diff --git a/src/components/SpeakerButton/SpeakerButton.tsx b/src/components/SpeakerButton/SpeakerButton.tsx
index 4f7cf6e..25abfdb 100644
--- a/src/components/SpeakerButton/SpeakerButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SpeakerButton/SpeakerButton.tsx
@@ -5,179 +5,103 @@ interface SpeakerButtonProps {
   text: string;
 }
 
-// Liste bekannter männlicher Stimmen
-const MALE_VOICE_NAMES = [
-  'deutsch male', 'german male',
-  'markus', 'hans', 'stefan', 'klaus',
-  'microsoft stefan', 'microsoft markus',
-  'google deutsch männlich'
-];
+// Liste von bekannten männlichen Stimmen
+const MALE_VOICE_KEYWORDS = ['male', 'männlich', 'stefan', 'hans', 'michael', 'klaus'];
 
 export const SpeakerButton = ({ text }: SpeakerButtonProps) => {
   const [isPlaying, setIsPlaying] = useState(false);
   const [germanVoice, setGermanVoice] = useState<SpeechSynthesisVoice | null>(null);
-  const [isSupported, setIsSupported] = useState(false);
   const utteranceRef = useRef<SpeechSynthesisUtterance | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    // Prüfe ob Speech Synthesis unterstützt wird
-    if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && 'speechSynthesis' in window && 'SpeechSynthesisUtterance' in window) {
-      setIsSupported(true);
+    // Funktion zum Laden der deutschen Männerstimme
+    const loadGermanVoice = () => {
+      const voices = window.speechSynthesis.getVoices();
+      const germanVoices = voices.filter(voice => voice.lang.startsWith('de'));
       
-      const loadGermanVoice = () => {
-        try {
-          const voices = window.speechSynthesis.getVoices();
-          
-          // Filter für deutsche Stimmen
-          const germanVoices = voices.filter(voice => 
-            voice.lang.startsWith('de') || 
-            voice.lang.startsWith('de-DE')
-          );
-          
-          if (germanVoices.length > 0) {
-            // Suche nach männlicher Stimme
-            const maleVoice = germanVoices.find(voice => 
-              MALE_VOICE_NAMES.some(name => 
-                voice.name.toLowerCase().includes(name.toLowerCase())
-              )
-            );
-
-            // Versuche die beste Stimme zu finden
-            const selectedVoice = maleVoice || 
-              // Fallback: Versuche eine Stimme mit "Deutsch" im Namen zu finden
-              germanVoices.find(voice => voice.name.toLowerCase().includes('deutsch')) || 
-              // Sonst nimm die erste deutsche Stimme
-              germanVoices[0];
-            
-            console.log('Verfügbare deutsche Stimmen:', germanVoices.map(v => v.name).join(', '));
-            console.log('Gewählte Stimme:', selectedVoice.name);
-            
-            setGermanVoice(selectedVoice);
-          } else {
-            console.log('Keine deutsche Stimme gefunden');
-          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error('Fehler beim Laden der Stimmen:', error);
-        }
-      };
-
-      // Versuche Stimmen sofort zu laden
-      loadGermanVoice();
-
-      // Registriere Event-Listener für das Laden der Stimmen
-      if (window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged !== undefined) {
-        window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = loadGermanVoice;
+      if (germanVoices.length > 0) {
+        // Suche nach männlicher Stimme
+        const maleVoice = germanVoices.find(voice => 
+          MALE_VOICE_KEYWORDS.some(keyword => 
+            voice.name.toLowerCase().includes(keyword)
+          )
+        );
+
+        // Wenn keine explizit männliche Stimme gefunden wurde, 
+        // bevorzuge Microsoft oder Google Stimmen
+        const selectedVoice = maleVoice || germanVoices.find(
+          voice => voice.name.includes('Microsoft') || voice.name.includes('Google')
+        ) || germanVoices[0];
+        
+        setGermanVoice(selectedVoice);
+        console.log('Selected German voice:', selectedVoice.name);
       }
+    };
 
-      return () => {
-        try {
-          window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
-          if (window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged !== undefined) {
-            window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = null;
-          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error('Fehler beim Cleanup:', error);
-        }
-      };
-    } else {
-      console.log('Speech Synthesis wird nicht unterstützt');
-    }
+    // Lade Stimmen initial und wenn sie sich ändern
+    loadGermanVoice();
+    window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = loadGermanVoice;
+
+    // Cleanup
+    return () => {
+      window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
+      window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = null;
+    };
   }, []);
 
-  const handlePlay = () => {
-    if (!isSupported || !germanVoice) {
-      setIsPlaying(!isPlaying);
-      setTimeout(() => setIsPlaying(false), 500);
+  const speak = () => {
+    if (!window.speechSynthesis) {
+      console.error('Speech synthesis not supported');
       return;
     }
 
-    try {
-      // Stoppe vorherige Wiedergabe
-      if (isPlaying) {
-        window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
-        setIsPlaying(false);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      // Text in Sätze aufteilen für natürlichere Pausen
-      const sentences = text.match(/[^.!?]+[.!?]+/g) || [text];
-      let currentSentence = 0;
-
-      const speakSentence = (sentence: string) => {
-        try {
-          const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(sentence.trim());
-          utterance.voice = germanVoice;
-          
-          // Optimierte Einstellungen für männlichere Stimme
-          utterance.rate = 0.85;    // Etwas langsamer
-          utterance.pitch = 0.8;    // Tiefere Stimme
-          utterance.volume = 1.0;   // Volle Lautstärke
-
-          utterance.onstart = () => setIsPlaying(true);
-          utterance.onend = () => {
-            currentSentence++;
-            if (currentSentence < sentences.length) {
-              // Kurze Pause zwischen Sätzen
-              setTimeout(() => {
-                speakSentence(sentences[currentSentence]);
-              }, 300);
-            } else {
-              setIsPlaying(false);
-            }
-          };
+    // Stoppe vorherige Sprachausgabe
+    window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
+
+    const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
+    utterance.lang = 'de-DE';
+    utterance.rate = 0.9;  // 10% langsamer für bessere Verständlichkeit
+    utterance.pitch = 0.6; // Leicht tiefere Stimme (0-2, normal ist 1.0)
+    utterance.volume = 1.0; // Maximale Lautstärke
+    
+    if (germanVoice) {
+      utterance.voice = germanVoice;
+    }
 
-          utterance.onerror = (event) => {
-            console.error('Fehler bei der Sprachausgabe:', event);
-            setIsPlaying(false);
-          };
+    utterance.onstart = () => setIsPlaying(true);
+    utterance.onend = () => setIsPlaying(false);
+    utterance.onerror = (event) => {
+      console.error('Speech synthesis error:', event);
+      setIsPlaying(false);
+    };
 
-          utteranceRef.current = utterance;
-          window.speechSynthesis.speak(utterance);
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error('Fehler beim Sprechen eines Satzes:', error);
-          setIsPlaying(false);
-        }
-      };
+    utteranceRef.current = utterance;
+    window.speechSynthesis.speak(utterance);
+  };
 
-      speakSentence(sentences[0]);
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Fehler beim Starten der Sprachausgabe:', error);
-      setIsPlaying(false);
-    }
+  const stopSpeaking = () => {
+    window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
+    setIsPlaying(false);
   };
 
   return (
     <div className="speaker-controls">
       <button 
-        className={`speaker-button ${isPlaying ? 'playing' : ''} ${!isSupported || !germanVoice ? 'unsupported' : ''}`}
-        onClick={handlePlay}
+        className={`speaker-button ${isPlaying ? 'playing' : ''}`}
+        onClick={isPlaying ? stopSpeaking : speak}
         aria-label={isPlaying ? 'Stoppe Vorlesen' : 'Text vorlesen'}
-        title={!isSupported || !germanVoice ? 'Sprachausgabe nicht verfügbar' : (isPlaying ? 'Stoppe Vorlesen' : 'Text vorlesen')}
+        title={isPlaying ? 'Stoppe Vorlesen' : 'Text vorlesen'}
       >
-        <svg 
-          viewBox="0 0 24 24" 
-          fill="none" 
-          stroke="currentColor" 
-          strokeWidth="2"
-          strokeLinecap="round" 
-          strokeLinejoin="round"
-        >
-          {isPlaying ? (
-            // Pause Icon
-            <>
-              <line x1="6" y1="4" x2="6" y2="20" />
-              <line x1="18" y1="4" x2="18" y2="20" />
-            </>
-          ) : (
-            // Speaker Icon
-            <>
-              <polygon points="11 5 6 9 2 9 2 15 6 15 11 19 11 5" />
-              <path d="M15.54 8.46a5 5 0 0 1 0 7.07" />
-              <path d="M19.07 4.93a10 10 0 0 1 0 14.14" />
-            </>
-          )}
-        </svg>
+        {isPlaying ? (
+          <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+            <path d="M6 4h4v16H6zm8 0h4v16h-4z"/>
+          </svg>
+        ) : (
+          <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+            <path d="M3 9v6h4l5 5V4L7 9H3zm13.5 3c0-1.77-1.02-3.29-2.5-4.03v8.05c1.48-.73 2.5-2.25 2.5-4.02zM14 3.23v2.06c2.89.86 5 3.54 5 6.71s-2.11 5.85-5 6.71v2.06c4.01-.91 7-4.49 7-8.77s-2.99-7.86-7-8.77z"/>
+          </svg>
+        )}
       </button>
     </div>
   );
-};
+};
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