read command with timeout for non-terminal input in bash

The read command in bash is used for user input. Option -t N invokes the timeout of N seconds. But, as mentioned in the man page,

This option has no effect if read is not reading input from the terminal or from a pipe.

But this is exactly what I need - I need a script that is launched via desktop shortcut (not from terminal), and should wait another second for a single key to decide further actions. How can I make bash script wait a bit for user input in this case?

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Use timeout command before the read command.

Syntax:timeout [OPTION] NUMBER[SUFFIX] COMMAND [ARG]...

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