USB speakers chop off the first bit of some playback. For instance "How may I assist you" sounds like "may I assist you".
One suggested solution is to keep the volume low as a workaround. But in the past I have had more success with other audio player libraries in other "speech projects". For instance, vlc libraries or calling the os to run "ffplay".
I believe that this is due to the latest Raspian coming with Pipewire and PulseAudio rather than the old ALSA.
USB speakers chop off the first bit of some playback. For instance "How may I assist you" sounds like "may I assist you". One suggested solution is to keep the volume low as a workaround. But in the past I have had more success with other audio player libraries in other "speech projects". For instance, vlc libraries or calling the os to run "ffplay". I believe that this is due to the latest Raspian coming with Pipewire and PulseAudio rather than the old ALSA.