Keep recording startup independent of dictation words

MeetingAssistant/MeetingAssistantOptions.cs

@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ public sealed class RecordingOptions
 
     public TimeSpan OpenMeetingNoteDelay { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
 
+    public TimeSpan DictationWordsReadTimeout { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
+
     public string TemporaryRecordingsFolder { get; set; } = @"%LOCALAPPDATA%\MeetingAssistant\Recordings";
 
     public RecordingInactivitySafeguardOptions InactivitySafeguard { get; set; } = new();

MeetingAssistant/Program.cs

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMeetingInactivityPromptService, WindowsMeetingIna
 #else
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IMeetingInactivityPromptService, NoopMeetingInactivityPromptService>();
 #endif
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<IRecordingDictationWordProvider, RecordingDictationWordProvider>();
 #if WINDOWS
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<IActiveWindowScreenshotCapture, ActiveWindowScreenshotCapture>();
 #else

MeetingAssistant/Recording/MeetingRecordingCoordinator.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public sealed class MeetingRecordingCoordinator
     private readonly IMeetingSummaryPipeline summaryPipeline;
     private readonly ISpeakerIdentificationService? speakerIdentificationService;
     private readonly ISpeakerIdentityAttendeeCanonicalizer attendeeCanonicalizer;
-    private readonly IDictationWordStore dictationWordStore;
+    private readonly IRecordingDictationWordProvider dictationWordProvider;
     private readonly ILaunchProfileOptionsProvider? launchProfiles;
     private readonly IMeetingWorkflowEngine meetingWorkflowEngine;
     private readonly IMeetingScreenshotService screenshotService;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public sealed class MeetingRecordingCoordinator
         ILogger<MeetingRecordingCoordinator> logger,
         IMeetingMetadataProvider? meetingMetadataProvider = null,
         ISpeakerIdentificationService? speakerIdentificationService = null,
-        IDictationWordStore? dictationWordStore = null,
+        IRecordingDictationWordProvider? dictationWordProvider = null,
         ISpeakerIdentityAttendeeCanonicalizer? attendeeCanonicalizer = null,
         ILaunchProfileOptionsProvider? launchProfiles = null,
         IMeetingWorkflowEngine? meetingWorkflowEngine = null,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public sealed class MeetingRecordingCoordinator
         this.meetingMetadataProvider = meetingMetadataProvider ?? new NoopMeetingMetadataProvider();
         this.recordedAudioStore = recordedAudioStore;
         this.summaryPipeline = summaryPipeline;
-        this.dictationWordStore = dictationWordStore ?? new EmptyDictationWordStore();
+        this.dictationWordProvider = dictationWordProvider ?? EmptyRecordingDictationWordProvider.Instance;
         this.speakerIdentificationService = speakerIdentificationService;
         this.attendeeCanonicalizer = attendeeCanonicalizer ?? PassthroughSpeakerIdentityAttendeeCanonicalizer.Instance;
         this.launchProfiles = launchProfiles;
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ public sealed class MeetingRecordingCoordinator
         string? meetingNotePath,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var dictationWords = await dictationWordStore.ReadWordsAsync(runOptions, cancellationToken);
+        var dictationWords = await dictationWordProvider.ReadOptionalWordsAsync(runOptions, cancellationToken);
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(meetingNotePath))
         {
             return new SpeechRecognitionPipelineOptions(DictationWords: dictationWords);
@@ -1980,17 +1980,16 @@ public sealed class MeetingRecordingCoordinator
             IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> KnownSpeakerMappings);
     }
 
-    private sealed class EmptyDictationWordStore : IDictationWordStore
+    private sealed class EmptyRecordingDictationWordProvider : IRecordingDictationWordProvider
     {
-        public Task<IReadOnlyList<string>> ReadWordsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public static readonly EmptyRecordingDictationWordProvider Instance = new();
+
+        public Task<IReadOnlyList<string>> ReadOptionalWordsAsync(
+            MeetingAssistantOptions runOptions,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             return Task.FromResult<IReadOnlyList<string>>([]);
         }
-
-        public Task<IReadOnlyList<string>> AddWordAsync(string word, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            return ReadWordsAsync(cancellationToken);
-        }
     }
 }
 

MeetingAssistant/Recording/RecordingDictationWordProvider.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+using MeetingAssistant.Transcription;
+
+namespace MeetingAssistant.Recording;
+
+public interface IRecordingDictationWordProvider
+{
+    Task<IReadOnlyList<string>> ReadOptionalWordsAsync(
+        MeetingAssistantOptions runOptions,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+}
+
+public sealed class RecordingDictationWordProvider : IRecordingDictationWordProvider
+{
+    private readonly IDictationWordStore dictationWordStore;
+    private readonly ILogger<RecordingDictationWordProvider> logger;
+
+    public RecordingDictationWordProvider(
+        IDictationWordStore dictationWordStore,
+        ILogger<RecordingDictationWordProvider> logger)
+    {
+        this.dictationWordStore = dictationWordStore;
+        this.logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<string>> ReadOptionalWordsAsync(
+        MeetingAssistantOptions runOptions,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var timeout = runOptions.Recording.DictationWordsReadTimeout;
+        if (timeout <= TimeSpan.Zero)
+        {
+            return await ReadWithoutFallbackTimeoutAsync(runOptions, cancellationToken);
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            using var readCancellation = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
+            var readTask = dictationWordStore.ReadWordsAsync(runOptions, readCancellation.Token);
+            try
+            {
+                return await readTask.WaitAsync(timeout, cancellationToken);
+            }
+            catch (TimeoutException exception)
+            {
+                readCancellation.Cancel();
+                logger.LogWarning(
+                    exception,
+                    "Reading dictation words timed out after {Timeout}; recording will continue without dictation-word hints",
+                    timeout);
+                return [];
+            }
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            logger.LogWarning(
+                exception,
+                "Could not read dictation words; recording will continue without dictation-word hints");
+            return [];
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<IReadOnlyList<string>> ReadWithoutFallbackTimeoutAsync(
+        MeetingAssistantOptions runOptions,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return await dictationWordStore.ReadWordsAsync(runOptions, cancellationToken);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            logger.LogWarning(
+                exception,
+                "Could not read dictation words; recording will continue without dictation-word hints");
+            return [];
+        }
+    }
+}

MeetingAssistant/appsettings.json

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       "BackgroundMetadataLookupTimeout": "00:01:00",
       "MaxMetadataAttendeeImportCount": 30,
       "OpenMeetingNoteDelay": "00:00:01",
+      "DictationWordsReadTimeout": "00:00:02",
       "TemporaryRecordingsFolder": "%LOCALAPPDATA%\\MeetingAssistant\\Recordings",
       "InactivitySafeguard": {
         "Enabled": true,