diff --git a/client/src/common/types.ts b/client/src/common/types.ts
index e78cc5afe52..e79bf2bddfd 100644
--- a/client/src/common/types.ts
+++ b/client/src/common/types.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type {
   TStartupConfig,
   EModelEndpoint,
   AssistantsEndpoint,
+  TMessageContentParts,
   AuthorizationTypeEnum,
   TSetOption as SetOption,
   TokenExchangeMethodEnum,
@@ -31,6 +32,17 @@ export enum PromptsEditorMode {
   ADVANCED = 'advanced',
 }
 
+export enum STTEndpoints {
+  browser = 'browser',
+  external = 'external',
+}
+
+export enum TTSEndpoints {
+  browser = 'browser',
+  edge = 'edge',
+  external = 'external',
+}
+
 export type AudioChunk = {
   audio: string;
   isFinal: boolean;
@@ -374,6 +386,19 @@ export type Option = Record<string, unknown> & {
   value: string | number | null;
 };
 
+export type VoiceOption = {
+  value: string;
+  label: string;
+};
+
+export type TMessageAudio = {
+  messageId?: string;
+  content?: TMessageContentParts[] | string;
+  className?: string;
+  isLast: boolean;
+  index: number;
+};
+
 export type OptionWithIcon = Option & { icon?: React.ReactNode };
 export type MentionOption = OptionWithIcon & {
   type: string;
diff --git a/client/src/components/Audio/TTS.tsx b/client/src/components/Audio/TTS.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ccad8a0517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Audio/TTS.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
+import type { TMessageAudio } from '~/common';
+import { useLocalize, useTTSBrowser, useTTSEdge, useTTSExternal } from '~/hooks';
+import { VolumeIcon, VolumeMuteIcon, Spinner } from '~/components/svg';
+import { useToastContext } from '~/Providers/ToastContext';
+import { logger } from '~/utils';
+import store from '~/store';
+
+export function BrowserTTS({ isLast, index, messageId, content, className }: TMessageAudio) {
+  const localize = useLocalize();
+  const playbackRate = useRecoilValue(store.playbackRate);
+
+  const { toggleSpeech, isSpeaking, isLoading, audioRef } = useTTSBrowser({
+    isLast,
+    index,
+    messageId,
+    content,
+  });
+
+  const renderIcon = (size: string) => {
+    if (isLoading === true) {
+      return <Spinner size={size} />;
+    }
+
+    if (isSpeaking === true) {
+      return <VolumeMuteIcon size={size} />;
+    }
+
+    return <VolumeIcon size={size} />;
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const messageAudio = document.getElementById(`audio-${messageId}`) as HTMLAudioElement | null;
+    if (!messageAudio) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (playbackRate != null && playbackRate > 0 && messageAudio.playbackRate !== playbackRate) {
+      messageAudio.playbackRate = playbackRate;
+    }
+  }, [audioRef, isSpeaking, playbackRate, messageId]);
+
+  logger.log(
+    'MessageAudio: audioRef.current?.src, audioRef.current',
+    audioRef.current?.src,
+    audioRef.current,
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button
+        className={className}
+        onClickCapture={() => {
+          if (audioRef.current) {
+            audioRef.current.muted = false;
+          }
+          toggleSpeech();
+        }}
+        type="button"
+        title={isSpeaking === true ? localize('com_ui_stop') : localize('com_ui_read_aloud')}
+      >
+        {renderIcon('19')}
+      </button>
+      <audio
+        ref={audioRef}
+        controls
+        preload="none"
+        controlsList="nodownload nofullscreen noremoteplayback"
+        style={{
+          position: 'absolute',
+          overflow: 'hidden',
+          display: 'none',
+          height: '0px',
+          width: '0px',
+        }}
+        src={audioRef.current?.src}
+        onError={(error) => {
+          console.error('Error fetching audio:', error);
+        }}
+        id={`audio-${messageId}`}
+        muted
+        autoPlay
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+export function EdgeTTS({ isLast, index, messageId, content, className }: TMessageAudio) {
+  const localize = useLocalize();
+  const playbackRate = useRecoilValue(store.playbackRate);
+  const isBrowserSupported = useMemo(
+    () => typeof MediaSource !== 'undefined' && MediaSource.isTypeSupported('audio/mpeg'),
+    [],
+  );
+
+  const { showToast } = useToastContext();
+  const { toggleSpeech, isSpeaking, isLoading, audioRef } = useTTSEdge({
+    isLast,
+    index,
+    messageId,
+    content,
+  });
+
+  const renderIcon = (size: string) => {
+    if (isLoading === true) {
+      return <Spinner size={size} />;
+    }
+
+    if (isSpeaking === true) {
+      return <VolumeMuteIcon size={size} />;
+    }
+
+    return <VolumeIcon size={size} />;
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const messageAudio = document.getElementById(`audio-${messageId}`) as HTMLAudioElement | null;
+    if (!messageAudio) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (playbackRate != null && playbackRate > 0 && messageAudio.playbackRate !== playbackRate) {
+      messageAudio.playbackRate = playbackRate;
+    }
+  }, [audioRef, isSpeaking, playbackRate, messageId]);
+
+  logger.log(
+    'MessageAudio: audioRef.current?.src, audioRef.current',
+    audioRef.current?.src,
+    audioRef.current,
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button
+        className={className}
+        onClickCapture={() => {
+          if (!isBrowserSupported) {
+            showToast({
+              message: localize('com_nav_tts_unsupported_error'),
+              status: 'error',
+            });
+            return;
+          }
+          if (audioRef.current) {
+            audioRef.current.muted = false;
+          }
+          toggleSpeech();
+        }}
+        type="button"
+        title={isSpeaking === true ? localize('com_ui_stop') : localize('com_ui_read_aloud')}
+      >
+        {renderIcon('19')}
+      </button>
+      {isBrowserSupported ? (
+        <audio
+          ref={audioRef}
+          controls
+          preload="none"
+          controlsList="nodownload nofullscreen noremoteplayback"
+          style={{
+            position: 'absolute',
+            overflow: 'hidden',
+            display: 'none',
+            height: '0px',
+            width: '0px',
+          }}
+          src={audioRef.current?.src}
+          onError={(error) => {
+            console.error('Error fetching audio:', error);
+          }}
+          id={`audio-${messageId}`}
+          muted
+          autoPlay
+        />
+      ) : null}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+export function ExternalTTS({ isLast, index, messageId, content, className }: TMessageAudio) {
+  const localize = useLocalize();
+  const playbackRate = useRecoilValue(store.playbackRate);
+
+  const { toggleSpeech, isSpeaking, isLoading, audioRef } = useTTSExternal({
+    isLast,
+    index,
+    messageId,
+    content,
+  });
+
+  const renderIcon = (size: string) => {
+    if (isLoading === true) {
+      return <Spinner size={size} />;
+    }
+
+    if (isSpeaking === true) {
+      return <VolumeMuteIcon size={size} />;
+    }
+
+    return <VolumeIcon size={size} />;
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const messageAudio = document.getElementById(`audio-${messageId}`) as HTMLAudioElement | null;
+    if (!messageAudio) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (playbackRate != null && playbackRate > 0 && messageAudio.playbackRate !== playbackRate) {
+      messageAudio.playbackRate = playbackRate;
+    }
+  }, [audioRef, isSpeaking, playbackRate, messageId]);
+
+  logger.log(
+    'MessageAudio: audioRef.current?.src, audioRef.current',
+    audioRef.current?.src,
+    audioRef.current,
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <button
+        className={className}
+        onClickCapture={() => {
+          if (audioRef.current) {
+            audioRef.current.muted = false;
+          }
+          toggleSpeech();
+        }}
+        type="button"
+        title={isSpeaking === true ? localize('com_ui_stop') : localize('com_ui_read_aloud')}
+      >
+        {renderIcon('19')}
+      </button>
+      <audio
+        ref={audioRef}
+        controls
+        preload="none"
+        controlsList="nodownload nofullscreen noremoteplayback"
+        style={{
+          position: 'absolute',
+          overflow: 'hidden',
+          display: 'none',
+          height: '0px',
+          width: '0px',
+        }}
+        src={audioRef.current?.src}
+        onError={(error) => {
+          console.error('Error fetching audio:', error);
+        }}
+        id={`audio-${messageId}`}
+        muted
+        autoPlay
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Audio/Voices.tsx b/client/src/components/Audio/Voices.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff37efaa7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Audio/Voices.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useRecoilState } from 'recoil';
+import type { Option } from '~/common';
+import DropdownNoState from '~/components/ui/DropdownNoState';
+import { useLocalize, useTTSBrowser, useTTSEdge, useTTSExternal } from '~/hooks';
+import { logger } from '~/utils';
+import store from '~/store';
+
+export function EdgeVoiceDropdown() {
+  const localize = useLocalize();
+  const { voices = [] } = useTTSEdge();
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
+
+  const handleVoiceChange = (newValue?: string | Option) => {
+    logger.log('Edge Voice changed:', newValue);
+    const newVoice = typeof newValue === 'string' ? newValue : newValue?.value;
+    if (newVoice != null) {
+      return setVoice(newVoice.toString());
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+      <div>{localize('com_nav_voice_select')}</div>
+      <DropdownNoState
+        key={`edge-voice-dropdown-${voices.length}`}
+        value={voice}
+        options={voices}
+        onChange={handleVoiceChange}
+        sizeClasses="min-w-[200px] !max-w-[400px] [--anchor-max-width:400px]"
+        anchor="bottom start"
+        testId="EdgeVoiceDropdown"
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export function BrowserVoiceDropdown() {
+  const localize = useLocalize();
+  const { voices = [] } = useTTSBrowser();
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
+
+  const handleVoiceChange = (newValue?: string | Option) => {
+    logger.log('Browser Voice changed:', newValue);
+    const newVoice = typeof newValue === 'string' ? newValue : newValue?.value;
+    if (newVoice != null) {
+      return setVoice(newVoice.toString());
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+      <div>{localize('com_nav_voice_select')}</div>
+      <DropdownNoState
+        key={`browser-voice-dropdown-${voices.length}`}
+        value={voice}
+        options={voices}
+        onChange={handleVoiceChange}
+        sizeClasses="min-w-[200px] !max-w-[400px] [--anchor-max-width:400px]"
+        anchor="bottom start"
+        testId="BrowserVoiceDropdown"
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export function ExternalVoiceDropdown() {
+  const localize = useLocalize();
+  const { voices = [] } = useTTSExternal();
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
+
+  const handleVoiceChange = (newValue?: string | Option) => {
+    logger.log('External Voice changed:', newValue);
+    const newVoice = typeof newValue === 'string' ? newValue : newValue?.value;
+    if (newVoice != null) {
+      return setVoice(newVoice.toString());
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+      <div>{localize('com_nav_voice_select')}</div>
+      <DropdownNoState
+        key={`external-voice-dropdown-${voices.length}`}
+        value={voice}
+        options={voices}
+        onChange={handleVoiceChange}
+        sizeClasses="min-w-[200px] !max-w-[400px] [--anchor-max-width:400px]"
+        anchor="bottom start"
+        testId="ExternalVoiceDropdown"
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/HoverButtons.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/HoverButtons.tsx
index 938503acdb4..950c4a7f9c3 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/HoverButtons.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/HoverButtons.tsx
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export default function HoverButtons({
           messageId={message.messageId}
           content={message.content ?? message.text}
           isLast={isLast}
+          className="hover-button rounded-md p-1 pl-0 text-gray-500 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400/70 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200 disabled:dark:hover:text-gray-400 md:group-hover:visible md:group-[.final-completion]:visible"
         />
       )}
       {isEditableEndpoint && (
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx
index cf76c18d25e..4dd1f21fcb0 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx
@@ -1,104 +1,22 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+// client/src/components/Chat/Messages/MessageAudio.tsx
+import { memo } from 'react';
 import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
-import type { TMessageContentParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
-import { VolumeIcon, VolumeMuteIcon, Spinner } from '~/components/svg';
-import { useLocalize, useTextToSpeech } from '~/hooks';
-import { logger } from '~/utils';
+import type { TMessageAudio } from '~/common';
+import { BrowserTTS, EdgeTTS, ExternalTTS } from '~/components/Audio/TTS';
+import { TTSEndpoints } from '~/common';
 import store from '~/store';
 
-type THoverButtons = {
-  messageId?: string;
-  content?: TMessageContentParts[] | string;
-  isLast: boolean;
-  index: number;
-};
+function MessageAudio(props: TMessageAudio) {
+  const engineTTS = useRecoilValue<string>(store.engineTTS);
 
-export default function MessageAudio({ isLast, index, messageId, content }: THoverButtons) {
-  const localize = useLocalize();
-  const playbackRate = useRecoilValue(store.playbackRate);
-
-  const { toggleSpeech, isSpeaking, isLoading, audioRef } = useTextToSpeech({
-    isLast,
-    index,
-    messageId,
-    content,
-  });
-
-  const renderIcon = (size: string) => {
-    if (isLoading === true) {
-      return <Spinner size={size} />;
-    }
-
-    if (isSpeaking === true) {
-      return <VolumeMuteIcon size={size} />;
-    }
-
-    return <VolumeIcon size={size} />;
+  const TTSComponents = {
+    [TTSEndpoints.edge]: EdgeTTS,
+    [TTSEndpoints.browser]: BrowserTTS,
+    [TTSEndpoints.external]: ExternalTTS,
   };
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const messageAudio = document.getElementById(`audio-${messageId}`) as HTMLAudioElement | null;
-    if (!messageAudio) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (playbackRate != null && playbackRate > 0 && messageAudio.playbackRate !== playbackRate) {
-      messageAudio.playbackRate = playbackRate;
-    }
-  }, [audioRef, isSpeaking, playbackRate, messageId]);
-
-  logger.log(
-    'MessageAudio: audioRef.current?.src, audioRef.current',
-    audioRef.current?.src,
-    audioRef.current,
-  );
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      <button
-        className="hover-button rounded-md p-1 pl-0 text-gray-500 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400/70 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200 disabled:dark:hover:text-gray-400 md:group-hover:visible md:group-[.final-completion]:visible"
-        // onMouseDownCapture={() => {
-        //   if (audioRef.current) {
-        //     audioRef.current.muted = false;
-        //   }
-        //   handleMouseDown();
-        // }}
-        // onMouseUpCapture={() => {
-        //   if (audioRef.current) {
-        //     audioRef.current.muted = false;
-        //   }
-        //   handleMouseUp();
-        // }}
-        onClickCapture={() => {
-          if (audioRef.current) {
-            audioRef.current.muted = false;
-          }
-          toggleSpeech();
-        }}
-        type="button"
-        title={isSpeaking === true ? localize('com_ui_stop') : localize('com_ui_read_aloud')}
-      >
-        {renderIcon('19')}
-      </button>
-      <audio
-        ref={audioRef}
-        controls
-        preload="none"
-        controlsList="nodownload nofullscreen noremoteplayback"
-        style={{
-          position: 'absolute',
-          overflow: 'hidden',
-          display: 'none',
-          height: '0px',
-          width: '0px',
-        }}
-        src={audioRef.current?.src}
-        onError={(error) => {
-          console.error('Error fetching audio:', error);
-        }}
-        id={`audio-${messageId}`}
-        muted
-        autoPlay
-      />
-    </>
-  );
+  const SelectedTTS = TTSComponents[engineTTS];
+  return <SelectedTTS {...props} />;
 }
+
+export default memo(MessageAudio);
diff --git a/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/VoiceDropdown.tsx b/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/VoiceDropdown.tsx
index 53a4c4686f2..c2c5d4431d6 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/VoiceDropdown.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/Speech/TTS/VoiceDropdown.tsx
@@ -1,37 +1,21 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { useRecoilState, useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
-import type { Option } from '~/common';
-import DropdownNoState from '~/components/ui/DropdownNoState';
-import { useLocalize, useTextToSpeech } from '~/hooks';
-import { logger } from '~/utils';
+import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
+import {
+  EdgeVoiceDropdown,
+  BrowserVoiceDropdown,
+  ExternalVoiceDropdown,
+} from '~/components/Audio/Voices';
 import store from '~/store';
+import { TTSEndpoints } from '~/common';
+
+const voiceDropdownComponentsMap = {
+  [TTSEndpoints.edge]: EdgeVoiceDropdown,
+  [TTSEndpoints.browser]: BrowserVoiceDropdown,
+  [TTSEndpoints.external]: ExternalVoiceDropdown,
+};
 
 export default function VoiceDropdown() {
-  const localize = useLocalize();
-  const { voices = [] } = useTextToSpeech();
-  const [voice, setVoice] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
   const engineTTS = useRecoilValue<string>(store.engineTTS);
+  const VoiceDropdownComponent = voiceDropdownComponentsMap[engineTTS];
 
-  const handleVoiceChange = (newValue?: string | Option) => {
-    logger.log('Voice changed:', newValue);
-    const newVoice = typeof newValue === 'string' ? newValue : newValue?.value;
-    if (newVoice != null) {
-      return setVoice(newVoice.toString());
-    }
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
-      <div>{localize('com_nav_voice_select')}</div>
-      <DropdownNoState
-        key={`voice-dropdown-${engineTTS}-${voices.length}`}
-        value={voice}
-        options={voices}
-        onChange={handleVoiceChange}
-        sizeClasses="min-w-[200px] !max-w-[400px] [--anchor-max-width:400px]"
-        anchor="bottom start"
-        testId="VoiceDropdown"
-      />
-    </div>
-  );
+  return <VoiceDropdownComponent />;
 }
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Audio/index.ts b/client/src/hooks/Audio/index.ts
index c294db34527..2252cbaceb7 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Audio/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Audio/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export * from './MediaSourceAppender';
 export { default as useCustomAudioRef } from './useCustomAudioRef';
 export { default as usePauseGlobalAudio } from './usePauseGlobalAudio';
+export { default as useTTSExternal } from './useTTSExternal';
+export { default as useTTSBrowser } from './useTTSBrowser';
+export { default as useTTSEdge } from './useTTSEdge';
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSBrowser.ts b/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSBrowser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9edd9a06ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSBrowser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSBrowser.ts
+import { useRef, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useRecoilState, useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
+import { parseTextParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import type { TMessageContentParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import useTextToSpeechBrowser from '~/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser';
+import usePauseGlobalAudio from '~/hooks/Audio/usePauseGlobalAudio';
+import useAudioRef from '~/hooks/Audio/useAudioRef';
+import { logger } from '~/utils';
+import store from '~/store';
+
+type TUseTextToSpeech = {
+  messageId?: string;
+  content?: TMessageContentParts[] | string;
+  isLast?: boolean;
+  index?: number;
+};
+
+const useTTSBrowser = (props?: TUseTextToSpeech) => {
+  const { content, isLast = false, index = 0 } = props ?? {};
+
+  const isMouseDownRef = useRef(false);
+  const timerRef = useRef<number | undefined>(undefined);
+  const [isSpeakingState, setIsSpeaking] = useState(false);
+  const { audioRef } = useAudioRef({ setIsPlaying: setIsSpeaking });
+
+  const { pauseGlobalAudio } = usePauseGlobalAudio(index);
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
+  const globalIsPlaying = useRecoilValue(store.globalAudioPlayingFamily(index));
+
+  const isSpeaking = isSpeakingState || (isLast && globalIsPlaying);
+
+  const {
+    generateSpeechLocal: generateSpeech,
+    cancelSpeechLocal: cancelSpeech,
+    voices,
+  } = useTextToSpeechBrowser({ setIsSpeaking });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const firstVoice = voices[0];
+    if (voices.length && typeof firstVoice === 'object') {
+      const lastSelectedVoice = voices.find((v) =>
+        typeof v === 'object' ? v.value === voice : v === voice,
+      );
+      if (lastSelectedVoice != null) {
+        const currentVoice =
+          typeof lastSelectedVoice === 'object' ? lastSelectedVoice.value : lastSelectedVoice;
+        logger.log('useTextToSpeech.ts - Effect:', { voices, voice: currentVoice });
+        setVoice(currentVoice);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      logger.log('useTextToSpeech.ts - Effect:', { voices, voice: firstVoice.value });
+      setVoice(firstVoice.value);
+    }
+  }, [setVoice, voice, voices]);
+
+  const handleMouseDown = () => {
+    isMouseDownRef.current = true;
+    timerRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      if (isMouseDownRef.current) {
+        const messageContent = content ?? '';
+        const parsedMessage =
+          typeof messageContent === 'string' ? messageContent : parseTextParts(messageContent);
+        generateSpeech(parsedMessage);
+      }
+    }, 1000);
+  };
+
+  const handleMouseUp = () => {
+    isMouseDownRef.current = false;
+    if (timerRef.current != null) {
+      window.clearTimeout(timerRef.current);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const toggleSpeech = () => {
+    if (isSpeaking === true) {
+      cancelSpeech();
+      pauseGlobalAudio();
+    } else {
+      const messageContent = content ?? '';
+      const parsedMessage =
+        typeof messageContent === 'string' ? messageContent : parseTextParts(messageContent);
+      generateSpeech(parsedMessage);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    handleMouseDown,
+    handleMouseUp,
+    toggleSpeech,
+    isSpeaking,
+    isLoading: false,
+    audioRef,
+    voices,
+  };
+};
+
+export default useTTSBrowser;
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSEdge.ts b/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSEdge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c757ad414f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSEdge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSEdge.ts
+import { useRef, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useRecoilState, useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
+import { parseTextParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import type { TMessageContentParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import usePauseGlobalAudio from '~/hooks/Audio/usePauseGlobalAudio';
+import useTextToSpeechEdge from '~/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechEdge';
+import useAudioRef from '~/hooks/Audio/useAudioRef';
+import { logger } from '~/utils';
+import store from '~/store';
+
+type TUseTextToSpeech = {
+  messageId?: string;
+  content?: TMessageContentParts[] | string;
+  isLast?: boolean;
+  index?: number;
+};
+
+const useTTSEdge = (props?: TUseTextToSpeech) => {
+  const { content, isLast = false, index = 0 } = props ?? {};
+
+  const isMouseDownRef = useRef(false);
+  const timerRef = useRef<number | undefined>(undefined);
+  const [isSpeakingState, setIsSpeaking] = useState(false);
+  const { audioRef } = useAudioRef({ setIsPlaying: setIsSpeaking });
+
+  const { pauseGlobalAudio } = usePauseGlobalAudio(index);
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
+  const globalIsPlaying = useRecoilValue(store.globalAudioPlayingFamily(index));
+
+  const isSpeaking = isSpeakingState || (isLast && globalIsPlaying);
+
+  const {
+    generateSpeechEdge: generateSpeech,
+    cancelSpeechEdge: cancelSpeech,
+    voices,
+  } = useTextToSpeechEdge({ setIsSpeaking });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const firstVoice = voices[0];
+    if (voices.length && typeof firstVoice === 'object') {
+      const lastSelectedVoice = voices.find((v) =>
+        typeof v === 'object' ? v.value === voice : v === voice,
+      );
+      if (lastSelectedVoice != null) {
+        const currentVoice =
+          typeof lastSelectedVoice === 'object' ? lastSelectedVoice.value : lastSelectedVoice;
+        logger.log('useTextToSpeech.ts - Effect:', { voices, voice: currentVoice });
+        setVoice(currentVoice);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      logger.log('useTextToSpeech.ts - Effect:', { voices, voice: firstVoice.value });
+      setVoice(firstVoice.value);
+    }
+  }, [setVoice, voice, voices]);
+
+  const handleMouseDown = () => {
+    isMouseDownRef.current = true;
+    timerRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      if (isMouseDownRef.current) {
+        const messageContent = content ?? '';
+        const parsedMessage =
+          typeof messageContent === 'string' ? messageContent : parseTextParts(messageContent);
+        generateSpeech(parsedMessage);
+      }
+    }, 1000);
+  };
+
+  const handleMouseUp = () => {
+    isMouseDownRef.current = false;
+    if (timerRef.current != null) {
+      window.clearTimeout(timerRef.current);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const toggleSpeech = () => {
+    if (isSpeaking === true) {
+      cancelSpeech();
+      pauseGlobalAudio();
+    } else {
+      const messageContent = content ?? '';
+      const parsedMessage =
+        typeof messageContent === 'string' ? messageContent : parseTextParts(messageContent);
+      generateSpeech(parsedMessage);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    handleMouseDown,
+    handleMouseUp,
+    toggleSpeech,
+    isSpeaking,
+    isLoading: false,
+    audioRef,
+    voices,
+  };
+};
+
+export default useTTSEdge;
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSExternal.ts b/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSExternal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d296abf4a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSExternal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// client/src/hooks/Audio/useTTSExternal.ts
+import { useRef, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useRecoilState, useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
+import { parseTextParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import type { TMessageContentParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import useTextToSpeechExternal from '~/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal';
+import usePauseGlobalAudio from '~/hooks/Audio/usePauseGlobalAudio';
+import useAudioRef from '~/hooks/Audio/useAudioRef';
+import { logger } from '~/utils';
+import store from '~/store';
+
+type TUseTextToSpeech = {
+  messageId?: string;
+  content?: TMessageContentParts[] | string;
+  isLast?: boolean;
+  index?: number;
+};
+
+const useTTSExternal = (props?: TUseTextToSpeech) => {
+  const { messageId, content, isLast = false, index = 0 } = props ?? {};
+
+  const isMouseDownRef = useRef(false);
+  const timerRef = useRef<number | undefined>(undefined);
+  const [isSpeakingState, setIsSpeaking] = useState(false);
+  const { audioRef } = useAudioRef({ setIsPlaying: setIsSpeaking });
+
+  const { pauseGlobalAudio } = usePauseGlobalAudio(index);
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
+  const globalIsPlaying = useRecoilValue(store.globalAudioPlayingFamily(index));
+
+  const isSpeaking = isSpeakingState || (isLast && globalIsPlaying);
+  const {
+    cancelSpeech,
+    generateSpeechExternal: generateSpeech,
+    isLoading,
+    voices,
+  } = useTextToSpeechExternal({
+    setIsSpeaking,
+    audioRef,
+    messageId,
+    isLast,
+    index,
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const firstVoice = voices[0];
+    if (voices.length) {
+      const lastSelectedVoice = voices.find((v) => v === voice);
+      if (lastSelectedVoice != null) {
+        logger.log('useTextToSpeech.ts - Effect:', { voices, voice: lastSelectedVoice });
+        setVoice(lastSelectedVoice.toString());
+        return;
+      }
+      logger.log('useTextToSpeech.ts - Effect:', { voices, voice: firstVoice });
+      setVoice(firstVoice.toString());
+    }
+  }, [setVoice, voice, voices]);
+
+  const handleMouseDown = () => {
+    isMouseDownRef.current = true;
+    timerRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      if (isMouseDownRef.current) {
+        const messageContent = content ?? '';
+        const parsedMessage =
+          typeof messageContent === 'string' ? messageContent : parseTextParts(messageContent);
+        generateSpeech(parsedMessage, false);
+      }
+    }, 1000);
+  };
+
+  const handleMouseUp = () => {
+    isMouseDownRef.current = false;
+    if (timerRef.current != null) {
+      window.clearTimeout(timerRef.current);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const toggleSpeech = () => {
+    if (isSpeaking === true) {
+      cancelSpeech();
+      pauseGlobalAudio();
+    } else {
+      const messageContent = content ?? '';
+      const parsedMessage =
+        typeof messageContent === 'string' ? messageContent : parseTextParts(messageContent);
+      generateSpeech(parsedMessage, false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    handleMouseDown,
+    handleMouseUp,
+    toggleSpeech,
+    isSpeaking,
+    isLoading,
+    audioRef,
+    voices,
+  };
+};
+
+export default useTTSExternal;
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useGetAudioSettings.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useGetAudioSettings.ts
index 99e8854f212..899cf502174 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useGetAudioSettings.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useGetAudioSettings.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import store from '~/store';
 
-export enum STTEndpoints {
-  browser = 'browser',
-  external = 'external',
-}
-
-export enum TTSEndpoints {
-  browser = 'browser',
-  edge = 'edge',
-  external = 'external',
-}
-
 const useGetAudioSettings = () => {
   const engineSTT = useRecoilValue<string>(store.engineSTT);
   const engineTTS = useRecoilValue<string>(store.engineTTS);
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeech.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeech.ts
index 680651110cd..4d142b432c4 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeech.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeech.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import { useRef, useMemo, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { parseTextParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import type { TMessageContentParts } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import type { Option } from '~/common';
-import useTextToSpeechExternal from './useTextToSpeechExternal';
-import useTextToSpeechBrowser from './useTextToSpeechBrowser';
-import useGetAudioSettings from './useGetAudioSettings';
-import useTextToSpeechEdge from './useTextToSpeechEdge';
+import useTextToSpeechExternal from '~/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal';
+import useTextToSpeechBrowser from '~/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser';
+import useGetAudioSettings from '~/hooks/Input/useGetAudioSettings';
+import useTextToSpeechEdge from '~/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechEdge';
 import useAudioRef from '~/hooks/Audio/useAudioRef';
 import { usePauseGlobalAudio } from '../Audio';
 import { logger } from '~/utils';
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts
index 8446a7b3b8c..85c3a80c00f 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,54 @@
 import { useRecoilState } from 'recoil';
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import type { VoiceOption } from '~/common';
 import store from '~/store';
 
-interface VoiceOption {
-  value: string;
-  label: string;
-}
-
 function useTextToSpeechBrowser({
   setIsSpeaking,
 }: {
-  setIsSpeaking: (isSpeaking: boolean) => void;
+  setIsSpeaking: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
 }) {
   const [cloudBrowserVoices] = useRecoilState(store.cloudBrowserVoices);
   const [voiceName] = useRecoilState(store.voice);
   const [voices, setVoices] = useState<VoiceOption[]>([]);
 
   const updateVoices = useCallback(() => {
-    const availableVoices = window.speechSynthesis
-      .getVoices()
-      .filter((v) => cloudBrowserVoices || v.localService === true);
+    try {
+      const availableVoices = window.speechSynthesis.getVoices();
+      if (!Array.isArray(availableVoices)) {
+        console.error('getVoices() did not return an array');
+        return;
+      }
 
-    const voiceOptions: VoiceOption[] = availableVoices.map((v) => ({
-      value: v.name,
-      label: v.name,
-    }));
+      const filteredVoices = availableVoices.filter(
+        (v) => cloudBrowserVoices || v.localService === true,
+      );
+      const voiceOptions: VoiceOption[] = filteredVoices.map((v) => ({
+        value: v.name,
+        label: v.name,
+      }));
 
-    setVoices(voiceOptions);
+      setVoices(voiceOptions);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error updating voices:', error);
+    }
   }, [cloudBrowserVoices]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (window.speechSynthesis.getVoices().length) {
-      updateVoices();
-    } else {
-      window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = updateVoices;
+    const synth = window.speechSynthesis;
+
+    try {
+      if (synth.getVoices().length) {
+        updateVoices();
+      } else {
+        synth.onvoiceschanged = updateVoices;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error in useEffect:', error);
     }
 
     return () => {
-      window.speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = null;
+      synth.onvoiceschanged = null;
     };
   }, [updateVoices]);
 
@@ -46,22 +57,37 @@ function useTextToSpeechBrowser({
     const voice = voices.find((v) => v.value === voiceName);
 
     if (!voice) {
+      console.warn('Selected voice not found');
       return;
     }
 
-    synth.cancel();
-    const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
-    utterance.voice = synth.getVoices().find((v) => v.name === voice.value) || null;
-    utterance.onend = () => {
+    try {
+      synth.cancel();
+      const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
+      utterance.voice = synth.getVoices().find((v) => v.name === voice.value) || null;
+      utterance.onend = () => {
+        setIsSpeaking(false);
+      };
+      utterance.onerror = (event) => {
+        console.error('Speech synthesis error:', event);
+        setIsSpeaking(false);
+      };
+      setIsSpeaking(true);
+      synth.speak(utterance);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error generating speech:', error);
       setIsSpeaking(false);
-    };
-    setIsSpeaking(true);
-    synth.speak(utterance);
+    }
   };
 
   const cancelSpeechLocal = () => {
-    window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
-    setIsSpeaking(false);
+    try {
+      window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error cancelling speech:', error);
+    } finally {
+      setIsSpeaking(false);
+    }
   };
 
   return { generateSpeechLocal, cancelSpeechLocal, voices };
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechEdge.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechEdge.ts
index 50ee976b668..ab92618f526 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechEdge.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechEdge.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
-import { useState, useCallback, useRef, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { MsEdgeTTS, OUTPUT_FORMAT } from 'msedge-tts';
-import { useToastContext } from '~/Providers';
+import { useState, useCallback, useRef, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import type { VoiceOption } from '~/common';
+import { useToastContext } from '~/Providers/ToastContext';
 import useLocalize from '~/hooks/useLocalize';
 import store from '~/store';
 
-interface Voice {
-  value: string;
-  label: string;
-}
-
 interface UseTextToSpeechEdgeReturn {
   generateSpeechEdge: (text: string) => void;
   cancelSpeechEdge: () => void;
-  voices: Voice[];
+  voices: VoiceOption[];
 }
 
 function useTextToSpeechEdge({
   setIsSpeaking,
 }: {
-  setIsSpeaking: (isSpeaking: boolean) => void;
+  setIsSpeaking: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
 }): UseTextToSpeechEdgeReturn {
   const localize = useLocalize();
-  const [voices, setVoices] = useState<Voice[]>([]);
+  const [voices, setVoices] = useState<VoiceOption[]>([]);
   const voiceName = useRecoilValue(store.voice);
   const ttsRef = useRef<MsEdgeTTS | null>(null);
   const audioElementRef = useRef<HTMLAudioElement | null>(null);
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ function useTextToSpeechEdge({
     if (!ttsRef.current) {
       ttsRef.current = new MsEdgeTTS();
     }
-    const availableVoice: Voice | undefined = voices.find((v) => v.value === voiceName);
+    const availableVoice: VoiceOption | undefined = voices.find((v) => v.value === voiceName);
 
     if (availableVoice) {
       ttsRef.current
@@ -181,7 +177,7 @@ function useTextToSpeechEdge({
 
       generate();
     },
-    [appendNextBuffer, showToast, localize],
+    [setIsSpeaking, appendNextBuffer, showToast, localize],
   );
 
   const cancelSpeechEdge = useCallback(() => {
@@ -202,7 +198,7 @@ function useTextToSpeechEdge({
         status: 'error',
       });
     }
-  }, [showToast, localize]);
+  }, [setIsSpeaking, showToast, localize]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isBrowserSupported) {
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts
index fc48e11ae1d..8e616e4cde9 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechExternal.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import { useState, useMemo, useRef, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useTextToSpeechMutation, useVoicesQuery } from '~/data-provider';
+import { useToastContext } from '~/Providers/ToastContext';
 import useLocalize from '~/hooks/useLocalize';
-import { useToastContext } from '~/Providers';
 import store from '~/store';
 
 const createFormData = (text: string, voice: string) => {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const createFormData = (text: string, voice: string) => {
 };
 
 type TUseTTSExternal = {
-  setIsSpeaking: (isSpeaking: boolean) => void;
+  setIsSpeaking: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
   audioRef: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLAudioElement | null>;
   messageId?: string;
   isLast: boolean;
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/index.ts b/client/src/hooks/index.ts
index 507c12ed593..a052b82f58d 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './Audio';
 export * from './Assistants';
 export * from './Chat';
 export * from './Config';
diff --git a/client/src/localization/languages/Eng.ts b/client/src/localization/languages/Eng.ts
index 8c39d5db4d7..34cbe3dcb68 100644
--- a/client/src/localization/languages/Eng.ts
+++ b/client/src/localization/languages/Eng.ts
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ export default {
   com_nav_audio_process_error: 'Error processing audio: {0}',
   com_nav_long_audio_warning: 'Longer texts will take longer to process.',
   com_nav_tts_init_error: 'Failed to initialize text-to-speech: {0}',
+  com_nav_tts_unsupported_error:
+    'Text-to-speech for the selected engine is not supported in this browser.',
   com_nav_source_buffer_error: 'Error setting up audio playback. Please refresh the page.',
   com_nav_media_source_init_error:
     'Unable to prepare audio player. Please check your browser settings.',
diff --git a/librechat.example.yaml b/librechat.example.yaml
index 009d757ae9f..c5b69bf9b7d 100644
--- a/librechat.example.yaml
+++ b/librechat.example.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ registration:
 #       url: ''
 #       apiKey: '${TTS_API_KEY}'
 #       model: ''
-#       voice: ''
+#       voices: ['']
+
 #  
 #   stt:
 #     openai: