HTML5 Audio tag on Safari has a delay

Question

I\'m trying to accomplish a simple doodle-like behaviour, where a mp3/ogg sound rings on click, using the html tag. It is supposed to work under Firefox, Safari and Safari

Answer 1

I just answered another iOS/ question a few minutes ago. Seems to apply here as well:

Preloading and on iOS devices is disabled to save bandwidth.

In Safari on iOS (for all devices, including iPad), where the user may be on a cellular network and be charged per data unit, preload and autoplay are disabled. No data is loaded until the user initiates it.

Source: Safari Developer Library