diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/ui/book/read/TextActionMenu.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/ui/book/read/TextActionMenu.kt
index 361c7c014..5c8d1d214 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/ui/book/read/TextActionMenu.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/ui/book/read/TextActionMenu.kt
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ class TextActionMenu(private val context: Context, private val callBack: CallBac
 
     @SuppressLint("SetJavaScriptEnabled")
     private fun readAloud(text: String) {
+        lastText = text
         if (textToSpeech == null) {
-            lastText = text
             textToSpeech = TextToSpeech(context, this)
             return
         }