diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts
index b75265743..c0327ab63 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/textToSpeech.ts
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ export const synthesizeTextToSpeech = async (
         })
         logger.debug(`synthesizing ${ssml}`)
         const result = await speakSsmlAsyncPromise(ssml)
-        if (result.reason === ResultReason.Canceled) {
-          synthesizer.close()
-          throw new Error(result.errorDetails)
-        }
+        // if (result.reason === ResultReason.Canceled) {
+        //   synthesizer.close()
+        //   throw new Error(result.errorDetails)
+        // }
         timeOffset = timeOffset + result.audioDuration
         // characterOffset = characterOffset + htmlElement.innerText.length
       }