From a5be7df834d6ef2be2c6a949ccf02e05703c4c6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ValueOn AG <p.motsch@valueon.ch>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 14:32:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] commcoach: suspend speech recognition during TTS playback on
 mobile

Made-with: Cursor
---
 .../views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx b/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx
index 450dc6f..d0f12bd 100644
--- a/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/views/commcoach/CommcoachDossierView.tsx
@@ -227,9 +227,10 @@ export const CommcoachDossierView: React.FC = () => {
 
         recognition.onend = () => {
           // #region agent log
-          _dlog('REC-END', `cancelled=${cancelled} sameRef=${speechRecognitionRef.current===recognition}`);
+          _dlog('REC-END', `cancelled=${cancelled} sameRef=${speechRecognitionRef.current===recognition} tts=${coach.isTtsPlayingRef.current}`);
           // #endregion
           if (cancelled) return;
+          if (coach.isTtsPlayingRef.current) return;
           if (speechRecognitionRef.current === recognition) {
             try { recognition.start(); } catch { speechRecognitionRef.current = null; }
           }
@@ -269,6 +270,23 @@ export const CommcoachDossierView: React.FC = () => {
     };
   }, [activeTab, coach.session?.id, coach.isMuted]);
 
+  // On mobile, SpeechRecognition and Audio output conflict for the audio session.
+  // Pause recognition while TTS plays, resume when it stops.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!speechRecognitionRef.current) return;
+    if (isTtsPlaying) {
+      // #region agent log
+      _dlog('REC-SUSPEND', 'tts started, stopping recognition');
+      // #endregion
+      try { speechRecognitionRef.current.stop(); } catch { /* ignore */ }
+    } else {
+      // #region agent log
+      _dlog('REC-RESUME', 'tts ended, restarting recognition');
+      // #endregion
+      try { speechRecognitionRef.current.start(); } catch { /* ignore */ }
+    }
+  }, [isTtsPlaying, _dlog]);
+
   // Reset mute when session ends
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!coach.session) coach.setMuted(false);