diff --git a/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts b/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts
index fcce11d39e72..451fa820f4b6 100644
--- a/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts
+++ b/ui/@types/lichess/index.d.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ interface QuestionOpts {
 
 type SoundMoveOpts = {
   name?: string; // either provide this or valid san/uci
-  san?: string;
+  lazySan: () => string | undefined;
   uci?: string;
   volume?: number;
 };
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ interface SoundI {
   setVolume(v: number): void;
   speech(v?: boolean): boolean;
   changeSet(s: string): void;
-  say(text: string, cut?: boolean, force?: boolean, translated?: boolean): boolean;
-  saySan(san?: San, cut?: boolean, force?: boolean): void;
-  sayOrPlay(name: string, text: string): void;
+  say(lazyText: () => string, cut?: boolean, force?: boolean, translated?: boolean): boolean;
+  saySan(lazySan: () => San | undefined, cut?: boolean, force?: boolean): void;
+  sayOrPlay(name: string, lazyText: () => string): void;
   preloadBoardSounds(): void;
   url(name: string): string;
 }
diff --git a/ui/analyse/src/ctrl.ts b/ui/analyse/src/ctrl.ts
index 55bdc2eaafa3..91012d6c0fae 100644
--- a/ui/analyse/src/ctrl.ts
+++ b/ui/analyse/src/ctrl.ts
@@ -402,11 +402,15 @@ export default class AnalyseCtrl {
     this.setPath(path);
     if (pathChanged) {
       if (this.study) this.study.setPath(path, this.node);
-      if (isForwardStep) site.sound.move(this.node);
+      if (isForwardStep)
+        site.sound.move({
+          uci: this.node.uci,
+          lazySan: () => this.node.san,
+        });
       this.threatMode(false);
       this.ceval?.stop();
       this.startCeval();
-      site.sound.saySan(this.node.san, true);
+      site.sound.saySan(() => this.node.san, true);
     }
     this.justPlayed = this.justDropped = this.justCaptured = undefined;
     this.explorer.setNode();
diff --git a/ui/dasher/src/sound.ts b/ui/dasher/src/sound.ts
index bb5015fc9a1c..7699b7f44d88 100644
--- a/ui/dasher/src/sound.ts
+++ b/ui/dasher/src/sound.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class SoundCtrl extends PaneCtrl {
     if (site.sound.speech()) {
       site.sound.changeSet('standard');
       this.postSet('standard');
-      site.sound.say('Speech synthesis ready');
+      site.sound.say(() => 'Speech synthesis ready');
     } else {
       site.sound.changeSet(k);
       site.sound.play('genericNotify');
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ export class SoundCtrl extends PaneCtrl {
   private volume = (v: number) => {
     site.sound.setVolume(v);
     // plays a move sound if speech is off
-    site.sound.sayOrPlay('move', 'knight F 7');
+    site.sound.sayOrPlay('move', () => 'knight F 7');
   };
 }
diff --git a/ui/puzzle/src/ctrl.ts b/ui/puzzle/src/ctrl.ts
index 57357062870b..5fff2db46aff 100755
--- a/ui/puzzle/src/ctrl.ts
+++ b/ui/puzzle/src/ctrl.ts
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export default class PuzzleCtrl implements ParentCtrl {
 
     const progress = moveTest(this);
     this.setAutoShapes();
-    if (progress === 'fail') site.sound.say('incorrect');
+    if (progress === 'fail') site.sound.say(() => 'incorrect');
     if (progress) this.applyProgress(progress);
     this.reorderChildren(path);
     this.redraw();
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ export default class PuzzleCtrl implements ParentCtrl {
       this.round = res.round;
       if (res.round?.ratingDiff) this.session.setRatingDiff(this.data.puzzle.id, res.round.ratingDiff);
     }
-    if (win) site.sound.say('Success!');
+    if (win) site.sound.say(() => 'Success!');
     if (next) {
       this.next.resolve(this.data.replay && res.replayComplete ? this.data.replay : next);
       if (this.streak && win) this.streak.onComplete(true, res.next);
@@ -562,8 +562,11 @@ export default class PuzzleCtrl implements ParentCtrl {
     this.withGround(this.showGround);
     if (pathChanged) {
       if (isForwardStep) {
-        site.sound.saySan(this.node.san);
-        site.sound.move(this.node);
+        site.sound.saySan(() => this.node.san);
+        site.sound.move({
+          uci: this.node.uci,
+          lazySan: () => this.node.san,
+        });
       }
       this.threatMode(false);
       this.ceval.stop();
diff --git a/ui/round/src/clock/clockCtrl.ts b/ui/round/src/clock/clockCtrl.ts
index 9439d98841cd..409dc5c413c4 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/clock/clockCtrl.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/clock/clockCtrl.ts
@@ -170,22 +170,22 @@ export class ClockController {
 
   isRunning = (): boolean => this.times.activeColor !== undefined;
 
-  speak = (): void => {
-    const msgs = ['white', 'black'].map(color => {
-      const time = this.millisOf(color as Color);
-      const date = new Date(time);
-      const msg =
-        (time >= 3600000 ? simplePlural(Math.floor(time / 3600000), 'hour') : '') +
-        ' ' +
-        simplePlural(date.getUTCMinutes(), 'minute') +
-        ' ' +
-        simplePlural(date.getUTCSeconds(), 'second');
-      return `${color} ${msg}`;
-    });
-    site.sound.say(msgs.join('. '));
-  };
+  speak = (): boolean =>
+    site.sound.say(() =>
+      ['white', 'black']
+        .map(color => {
+          const time = this.millisOf(color as Color);
+          const date = new Date(time);
+          const msg =
+            (time >= 3600000 ? naivePlural(Math.floor(time / 3600000), 'hour') : '') +
+            ' ' +
+            naivePlural(date.getUTCMinutes(), 'minute') +
+            ' ' +
+            naivePlural(date.getUTCSeconds(), 'second');
+          return `${color} ${msg}`;
+        })
+        .join('. '),
+    );
 }
 
-function simplePlural(nb: number, word: string) {
-  return `${nb} ${word}${nb !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
-}
+const naivePlural = (nb: number, word: string) => `${nb} ${word}${nb !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
diff --git a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
index 5da7a1c1d418..20a18f4fddd6 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
@@ -174,11 +174,13 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
       atomic.capture(this, dest);
       return;
     }
-    const fen = this.ply === 0 ? this.data.game.fen : this.stepAt(this.ply - 1).fen;
-    const san = sanOf(readFen(fen), orig + dest);
+    const lazySan = () => {
+      const fen = this.ply === 0 ? this.data.game.fen : this.stepAt(this.ply - 1).fen;
+      return sanOf(readFen(fen), orig + dest);
+    };
 
-    site.sound.move({ san, uci: orig + dest });
-    site.sound.saySan(san);
+    site.sound.move({ lazySan, uci: orig + dest });
+    site.sound.saySan(lazySan);
   };
 
   private startPromotion = (orig: Key, dest: Key, meta: MoveMetadata) =>
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
   userJump = (ply: Ply): void => {
     this.toSubmit = undefined;
     this.chessground.selectSquare(null);
-    if (ply != this.ply && this.jump(ply)) site.sound.saySan(this.stepAt(this.ply).san, true);
+    if (ply != this.ply && this.jump(ply)) site.sound.saySan(() => this.stepAt(this.ply).san, true);
     else this.redraw();
   };
 
@@ -262,7 +264,11 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
       };
     this.chessground.cancelPremove();
     this.chessground.set(config);
-    if (s.san && isForwardStep) site.sound.move(s);
+    if (s.san && isForwardStep)
+      site.sound.move({
+        uci: s.uci,
+        lazySan: () => s.san,
+      });
     this.autoScroll();
     this.pluginUpdate(s.fen);
     pubsub.emit('ply', ply);
@@ -346,7 +352,7 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
 
     if (!meta.preConfirmed && this.confirmMoveToggle() && !meta.premove) {
       if (site.sound.speech()) {
-        const spoken = `${speakable(sanOf(readFen(this.stepAt(this.ply).fen), move.u))}. confirm?`;
+        const spoken = () => `${speakable(sanOf(readFen(this.stepAt(this.ply).fen), move.u))}. confirm?`;
         site.sound.say(spoken, false, true);
       }
       this.toSubmit = move;
@@ -582,8 +588,8 @@ export default class RoundController implements MoveRootCtrl {
     this.onChange();
     if (d.tv) setTimeout(site.reload, 10000);
     wakeLock.release();
-    if (this.data.game.status.name === 'started') site.sound.saySan(this.stepAt(this.ply).san, false);
-    else site.sound.say(viewStatus(this), false, false, true);
+    if (this.data.game.status.name === 'started') site.sound.saySan(() => this.stepAt(this.ply).san, false);
+    else site.sound.say(() => viewStatus(this), false, false, true);
   };
 
   challengeRematch = async (): Promise<void> => {
diff --git a/ui/site/src/sound.ts b/ui/site/src/sound.ts
index 028b4b38c225..a94a84e33b9f 100644
--- a/ui/site/src/sound.ts
+++ b/ui/site/src/sound.ts
@@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ export default new (class implements SoundI {
     return this.speechStorage.get();
   };
 
-  say = (text: string, cut = false, force = false, translated = false) => {
+  say = (lazyText: () => string, cut = false, force = false, translated = false) => {
     if (typeof window.speechSynthesis === 'undefined') return false;
     try {
       if (cut) speechSynthesis.cancel();
       if (!this.speech() && !force) return false;
+      const text = lazyText();
       const msg = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
       msg.volume = this.getVolume();
       msg.lang = translated ? document.documentElement.lang : 'en-US';
@@ -157,9 +158,10 @@ export default new (class implements SoundI {
     }
   };
 
-  saySan = (san?: San, cut?: boolean, force?: boolean) => this.say(speakable(san), cut, force);
+  saySan = (lazySan: () => San | undefined, cut?: boolean, force?: boolean) =>
+    this.say(() => speakable(lazySan()), cut, force);
 
-  sayOrPlay = (name: string, text: string) => this.say(text) || this.play(name);
+  sayOrPlay = (name: string, lazyText: () => string) => this.say(lazyText) || this.play(name);
 
   changeSet = (s: string) => {
     if (isIos()) this.ctx?.resume();