can hear the notification, but not pause the music, since the notification could be a minor thing.

Describe the solution you'd like

SD could use the mixer to duck the audio of other applications.

I'm wondering if SD should just silent everything else, or we'd want some filtering?

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Research direction
Investigate PulseAudio's ducking control (e.g., module role ducking) or ALSA's software mixing; examine speech dispatcher's existing audio output modules to integrate volume ducking.
Tech stack
c
Domain
audio video rtcaccessibility
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
Caudio mixing concepts
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60