diff --git a/speech.py b/speech.py
index bfbd5e8..0ea970e 100755
--- a/speech.py
+++ b/speech.py
@@ -519,16 +519,13 @@ def preprocess(raw_input):
 def simple_sentence_split(text: str, max_length: int = 500) -> list[str]:
     """Split text into sentences for streaming TTS.
 
-    Splits on sentence boundaries (.!?) for immediate streaming.
-    Only combines very short sentences (< 50 chars) with the next one.
+    Splits on every sentence boundary (.!?) for immediate streaming.
     Long sentences exceeding max_length are split at word boundaries.
     """
     # Split on sentence boundaries, keeping the punctuation
     parts = re.split(r'([.!?]+\s*)', text)
 
     result = []
-    current = ""
-
     for i in range(0, len(parts), 2):
         sentence = parts[i].strip()
         punct = parts[i+1] if i+1 < len(parts) else ""
@@ -536,21 +533,9 @@ def simple_sentence_split(text: str, max_length: int = 500) -> list[str]:
         if not sentence:
             continue
 
-        full_sentence = sentence + punct
-
-        # If sentence is very short, combine with current buffer
-        if len(full_sentence) < 50 and current:
-            current += " " + full_sentence
-        elif current:
-            # Save buffered content and start fresh
-            result.append(current.strip())
-            current = full_sentence
-        else:
-            current = full_sentence
-
-    # Add remaining text
-    if current.strip():
-        result.append(current.strip())
+        full_sentence = (sentence + punct).strip()
+        if full_sentence:
+            result.append(full_sentence)
 
     # Split any sentences that exceed max_length at word boundaries
     final_result = []