diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 0964961..eaf01ad 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tauri-plugin-fs",
  "tauri-plugin-keep-screen-on",
  "tauri-plugin-log",
+ "tauri-plugin-tts",
  "tauri-plugin-upload",
 ]
 
@@ -3875,6 +3876,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tauri-plugin-tts"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/httpjamesm/tauri-plugin-tts.git#90360c9665a1c1337ed658fcdeccc87053cb1dda"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "tauri",
+ "tauri-build",
+ "tauri-plugin",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-plugin-upload"
 version = "2.3.1"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index dbbd005..ab4fd20 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ tauri-plugin-log = "2"
 tauri-plugin-keep-screen-on = "0.1.2"
 tauri-plugin-upload = "2"
 tauri-plugin-fs = "2"
+tauri-plugin-tts = { git = "https://github.com/httpjamesm/tauri-plugin-tts.git" }
diff --git a/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json b/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
index 7159139..5227356 100644
--- a/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
+++ b/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         }
       ]
     },
-		"upload:allow-download"
+		"upload:allow-download",
+    "tts:allow-speak"
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 233441b..ef0f088 100644
--- a/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
     <!-- AndroidTV support -->
     <uses-feature android:name="android.software.leanback" android:required="false" />
 
+    <queries>
+        <intent>
+            <action android:name="android.intent.action.TTS_SERVICE" />
+        </intent>
+    </queries>
+
     <application
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 6700075..2e74354 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub fn run() {
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_fs::init())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_upload::init())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_keep_screen_on::init())
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_tts::init())
         .setup(|app| {
             if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
                 app.handle().plugin(
diff --git a/src/lib/services/navigation/TTS.ts b/src/lib/services/navigation/TTS.ts
index ccd3ba1..03d9940 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/navigation/TTS.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/navigation/TTS.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-import type { TextToSpeechPlugin } from "@capacitor-community/text-to-speech";
-import { Capacitor } from "@capacitor/core";
 import { duck, unduck } from "tauri-plugin-duck-api";
+import { invoke } from "@tauri-apps/api/core";
 
-export let tts: TextToSpeechPlugin | "web" | null = null;
+export let tts: "tauri" | "web" | null = null;
 
 export async function initTTS() {
-	if (Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) {
-		console.log("Using Capacitor TTS");
-		tts = (await import("@capacitor-community/text-to-speech")).TextToSpeech;
+	if (window.__TAURI__) {
+		console.log("Using Tauri TTS");
+		tts = "tauri";
 	} else {
 		console.log("Using Web TTS");
 		tts = "web";
@@ -24,10 +23,7 @@ export default async function say(text: string) {
 	duck();
 	if (tts !== "web") {
 		try {
-			await tts?.speak({
-				text: text,
-				lang: "deu-default", // TODO: make this configurable
-			});
+			await invoke("plugin:tts|speak", { text })
 		} catch (e) {
 			console.error("Error speaking text", e);
 			alert(e);