From ef4a02757f9ff55b96df27a7effcaa7685718f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan <d.noorland9@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 14:02:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add semaphore to speak module

---
 scripts/speak.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/speak.py b/scripts/speak.py
index 6a966efc37..0f8c243d50 100644
--- a/scripts/speak.py
+++ b/scripts/speak.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from config import Config
 cfg = Config()
 import gtts
 import threading
-from threading import Lock
+from threading import Lock, Semaphore
 
 
 # TODO: Nicer names for these ids
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tts_headers = {
 }
 
 mutex_lock = Lock() # Ensure only one sound is played at a time
+queue_semaphore = Semaphore(1) # The amount of sounds to queue before blocking the main thread
 
 def eleven_labs_speech(text, voice_index=0):
     tts_url = "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/{voice_id}".format(
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ def say_text(text, voice_index=0):
             success = eleven_labs_speech(text, voice_index)
             if not success:
                 gtts_speech(text)
+        
+        queue_semaphore.release()
 
+    queue_semaphore.acquire(True)
     thread = threading.Thread(target=speak)
     thread.start()
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