diff --git a/httpstatic/tts_hack.js b/httpstatic/tts_hack.js
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+import {choc, set_content, DOM, on} from "https://rosuav.github.io/choc/factory.js";
+const {OPTGROUP, OPTION} = choc; //autoimport
+
+export function render(data) {
+	set_content("#tts_voice", data.voices.map(([label, voices]) =>
+		OPTGROUP({label}, voices.map(v => OPTION({value: v.selector}, v.desc)))
+	));
+}
+
+export function sockmsg_speak(msg) {
+	DOM("#player").src = msg.tts;
+	DOM("#player").play();
+}
+
+on("submit", "#send", e => {
+	e.preventDefault();
+	ws_sync.send({cmd: "speak", text: DOM("#stuff").value, voice: DOM("#tts_voice").value});
+});
diff --git a/modules/http/tts_hack.pike b/modules/http/tts_hack.pike
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+inherit http_websocket;
+inherit annotated;
+
+constant markdown = #"# TTS hack
+
+<audio controls id=player></audio>
+
+<label>Voice: <select id=tts_voice></select></label>
+<form id=send><label>Enter stuff: <input size=80 id=stuff></label> <button>Send</button></form>
+";
+
+mapping(string:mixed) http_request(Protocols.HTTP.Server.Request req) {
+	return render(req, (["vars": (["ws_group": req->variables->key || ""])]));
+}
+
+@retain: multiset tts_hack_valid_keys = (<>);
+string websocket_validate(mapping(string:mixed) conn, mapping(string:mixed) msg) {
+	if (!tts_hack_valid_keys[msg->group]) return "Nope";
+}
+
+mapping get_state(string group) {
+	return (["voices": G->G->tts_config->avail_voices || ({ })]);
+}
+
+__async__ mapping|zero websocket_cmd_speak(mapping(string:mixed) conn, mapping(string:mixed) msg) {
+	string text = msg->text;
+	if (!text || text == "") return 0;
+	object alertbox = G->G->websocket_types->chan_alertbox;
+	text = await(alertbox->filter_bad_words(text, "replace"));
+	string tts = await(alertbox->text_to_speech(text, msg->voice || "en-GB/en-GB-Standard-A/FEMALE", "tts_hack"));
+	return (["cmd": "speak", "text": text, "tts": tts]);
+}
+
+protected void create(string name) {::create(name);}