Feature Request: Add Pause/Play Controls to Speak Function #112
Description
Issue description for adding Pause/Play controls to the Speak feature.
🎙️ Feature Request: Add Pause/Play Controls to Speak Function
Summary
The current Speak feature lacks playback controls. Users can only select a speaker and adjust playback speed, but have no way to pause or resume audio mid-playback.
Current Behavior
The Speak toolbar (SPEAK 17/63) provides:
- 🔊 Speaker selection (e.g., Ostap – Friendly – Male (uk-UA))
- ⚡ Speed control (e.g., 1.3x)
- ❌ Stop/Close button
There is no Pause or Play button available during playback.
Expected Behavior
Users should be able to:
- ⏸️ Pause the audio at any point during playback
▶️ Resume playback from the exact position it was paused- The Pause/Play toggle should be visible directly in the Speak toolbar alongside existing controls
Motivation / Use Case
Users often need to temporarily stop audio (e.g., to take notes, answer a question, or attend to something) without having to restart the entire reading session from the beginning. Without pause/resume, the only option is to stop playback entirely and lose the current position.
Proposed UI Change
- Add a ⏸/▶ toggle button in the Speak toolbar between the progress indicator and the speaker selector:
● SPEAK 17/63 [⏸/▶] [Ostap - Friendly - Male (uk-UA) ▾] [1.3x ▾] [✕]
- Add support of apple keyboard ⏸/▶ (F8 key).
- Make sure, that Speak pop-up doesn't disappear when user changes the focus to another app in mac os. Now the Speak pop-up disappear.
Priority
🟡 Medium — Quality of life improvement for long-form content listening
Acceptance Criteria
- A Pause button appears during active playback
- Pressing Pause stops audio and the button switches to Play
- Pressing Play resumes audio from the paused position
- Playback position is preserved accurately after pause/resume
- Works consistently across all available speakers and speed settings
