diff --git a/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html b/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html
index f15cdff..821c91d 100644
--- a/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html
+++ b/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
       <div><label>Temperature</label><input id="temp" type="number" step="0.05" value="1"></div>
       <div><label>Max tokens</label><input id="max" type="number" step="1" value="1024"></div>
     </div>
-    <div class="hint">Settings persist locally. No <code>tools</code> field is ever sent. Reasoning models show their <code>reasoning_content</code> above the answer.</div>
+    <label style="margin-top:.5rem">🔊 mOrpheus voice (quoted text)</label>
+    <label class="hint" style="display:flex;gap:.45rem;align-items:center;margin:.15rem 0"><input id="ttsOn" type="checkbox" style="width:auto"> Auto-play quoted dialogue</label>
+    <input id="ttsUrl" placeholder="http://10.100.79.3:8299/tts">
+    <input id="ttsVoice" placeholder="baddy">
+    <div class="hint">Settings persist locally. No <code>tools</code> field is ever sent. Reasoning models show their <code>reasoning_content</code> above the answer. With 🔊 on, quoted text in each reply auto-plays via mOrpheus (irv-ml1, internal).</div>
   </aside>
   <main id="main">
     <div id="log"></div>
@@ -81,10 +85,15 @@
   </main>
 <script>
 const $ = id => document.getElementById(id);
-const cfg = ['base','key','model','sys','temp','max'];
+const cfg = ['base','key','model','sys','temp','max','ttsUrl','ttsVoice'];
 cfg.forEach(k => { const v = localStorage.getItem('gc_'+k); if (v !== null) $(k).value = v; });
 if (!$('base').value) $('base').value = 'http://10.250.50.70:4000/v1';
+if (!$('ttsUrl').value) $('ttsUrl').value = 'http://10.100.79.3:8299/tts';
+if (!$('ttsVoice').value) $('ttsVoice').value = 'baddy';
 cfg.forEach(k => $(k).addEventListener('input', e => localStorage.setItem('gc_'+k, e.target.value)));
+// 🔊 auto-play toggle is a checkbox (persist .checked)
+$('ttsOn').checked = localStorage.getItem('gc_ttsOn') === '1';
+$('ttsOn').addEventListener('change', e => localStorage.setItem('gc_ttsOn', e.target.checked ? '1' : '0'));
 
 let history = [];            // [{role, content}]  content = string | multimodal array
 let attached = null;         // { url:dataURL, name } staged for the NEXT message
@@ -135,6 +144,35 @@ function addMsg(who, cls){
 }
 function showErr(text){ const m = addMsg('error','err'); m.body.className = 'err'; m.body.textContent = text; }
 
+// --- mOrpheus TTS: auto-voice quoted text from a completed assistant reply ---
+let ttsAudio = null;   // current clip, so a new reply interrupts the previous one
+function extractQuotes(text){
+  const re = /“([^”]+)”|"([^"]+)"/g;   // typographic "…" or straight "…"
+  const out = []; let m;
+  while ((m = re.exec(text)) !== null){ const q = (m[1] || m[2] || '').trim(); if (q) out.push(q); }
+  return out;
+}
+async function speakQuotes(text, msg){
+  if (!$('ttsOn').checked) return;
+  const quotes = extractQuotes(text);
+  if (!quotes.length) return;
+  const tag = document.createElement('span'); tag.textContent = ' 🔊';
+  tag.style.cursor = 'pointer'; tag.title = 'mOrpheus'; msg.wrap.querySelector('.who').append(tag);
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch($('ttsUrl').value.trim(), {
+      method:'POST', headers:{ 'Content-Type':'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ text: quotes.join('  '), voice: ($('ttsVoice').value.trim() || 'baddy'), max_tokens: 1200 })
+    });
+    if (!res.ok){ tag.textContent = ' 🔇' + res.status; return; }
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(await res.blob());
+    if (ttsAudio) ttsAudio.pause();
+    ttsAudio = new Audio(url);
+    tag.onclick = () => ttsAudio.play();          // click 🔊 to replay
+    ttsAudio.onended = () => tag.textContent = ' 🔈';
+    ttsAudio.play();
+  } catch (e){ tag.textContent = ' 🔇'; }
+}
+
 async function send(){
   const text = $('inp').value.trim();
   if (!text && !attached) return;
@@ -196,6 +234,7 @@ async function send(){
       }
     }
     history.push({ role:'assistant', content });
+    speakQuotes(content, out);
   } catch (e){
     showErr(String(e)); out.wrap.remove();
   } finally {
diff --git a/stacks/mOrpheus/tts/app.py b/stacks/mOrpheus/tts/app.py
index 8b62b2f..c6deb32 100644
--- a/stacks/mOrpheus/tts/app.py
+++ b/stacks/mOrpheus/tts/app.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import numpy as np, torch, soundfile as sf, requests
 from scipy.signal import resample_poly
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import Response
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 from snac import SNAC
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ AUDIO_BASE, SOS, EOS_SP, SOH, SOA, EOT, BOS = 128266, 128257, 128258, 128259, 12
 tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(MODEL_DIR)
 snac_model = SNAC.from_pretrained(SNAC_DIR).to(SNAC_DEVICE).eval()
 app = FastAPI(title="mOrpheus TTS", version="0.1.0")
+# INTERNAL RESEARCH: browser callers (e.g. gateway-chat on ana-docker:8091) fetch this
+# cross-origin; allow all origins on this internal-only endpoint.
+app.add_middleware(CORSMiddleware, allow_origins=["*"], allow_methods=["*"],
+                   allow_headers=["*"], expose_headers=["X-Audio-Seconds"])
 
 
 class TTSReq(BaseModel):
diff --git a/tools/gateway-chat.html b/tools/gateway-chat.html
index f15cdff..821c91d 100644
--- a/tools/gateway-chat.html
+++ b/tools/gateway-chat.html
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
       <div><label>Temperature</label><input id="temp" type="number" step="0.05" value="1"></div>
       <div><label>Max tokens</label><input id="max" type="number" step="1" value="1024"></div>
     </div>
-    <div class="hint">Settings persist locally. No <code>tools</code> field is ever sent. Reasoning models show their <code>reasoning_content</code> above the answer.</div>
+    <label style="margin-top:.5rem">🔊 mOrpheus voice (quoted text)</label>
+    <label class="hint" style="display:flex;gap:.45rem;align-items:center;margin:.15rem 0"><input id="ttsOn" type="checkbox" style="width:auto"> Auto-play quoted dialogue</label>
+    <input id="ttsUrl" placeholder="http://10.100.79.3:8299/tts">
+    <input id="ttsVoice" placeholder="baddy">
+    <div class="hint">Settings persist locally. No <code>tools</code> field is ever sent. Reasoning models show their <code>reasoning_content</code> above the answer. With 🔊 on, quoted text in each reply auto-plays via mOrpheus (irv-ml1, internal).</div>
   </aside>
   <main id="main">
     <div id="log"></div>
@@ -81,10 +85,15 @@
   </main>
 <script>
 const $ = id => document.getElementById(id);
-const cfg = ['base','key','model','sys','temp','max'];
+const cfg = ['base','key','model','sys','temp','max','ttsUrl','ttsVoice'];
 cfg.forEach(k => { const v = localStorage.getItem('gc_'+k); if (v !== null) $(k).value = v; });
 if (!$('base').value) $('base').value = 'http://10.250.50.70:4000/v1';
+if (!$('ttsUrl').value) $('ttsUrl').value = 'http://10.100.79.3:8299/tts';
+if (!$('ttsVoice').value) $('ttsVoice').value = 'baddy';
 cfg.forEach(k => $(k).addEventListener('input', e => localStorage.setItem('gc_'+k, e.target.value)));
+// 🔊 auto-play toggle is a checkbox (persist .checked)
+$('ttsOn').checked = localStorage.getItem('gc_ttsOn') === '1';
+$('ttsOn').addEventListener('change', e => localStorage.setItem('gc_ttsOn', e.target.checked ? '1' : '0'));
 
 let history = [];            // [{role, content}]  content = string | multimodal array
 let attached = null;         // { url:dataURL, name } staged for the NEXT message
@@ -135,6 +144,35 @@ function addMsg(who, cls){
 }
 function showErr(text){ const m = addMsg('error','err'); m.body.className = 'err'; m.body.textContent = text; }
 
+// --- mOrpheus TTS: auto-voice quoted text from a completed assistant reply ---
+let ttsAudio = null;   // current clip, so a new reply interrupts the previous one
+function extractQuotes(text){
+  const re = /“([^”]+)”|"([^"]+)"/g;   // typographic "…" or straight "…"
+  const out = []; let m;
+  while ((m = re.exec(text)) !== null){ const q = (m[1] || m[2] || '').trim(); if (q) out.push(q); }
+  return out;
+}
+async function speakQuotes(text, msg){
+  if (!$('ttsOn').checked) return;
+  const quotes = extractQuotes(text);
+  if (!quotes.length) return;
+  const tag = document.createElement('span'); tag.textContent = ' 🔊';
+  tag.style.cursor = 'pointer'; tag.title = 'mOrpheus'; msg.wrap.querySelector('.who').append(tag);
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch($('ttsUrl').value.trim(), {
+      method:'POST', headers:{ 'Content-Type':'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ text: quotes.join('  '), voice: ($('ttsVoice').value.trim() || 'baddy'), max_tokens: 1200 })
+    });
+    if (!res.ok){ tag.textContent = ' 🔇' + res.status; return; }
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(await res.blob());
+    if (ttsAudio) ttsAudio.pause();
+    ttsAudio = new Audio(url);
+    tag.onclick = () => ttsAudio.play();          // click 🔊 to replay
+    ttsAudio.onended = () => tag.textContent = ' 🔈';
+    ttsAudio.play();
+  } catch (e){ tag.textContent = ' 🔇'; }
+}
+
 async function send(){
   const text = $('inp').value.trim();
   if (!text && !attached) return;
@@ -196,6 +234,7 @@ async function send(){
       }
     }
     history.push({ role:'assistant', content });
+    speakQuotes(content, out);
   } catch (e){
     showErr(String(e)); out.wrap.remove();
   } finally {