NovatraX/exam-countdown-extension

[Feature]: Add an alarm to the Pomodoro Timer

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#49 opened on Oct 12, 2025

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Description

Problem/Use Case

An alarm for the timer is very useful in time boundary, while using a longer duration timer student won't be able to know if the timer has completed or already running unless they see it themselves - which could result in losing hence becomes unproductive. An alarm will produce sound to let the student know that the time is up.

Proposed Solution

I have been working on the pomodoro timer itself so I'll integrate an alarm to produce sound, we can also scale this by adding multiple sounds. The student can select/set among the list of sounds, they'll also be able to toggle "liked" sounds for the alarm. A content delivery network(CDN) would be a good choice.

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  • I have searched for similar feature requests and couldn't find any.
  • This feature would benefit other users as well.

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Research direction
Look at the current timer implementation in the codebase, specifically the timer completion logic. Then add an alarm sound feature using Web Audio API or an HTML audio element. Consider adding a settings UI for selecting and toggling alarm sounds.
Tech stack
javascripthtmlcss
Domain
frontendweb dev
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Feature
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2
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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70