From 186512f79ab8328bcffcb180dd7312d197f563d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:42:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Another try for lag.

---
 .../speechDriver/dectalkUsbDriver.py           |  6 ++++++
 tests/unit/test_dectalk_usb_driver.py          | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/dectalkUsbDriver.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/dectalkUsbDriver.py
index fa95c42c..c0a57d6c 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/dectalkUsbDriver.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/speechDriver/dectalkUsbDriver.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class driver(dectalkDriver.driver):
     immediate_endpoint = 0x04
     packet_size = 64
     write_timeout = 1000
+    buffer_timeout_command = b"[:timeout 1]"
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ class driver(dectalkDriver.driver):
             raise RuntimeError(f"DECtalk USB open failed: {error}") from error
 
         self.usb_device = usb_device
+        self._write_endpoint(
+            self.speech_endpoint,
+            self.buffer_timeout_command,
+            "buffer timeout",
+        )
         self._is_initialized = True
         self._stop_worker = False
         self.worker_thread = threading.Thread(
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_dectalk_usb_driver.py b/tests/unit/test_dectalk_usb_driver.py
index 3fb60ea9..ec6ee256 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_dectalk_usb_driver.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_dectalk_usb_driver.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def build_environment():
     }
 
 
-def initialized_driver(monkeypatch):
+def initialized_driver(monkeypatch, clear_startup_writes=True):
     device = FakeUsbDevice()
     usb_core = FakeUsbCore(device)
     usb_util = FakeUsbUtil()
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ def initialized_driver(monkeypatch):
         lambda: (usb_core, usb_util),
     )
     speech_driver.initialize(build_environment())
+    if clear_startup_writes:
+        device.writes.clear()
     return speech_driver, device, usb_core, usb_util
 
 
@@ -142,6 +144,17 @@ def test_dectalk_usb_driver_finds_and_claims_native_device(monkeypatch):
     assert usb_util.disposed == [device]
 
 
+def test_dectalk_usb_driver_sets_low_buffer_timeout_on_initialize(monkeypatch):
+    speech_driver, device, _, _ = initialized_driver(
+        monkeypatch,
+        clear_startup_writes=False,
+    )
+    try:
+        assert device.writes[0] == (0x02, b"[:timeout 1]", 1000)
+    finally:
+        speech_driver.shutdown()
+
+
 def test_dectalk_usb_driver_writes_commands_and_speech(monkeypatch):
     speech_driver, device, _, _ = initialized_driver(monkeypatch)
     try:
@@ -212,6 +225,7 @@ def test_dectalk_usb_cancel_bypasses_blocked_normal_write(monkeypatch):
         lambda: (usb_core, usb_util),
     )
     speech_driver.initialize(build_environment())
+    device.writes.clear()
     normal_thread = threading.Thread(
         target=speech_driver._write_bytes,
         args=(b"normal speech", "speech"),
@@ -240,6 +254,8 @@ def test_dectalk_usb_cancel_stops_current_speech_upload(monkeypatch):
         lambda: (usb_core, usb_util),
     )
     speech_driver.initialize(build_environment())
+    device.writes.clear()
+    device.first_normal_write_started.clear()
     normal_thread = threading.Thread(
         target=speech_driver._write_bytes,
         args=(b"x" * 192, "speech"),