Attempted better flood control. It's also a configurable settings.

config/settings/settings.conf

@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ auto_read_incoming=True
 # Speak individual numbers instead of whole string.
 read_numbers_as_digits = False
 
+# Flood protection: skip reading incoming text if it exceeds this many lines.
+# This prevents system slowdown when large amounts of text appear at once.
+# Set to 0 to disable flood protection. Default: 500
+flood_protection_lines=500
+
 # genericSpeechCommand is the command that is executed for talking
 # the following variables are replaced with values 
 # fenrirText = is the text that should be spoken

src/fenrirscreenreader/commands/onScreenUpdate/70000-incoming.py

@@ -50,11 +50,24 @@ class command:
             return
 
         delta_text = self.env["screen"]["new_delta"]
-        
+
         # Skip if tab completion already handled this delta
         if self._was_handled_by_tab_completion(delta_text):
             return
 
+        # Flood protection: skip if too many lines to prevent system slowdown
+        # Get threshold from settings, default to 500 lines
+        flood_threshold = self.env["runtime"]["SettingsManager"].get_setting_as_int(
+            "speech", "flood_protection_lines"
+        )
+        if flood_threshold <= 0:
+            flood_threshold = 500  # Fallback default
+
+        line_count = delta_text.count('\n') + 1
+        if line_count > flood_threshold:
+            # Too much text - skip to prevent system slowdown
+            return
+
         # this must be a keyecho or something
         # if len(self.env['screen']['new_delta'].strip(' \n\t')) <= 1:
         x_move = abs(

src/fenrirscreenreader/core/settingsData.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ settings_data = {
         "language": "",
         "auto_read_incoming": True,
         "read_numbers_as_digits": False,
+        "flood_protection_lines": 500,
         "generic_speech_command": 'espeak -a fenrirVolume -s fenrirRate -p fenrirPitch -v fenrirVoice "fenrirText"',
         "fenrir_min_volume": 0,
         "fenrir_max_volume": 200,