diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 76144ac40..2473b9b9c 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -499,5 +499,8 @@
     <intent>
         <action android:name="android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE" />
     </intent>
+    <intent>
+      <action android:name="android.intent.action.TTS_SERVICE" />
+    </intent>
 </queries>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/WebxdcActivity.java b/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/WebxdcActivity.java
index cbcc12a19..ae70b54eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/WebxdcActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/WebxdcActivity.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Base64;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class WebxdcActivity extends WebViewActivity implements DcEventCenter.DcEventDelegate  {
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ public class WebxdcActivity extends WebViewActivity implements DcEventCenter.DcE
   private boolean internetAccess = false;
   private boolean hideActionBar = false;
 
+  private TextToSpeech tts;
+
   public static void openMaps(Context context, int chatId) {
     DcContext dcContext = DcHelper.getContext(context);
     int msgId = dcContext.initWebxdcIntegration(chatId);
@@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ public class WebxdcActivity extends WebViewActivity implements DcEventCenter.DcE
   protected void onCreate(Bundle state, boolean ready) {
     super.onCreate(state, ready);
     rpc = DcHelper.getRpc(this);
+    initTTS();
 
     Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras();
     hideActionBar = b.getBoolean(EXTRA_HIDE_ACTION_BAR, false);
@@ -270,6 +275,7 @@ public class WebxdcActivity extends WebViewActivity implements DcEventCenter.DcE
     lastOpenTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     DcHelper.getEventCenter(this.getApplicationContext()).removeObservers(this);
     leaveRealtimeChannel();
+    tts.shutdown();
     super.onDestroy();
   }
 
@@ -307,6 +313,14 @@ public class WebxdcActivity extends WebViewActivity implements DcEventCenter.DcE
     setScreenMode(newConfig);
   }
 
+  private void initTTS() {
+    tts = new TextToSpeech(this, new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void onInit(int status) {
+        Log.i(TAG, "TTS Init Status: " + status);
+      }
+    });
+  }
   private void setScreenMode(Configuration config) {
     // enter/exit fullscreen mode depending on orientation (landscape/portrait),
     // on tablets there is enough height so fullscreen mode is never enabled there
@@ -613,5 +627,12 @@ public class WebxdcActivity extends WebViewActivity implements DcEventCenter.DcE
         e.printStackTrace();
       }
     }
+
+    @JavascriptInterface
+    public void ttsSpeak(String text, String lang) {
+      tts.setLanguage(Locale.forLanguageTag(lang));
+      tts.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null, null);
+    }
+
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/res/raw/webxdc.js b/src/main/res/raw/webxdc.js
index a68bdda8e..2e9df2267 100644
--- a/src/main/res/raw/webxdc.js
+++ b/src/main/res/raw/webxdc.js
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
 window.webxdc = (() => {
+  // TTS
+  window.speechSynthesis = {
+    speak: (utterance) => {
+      InternalJSApi.ttsSpeak(utterance.text, utterance.lang);
+    },
+    getVoices: () => {
+      return [];
+    },
+  };
+  window.SpeechSynthesisUtterance = function (text) {
+    return {
+      text: text,
+      lang: "",
+      volume: 1,
+      rate: 1,
+      pitch: 1,
+    };
+  };
+
   let setUpdateListenerPromise = null;
   let update_listener = () => {};
   let last_serial = 0;