diff --git a/web/templates/entry_view.html b/web/templates/entry_view.html
index 2cba0cf..29eaa04 100644
--- a/web/templates/entry_view.html
+++ b/web/templates/entry_view.html
@@ -279,139 +279,101 @@
 })();
 </script>
 
-<!-- TTS toast (one-time, tiny helper UI) -->
-<div id="tts-toast"
-     style="position:fixed;bottom:84px;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);
-            background:#111827;color:#fff;padding:10px 14px;border-radius:8px;
-            font-size:14px;display:none;z-index:9999;box-shadow:0 6px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.25);">
-</div>
-
 <script>
 (function(){
-  const LS_KEY = "tts.voiceName";
-  const speakBtn = document.querySelector('#ttsBtn, #btn-speak, .btn-speak');
+  const btn = document.getElementById('ttsBtn');
+  if (!btn) return;
 
-  // --- Toast ---
-  function showTTSToast(msg, ms=2200){
-    const el = document.getElementById('tts-toast');
-    if (!el) return;
-    el.textContent = msg;
-    el.style.display = 'block';
-    clearTimeout(showTTSToast._t);
-    showTTSToast._t = setTimeout(()=>{ el.style.display = 'none'; }, ms);
+  const ttsUrl = btn.dataset.ttsUrl || "";  // Present only for staff
+  let audioEl = null;
+
+  // Build combined text (punctuation-safe) for browser TTS fallback
+  function buildCombinedText() {
+    const ill = (document.getElementById('illustration-text')?.innerText || '').trim();
+    const app = (document.getElementById('application-text')?.innerText || '').trim();
+    const punctIll = ill && /[.!?…—]$/.test(ill) ? ill : (ill ? ill + '.' : '');
+    return [punctIll, app].filter(Boolean).join('  ') || 'No text available for this illustration.';
   }
 
-  // --- Voice helpers ---
-  function listVoices(){ return window.speechSynthesis ? speechSynthesis.getVoices() : []; }
-
-  const PREFERRED_ORDER = [
-    /Google .*English/i,          // Chrome voices
-    /Microsoft .*Natural/i,       // Edge neural voices
-    /Siri/i,                      // Safari voices
-    /Alex/i,                      // macOS Alex
-    /English/i
-  ];
-
-  function pickBestVoice(lang="en"){
-    const vs = listVoices();
-    if (!vs.length) return null;
-
-    const saved = localStorage.getItem(LS_KEY);
-    if (saved){
-      const found = vs.find(v => v.name === saved);
-      if (found) return found;
+  // --- Staff path: stream OpenAI TTS from server and toggle on click ---
+  if (ttsUrl) {
+    btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      // Stop if already playing
+      if (audioEl && !audioEl.paused) {
+        audioEl.pause();
+        audioEl.currentTime = 0;
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!audioEl) {
+        audioEl = new Audio();
+        audioEl.addEventListener('ended', () => {
+          btn.classList.remove('playing');
+        });
+      }
+      // Cache-buster so we always pick up newly cached files
+      audioEl.src = ttsUrl + (ttsUrl.includes('?') ? '&' : '?') + 't=' + Date.now();
+      audioEl.play().then(() => {
+        btn.classList.add('playing');
+      }).catch(err => {
+        alert('TTS error: ' + err);
+      });
+    });
+    // Optional little notice the first time
+    if (!sessionStorage.getItem('tts_notice_shown')) {
+      sessionStorage.setItem('tts_notice_shown', '1');
+      // toast-style notice:
+      const notice = document.createElement('div');
+      notice.textContent = 'Using OpenAI TTS (gpt-4o-mini-tts, alloy)';
+      Object.assign(notice.style, {
+        position:'fixed', bottom:'18px', left:'50%', transform:'translateX(-50%)',
+        background:'#333', color:'#fff', padding:'8px 12px', borderRadius:'6px',
+        fontSize:'13px', zIndex:'99999'
+      });
+      document.body.appendChild(notice);
+      setTimeout(()=>notice.remove(), 2500);
     }
-    for (const rx of PREFERRED_ORDER){
-      const m = vs.find(v => rx.test(v.name) && v.lang?.toLowerCase().startsWith(lang));
-      if (m) return m;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // --- Non-staff path: keep your browser TTS (Web Speech API) ---
+  function pickVoice() {
+    const voices = speechSynthesis.getVoices();
+    // Preference order (same as you had)
+    const prefs = [/Google .*English/i, /Microsoft .*Natural/i, /Siri/i, /Alex/i, /English/i];
+    for (const p of prefs) {
+      const v = voices.find(v => p.test(v.name) && v.lang.toLowerCase().startsWith('en'));
+      if (v) return v;
     }
-    return vs.find(v => v.lang?.toLowerCase().startsWith(lang)) || vs[0];
+    return voices.find(v => v.lang.toLowerCase().startsWith('en')) || voices[0] || null;
   }
 
-  function voiceServiceLabel(v){
-    if (!v) return "Browser TTS";
-    const n = (v.name || "").toLowerCase();
-    if (/google/.test(n)) return "Google (Chrome) voice: " + v.name;
-    if (/microsoft|aria|guy|jessa|zira|david|mark|neural/.test(n)) return "Microsoft (Edge) voice: " + v.name;
-    if (/siri/.test(n)) return "Apple Siri voice: " + v.name;
-    if (/alex/.test(n)) return "Apple Alex voice";
-    return "Browser TTS voice: " + v.name + (v.lang ? ` [${v.lang}]` : "");
-  }
-
-  // --- Build the text (ensure punctuation + two spaces) ---
-  function ensureSentenceEnd(s){
-    if (!s) return "";
-    return /[.!?…]$/.test(s) ? s : (s + ".");
-  }
-  function buildCombinedText(){
-    const ill = (document.getElementById("illustration-text")?.innerText || "").trim();
-    const app = (document.getElementById("application-text")?.innerText || "").trim();
-    const illP = ensureSentenceEnd(ill);
-    return [illP, app].filter(Boolean).join("  ") || "No text available for this illustration.";
-  }
-
-  function isSpeaking(){
-    return !!(window.speechSynthesis && (speechSynthesis.speaking || speechSynthesis.pending));
-  }
-
-  function startSpeaking(){
+  function speakBrowserTTS() {
     const text = buildCombinedText();
-    if (!("speechSynthesis" in window) || !("SpeechSynthesisUtterance" in window)){
-      alert("Text-to-Speech not supported in this browser.");
+    if (!window.speechSynthesis || !window.SpeechSynthesisUtterance) {
+      alert('Text-to-Speech not supported in this browser.');
       return;
     }
-    speechSynthesis.cancel();
-
-    const begin = () => {
+    // If currently speaking—toggle off
+    if (speechSynthesis.speaking || speechSynthesis.pending) {
+      speechSynthesis.cancel();
+      return;
+    }
+    const start = () => {
       const u = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text);
-      const v = pickBestVoice("en");
+      const v = pickVoice();
       if (v) u.voice = v;
-      u.rate = 1.0;
-      u.pitch = 1.0;
-      u.volume = 1.0;
-
-      // UI feedback
-      speakBtn?.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
-      speakBtn?.classList.add('active');
-
-      u.onend = u.onerror = () => {
-        speakBtn?.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
-        speakBtn?.classList.remove('active');
-      };
-
+      u.rate = 1.0; u.pitch = 1.0; u.volume = 1.0;
       speechSynthesis.speak(u);
-      showTTSToast(voiceServiceLabel(v));
     };
-
-    if (!listVoices().length){
-      speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = () => { speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = null; begin(); };
-      speechSynthesis.getVoices(); // nudge
-      setTimeout(() => { if (!speechSynthesis.speaking) begin(); }, 600);
+    if (!speechSynthesis.getVoices().length) {
+      speechSynthesis.onvoiceschanged = () => start();
+      speechSynthesis.getVoices();
     } else {
-      begin();
+      start();
     }
   }
 
-  function stopSpeaking(){
-    if (!window.speechSynthesis) return;
-    speechSynthesis.cancel();
-    speakBtn?.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
-    speakBtn?.classList.remove('active');
-    showTTSToast("Playback stopped");
-  }
-
-  if (speakBtn){
-    // Toggle behavior
-    speakBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      if (isSpeaking()){
-        stopSpeaking();
-      } else {
-        startSpeaking();
-      }
-    });
-  } else {
-    console.warn('TTS: speak button not found (looked for #ttsBtn, #btn-speak, .btn-speak).');
-  }
+  btn.addEventListener('click', speakBrowserTTS);
 })();
 </script>
 {% endblock %}
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