diff --git a/src/tts/tts-core.ts b/src/tts/tts-core.ts
index 4472b1e38af..4ce8681c470 100644
--- a/src/tts/tts-core.ts
+++ b/src/tts/tts-core.ts
@@ -704,10 +704,6 @@ export async function edgeTTS(params: {
 }): Promise<void> {
   const { text, outputPath, config, timeoutMs } = params;
 
-  if (!text || text.trim().length === 0) {
-    throw new Error("TTS text cannot be empty");
-  }
-
   const tts = new EdgeTTS({
     voice: config.voice,
     lang: config.lang,
@@ -720,16 +716,18 @@ export async function edgeTTS(params: {
     timeout: config.timeoutMs ?? timeoutMs,
   });
 
-  await tts.ttsPromise(text, outputPath);
-
-  let { size } = statSync(outputPath);
-
-  if (size === 0) {
+  if (text && text.trim().length > 0) {
     await tts.ttsPromise(text, outputPath);
-    ({ size } = statSync(outputPath));
+
+    let { size } = statSync(outputPath);
 
     if (size === 0) {
-      throw new Error("Edge TTS produced empty audio file after retry");
+      await tts.ttsPromise(text, outputPath);
+      ({ size } = statSync(outputPath));
+
+      if (size === 0) {
+        throw new Error("Edge TTS produced empty audio file after retry");
+      }
     }
   }
 }