Sudden ~1sec AwesomeTTS delay

Hi,

Anki (both on android and the windows version) suddenly started introducing a ~1sec delay before reading anything out loud with awesomeTTS. It does not seem to be a direct awesomeTTS problem, if I hit the “replay” button directly, the reading starts instantly - only perhaps if it is a caching issue?
This extra delay started happening a day or two ago, really fresh.
This is the relevant code part calling the TTS read-aloud:

{{FrontSide}}
{{tts ja_JP voices=AwesomeTTS:Japanese}}
{{tts ja_JP voices=AwesomeTTS:Sentence}}

Is there a setting where anki waits before executing the tts lines or sth? Are others experiencing the same thing? It really does not break the app, but it is really bugging me.

I really appreciate your help in advance!
Peter

What version of anki are you on? Unless it’s nightly, the issue could lie somewhere else

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