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+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+
+export interface UseTTSOptions {
+  defaultLang?: string
+  defaultRate?: number
+  defaultPitch?: number
+  defaultVolume?: number
+}
+
+export interface UseTTS {
+  supported: boolean
+  speaking: boolean
+  paused: boolean
+  voices: SpeechSynthesisVoice[]
+  voice: SpeechSynthesisVoice | null
+  rate: number
+  pitch: number
+  volume: number
+  setVoice: (v: SpeechSynthesisVoice | null) => void
+  setRate: (r: number) => void
+  setPitch: (p: number) => void
+  setVolume: (v: number) => void
+  speak: (text: string, langOverride?: string) => void
+  pause: () => void
+  resume: () => void
+  stop: () => void
+}
+
+export function useTextToSpeech(options: UseTTSOptions = {}): UseTTS {
+  const synth = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.speechSynthesis : undefined
+  const supported = !!synth
+  const [voices, setVoices] = useState<SpeechSynthesisVoice[]>([])
+  const [voice, setVoice] = useState<SpeechSynthesisVoice | null>(null)
+  const [speaking, setSpeaking] = useState(false)
+  const [paused, setPaused] = useState(false)
+  const [rate, setRate] = useState(options.defaultRate ?? 1)
+  const [pitch, setPitch] = useState(options.defaultPitch ?? 1)
+  const [volume, setVolume] = useState(options.defaultVolume ?? 1)
+  const defaultLang = options.defaultLang || (typeof navigator !== 'undefined' ? navigator.language : 'en')
+
+  const utteranceRef = useRef<SpeechSynthesisUtterance | null>(null)
+
+  // Load voices (async in many browsers)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!supported) return
+    const load = () => {
+      const v = synth!.getVoices()
+      setVoices(v)
+      if (!voice && v.length) {
+        // pick best match by language first, then default
+        const byLang = v.find(x => x.lang?.toLowerCase().startsWith(defaultLang.toLowerCase()))
+        setVoice(byLang || v[0] || null)
+      }
+    }
+    load()
+    // Safari/Chrome fire 'voiceschanged'
+    synth!.addEventListener?.('voiceschanged', load as EventListener)
+    return () => {
+      synth!.removeEventListener?.('voiceschanged', load as EventListener)
+    }
+  }, [supported, defaultLang, voice, synth])
+
+  const stop = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!supported) return
+    synth!.cancel()
+    setSpeaking(false)
+    setPaused(false)
+    utteranceRef.current = null
+  }, [supported, synth])
+
+  const speak = useCallback((text: string, langOverride?: string) => {
+    if (!supported || !text?.trim()) return
+    // stopping any current speech first is safer for iOS
+    synth!.cancel()
+    const u = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text)
+    u.lang = langOverride || voice?.lang || defaultLang
+    if (voice) u.voice = voice
+    u.rate = rate
+    u.pitch = pitch
+    u.volume = volume
+
+    u.onstart = () => { setSpeaking(true); setPaused(false) }
+    u.onpause = () => setPaused(true)
+    u.onresume = () => setPaused(false)
+    u.onend = () => { setSpeaking(false); setPaused(false); utteranceRef.current = null }
+    u.onerror = () => { setSpeaking(false); setPaused(false); utteranceRef.current = null }
+
+    utteranceRef.current = u
+    synth!.speak(u)
+  }, [supported, synth, voice, rate, pitch, volume, defaultLang])
+
+  const pause = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!supported) return
+    if (synth!.speaking && !synth!.paused) {
+      synth!.pause()
+      setPaused(true)
+    }
+  }, [supported, synth])
+
+  const resume = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!supported) return
+    if (synth!.speaking && synth!.paused) {
+      synth!.resume()
+      setPaused(false)
+    }
+  }, [supported, synth])
+
+  // stop TTS when unmounting
+  useEffect(() => stop, [stop])
+
+  return useMemo(() => ({
+    supported,
+    speaking,
+    paused,
+    voices,
+    voice,
+    rate, setRate,
+    pitch, setPitch,
+    volume, setVolume,
+    setVoice,
+    speak, pause, resume, stop
+  }), [supported, speaking, paused, voices, voice, rate, pitch, volume, setVoice, speak, pause, resume, stop])
+}
+