i saw previous posts addressing the topic but never found any solutions, it’s basically the title, which is that TTS is slower on Mac compared to iOS even though the settings are the same. Is there a way to use specific settings for each platform? the following plays normal speed on iOS but is super…

I tried but was not able to reproduce the behavior on my devices, using the Apple_Samantha voice. Instead, the voices played at the same speed on both of my devices, as expected. Mac: macOS Tahoe 26.5.1, Anki 26.05b2 iPhone: iOS 26.5, AnkiMobile 25.09 Text field: Testing TTS {{c1::cloze}} functio…

This probably differs between iOS versions. What’s your version @revilingjet ? [image] iOS tts speed slower than MacOS tts speed Help I’m currently using the AnKing note type which has tts speed set to 1.5 that I set in the add-on menu. This is the preferred sp…

(Deleted brainstorming involving two solutions that don’t work to avoid causing confusion. See the working addon-based solution below.)

I found a way you can have different speed settings on iOS and on your Mac. You can make the default speed correct for iOS (because you can’t use Anki addons on iOS), and then on Mac use an addon to modify the speed setting for your {{tts:: }} field. Here is a very simple version of an addon that w…

Difference in TTS speed Mac vs iOS

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abdo June 5, 2026, 7:39pm 3

This probably differs between iOS versions. What’s your version @revilingjet?

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Difference in TTS speed Mac vs iOS

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