From 81aa414d2e511f8dd2a9765535eeb23b6fca06fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gigi <dergigi@pm.me>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:03:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tts): apply speed changes immediately during playback

---
 src/hooks/useTextToSpeech.ts | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useTextToSpeech.ts b/src/hooks/useTextToSpeech.ts
index 02434175..e5a29cf8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useTextToSpeech.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useTextToSpeech.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ export function useTextToSpeech(options: UseTTSOptions = {}): UseTTS {
     }
   }, [supported, synth])
 
+  // Update rate in real-time if utterance is playing
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!supported || !utteranceRef.current || !synth!.speaking) return
+    utteranceRef.current.rate = rate
+  }, [rate, supported, synth])
+
   // stop TTS when unmounting
   useEffect(() => stop, [stop])