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Fixes #17798, introduced by #17770.

Summary of the issue:

When audio ducking is enabled, the delay before each utterance increases significantly.

Description of user facing changes

The delay should return to a normal level compared to unaffected alpha versions.

Description of development approach

Instead of calling _setDuckingState to notify the system each time _ensureDucked is called, check the time passed since the last ducking to limit "redundant" calls to _setDuckingState to at most once per second. This prevents the delay caused by calling _setDuckingState too many times, but still allow audio ducking state to be reset when the next utterance starts more than one second later.

Testing strategy:

Tested manually.

Known issues with pull request:

None.

Code Review Checklist:

• Documentation:
  • Change log entry
  • User Documentation
  • Developer / Technical Documentation
  • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
• Testing:
  • Unit tests
  • System (end to end) tests
  • Manual testing
• UX of all users considered:
  • Speech
  • Braille
  • Low Vision
  • Different web browsers
  • Localization in other languages / culture than English
• API is compatible with existing add-ons.
• Security precautions taken.

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