Turn off speech with clipboard utilities and window title reader by creating the file ~/.agmsilent

speech/clipboard_reader.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ done
 unset cliptext
 socketFile="$(find /tmp -maxdepth 1 -name "orca-*.sock")"
 while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
+    sleep 0.05
+    if [[ -f ~/.agmsilent ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
     if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
         tmp="$(pbpaste 2> /dev/null)"
     else
@@ -38,7 +42,6 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
             fi
         fi
     fi
-    sleep 0.05
 done
 
 exit 0

speech/clipboard_translator.sh

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ translationFile="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/audiogame-manager/${fileName}"
 while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
     sleep 0.05
     text="$(xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard -o 2> /dev/null)"
+    if [[ -f ~/.agmsilent ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
     if [[ "${text}" =~ ^[0-9A-Za-z[:space:][:punct:]]+$ ]]; then
         spd-say -- "$text"
         echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
@@ -75,3 +78,5 @@ EOF
     spd-say -- "$translated"
     echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
 done
+
+exit 0

speech/speak_window_title.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ done
 
 # Read so long as the application is running
 while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do    
+    sleep 0.05
+    if [[ -f ~/.agmsilent ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
     wnd_focus=$(xdotool getwindowfocus)
     wnd_title=$(xprop -id $wnd_focus WM_NAME)
     lookfor='"(.*)"'
@@ -20,5 +24,6 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
             old_title="$wnd_title"
         fi
     fi
-    sleep 0.01
 done
+
+exit 0