diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2cdb3e066..7495016c2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ add_library(neochat STATIC
     models/pollanswermodel.h
 )
 
+set_source_files_properties(qml/TextToSpeechWrapper.qml PROPERTIES
+    QT_QML_SINGLETON_TYPE TRUE
+)
+
 set_source_files_properties(qml/OsmLocationPlugin.qml PROPERTIES
     QT_QML_SINGLETON_TYPE TRUE
 )
@@ -260,6 +264,7 @@ ecm_add_qml_module(neochat URI org.kde.neochat GENERATE_PLUGIN_SOURCE
         qml/AvatarTabButton.qml
         qml/SpaceDrawer.qml
         qml/OsmLocationPlugin.qml
+        qml/TextToSpeechWrapper.qml
         qml/FullScreenMap.qml
         qml/LocationsPage.qml
         qml/LocationMapItem.qml
diff --git a/src/qml/Main.qml b/src/qml/Main.qml
index be493a58f..2635e82b5 100644
--- a/src/qml/Main.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Main.qml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
         NeoChatSettingsView.window = root;
         NeoChatSettingsView.connection = root.connection;
         WindowController.setBlur(pageStack, NeoChatConfig.blur && !NeoChatConfig.compactLayout);
+        TextToSpeechWrapper.warmUp();
         if (ShareHandler.text && root.connection) {
             root.handleShare()
         }
diff --git a/src/qml/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml b/src/qml/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml
index 54be17dac..a2b13cff6 100644
--- a/src/qml/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml
+++ b/src/qml/MessageDelegateContextMenu.qml
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Controls as QQC2
+import QtTextToSpeech
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami
+import org.kde.kirigamiaddons.components as KirigamiComponents
+import org.kde.kirigamiaddons.formcard as FormCard
+import org.kde.neochat
+
 import org.kde.kirigamiaddons.components as KirigamiComponents
 import org.kde.kirigamiaddons.formcard as FormCard
 
@@ -83,6 +88,13 @@ DelegateContextMenu {
             Clipboard.saveText("https://matrix.to/#/" + currentRoom.id + "/" + root.eventId);
         }
     }
+    QQC2.Action {
+        text: i18nc("@action:inmenu", "Read Text Aloud")
+        icon.name: "audio-speakers-symbolic"
+        onTriggered: {
+            TextToSpeechWrapper.say(i18nc("@info text-to-speech %1 is author %2 is message text", "%1 said %2", root.author.displayName, root.plainText))
+        }
+    }
     Kirigami.Action {
         separator: true
     }
diff --git a/src/qml/TextToSpeechWrapper.qml b/src/qml/TextToSpeechWrapper.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd4506e4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qml/TextToSpeechWrapper.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Ritchie Frodomar <alkalinethunder@gmail.com>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+pragma Singleton
+
+import QtQuick
+import QtTextToSpeech
+
+QtObject {
+    id: root
+
+    readonly property TextToSpeech tts: TextToSpeech {
+        id: tts
+    }
+
+    function warmUp() {
+        // TODO: This method is called on startup to avoid a UI freeze the first time you read a message aloud, but there's nothing for it to do.
+        // This would be a good place to check if TTS can actually be used.
+    }
+
+    function say(text: String) {
+        tts.say(text)
+    }
+}
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