From c70c4107f6a13b63c8541ec4ab33648c6f8e1e9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jackson Harper <jacksonh@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:25:35 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Delay speech preload so web loads faster

---
 .../App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift       | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
index b816f8987..1cb4aab3d 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
@@ -405,10 +405,14 @@ struct WebReaderContainerView: View {
             anchorIndex: Int(item.readingProgressAnchor),
             force: false
           )
-          Task {
-            await audioController.preload(itemIDs: [item.unwrappedID])
-          }
           viewModel.trackReadEvent(item: item)
+
+          // Wait 1.5s while loading the reader before attempting to preload the speech file
+          DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .milliseconds(1500)) {
+            Task {
+              await audioController.preload(itemIDs: [item.unwrappedID])
+            }
+          }
         }
         .confirmationDialog(linkToOpen?.absoluteString ?? "", isPresented: $displayLinkSheet,
                             titleVisibility: .visible) {