accessibility: improve screen reader support for audio scrubber - #7918
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This PR addresses the excessive screen reader verbosity issue when playing audio messages in Signal Desktop.
Fixes #7745
Issues Addressed & Steps to Replicate
isPlayingprop to track active playback. TheWaveformScrubbernow only updatesaria-valuenowandaria-valuetextwhen the audio is paused/stopped or when the user actively interacts with the scrub controls.Test approach