diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index b01aa2e04..43de0c925 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ export const ADSENSE_CLIENT = 'ca-pub-7162313874228987';
 
 export const ADD_SLOT_SETTINGS_TOP = '5250438005';
 
-export const IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE = /iPad|iPhone|iPod|Mac/.test(
-  navigator.userAgent
-);
+const userAgent = navigator.userAgent;
+
+export const IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE = /iPad|iPhone|iPod|Mac/.test(userAgent);
+
+export const IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE_TOUCH =
+  IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE && 'ontouchend' in document;
+
+export const IS_BROWSING_FROM_SAFARI =
+  userAgent.indexOf('Safari') > -1 &&
+  userAgent.indexOf('Chrome') === -1 &&
+  !navigator.userAgent.match(/crios/i) &&
+  !navigator.userAgent.match(/fxios/i) &&
+  !navigator.userAgent.match(/Opera|OPT\//);
diff --git a/src/providers/SpeechProvider/tts.js b/src/providers/SpeechProvider/tts.js
index f847c2f22..3568e48ad 100644
--- a/src/providers/SpeechProvider/tts.js
+++ b/src/providers/SpeechProvider/tts.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import API from '../../api';
 import {
   AZURE_SPEECH_SERVICE_REGION,
   AZURE_SPEECH_SUBSCR_KEY,
-  IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE
+  IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE,
+  IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE_TOUCH,
+  IS_BROWSING_FROM_SAFARI
 } from '../../constants';
 import { getStore } from '../../store';
 
@@ -267,7 +269,8 @@ const tts = {
           msg.rate = rate;
           msg.volume = volume;
           msg.onend = onend;
-          synth.cancel();
+          if (IS_BROWSING_FROM_SAFARI || IS_BROWSING_FROM_APPLE_TOUCH)
+            synth.cancel();
           synth.speak(msg);
         }
       }