diff --git a/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx b/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx
index 1644c77..893ca1f 100644
--- a/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { useMediaSession } from '@/hooks/audio/useMediaSession';
 import { useAudioContext } from '@/hooks/audio/useAudioContext';
 import { getLastDocumentLocation, setLastDocumentLocation } from '@/lib/dexie';
 import { useBackgroundState } from '@/hooks/audio/useBackgroundState';
+import { useWakeLock } from '@/hooks/audio/useWakeLock';
 import { withRetry, generateTTS, alignAudio } from '@/lib/client';
 import { preprocessSentenceForAudio, splitTextToTtsBlocks, splitTextToTtsBlocksEPUB } from '@/lib/nlp';
 import { isKokoroModel } from '@/utils/voice';
@@ -1144,6 +1145,9 @@ export function TTSProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }): ReactElement
     playAudio,
   });
 
+  // Prevent screen from sleeping during audio playback (mobile Safari)
+  useWakeLock(isPlaying);
+
   // Track the current word index during playback using Howler's seek position
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!activeHowl || !isPlaying || !currentSentenceAlignment || !currentSentenceAlignment.words.length) {
diff --git a/src/hooks/audio/useWakeLock.ts b/src/hooks/audio/useWakeLock.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61fca31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/audio/useWakeLock.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+
+/**
+ * Requests a screen wake lock to prevent the display from sleeping
+ * during audio playback. Automatically re-acquires the lock when the
+ * page regains visibility (Safari releases it on visibility change).
+ */
+export function useWakeLock(isPlaying: boolean) {
+  const wakeLockRef = useRef<WakeLockSentinel | null>(null);
+
+  const requestWakeLock = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!('wakeLock' in navigator)) return;
+
+    try {
+      wakeLockRef.current = await navigator.wakeLock.request('screen');
+      wakeLockRef.current.addEventListener('release', () => {
+        wakeLockRef.current = null;
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Wake lock request can fail (e.g. low battery mode)
+      console.warn('Wake lock request failed:', err);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const releaseWakeLock = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (wakeLockRef.current) {
+      try {
+        await wakeLockRef.current.release();
+      } catch {
+        // Ignore release errors
+      }
+      wakeLockRef.current = null;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  // Acquire/release based on playback state
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isPlaying) {
+      requestWakeLock();
+    } else {
+      releaseWakeLock();
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      releaseWakeLock();
+    };
+  }, [isPlaying, requestWakeLock, releaseWakeLock]);
+
+  // Re-acquire wake lock when page becomes visible again
+  // (Safari releases wake locks when the page is hidden)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleVisibilityChange = () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible' && isPlaying) {
+        requestWakeLock();
+      }
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', handleVisibilityChange);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', handleVisibilityChange);
+    };
+  }, [isPlaying, requestWakeLock]);
+}