proposed fix for #846

js/toolbar/VoicingToolbarItem.ts

@@ -185,12 +185,15 @@ class LabelButtonRow {
       if ( endedUtterance === this.objectResponseUtterance ) {
         this.playingProperty.set( false );
 
-        // clear the voicingUtteranceQueue because stale alerts may have collected while the quick info button announced
-        voicingUtteranceQueue.clear();
-
         // Remove if listener wasn't interrupted by Display input.
         if ( Display.inputListeners.includes( displayListener ) ) {
           Display.removeInputListener( displayListener );
+
+          // Stale alerts may be in the queue waiting for the toolbar button content to finish. Only clear if we did not
+          // receive an interruption event because we need to hear responses related to the users interaction
+          // which is likely still in the queue. Note that means that the queue is not cleared if the user taps the
+          // screen without interacting with something but I (@jessegreenberg) think that is acceptable.
+          voicingUtteranceQueue.clear();
         }
       }
     } );