diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 7524b549..a8e64403 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ other versions come from the canonical LWT ("official" branch on Git).
 For git tags, official releases are marked like "v1.0.0", while unofficial
 ones are marked like "v1.0.0-fork".
 
-## [Unreleased] 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+* Word reading can be allowed on hover or on click. 
+Pull request [#147](https://github.com/HugoFara/lwt/pull/147) by 
+[@ProgramComputer](https://github.com/ProgramComputer).
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/docs/info.html b/docs/info.html
index 11da1107..00559814 100644
--- a/docs/info.html
+++ b/docs/info.html
@@ -2183,6 +2183,12 @@ <h2 id="CHANGELOG" name="CHANGELOG">▶ Changelog - <a href="#">[↑]</a></h2>
 For git tags, official releases are marked like "v1.0.0", while unofficial
 ones are marked like "v1.0.0-fork".</p>
 <h3>[Unreleased]</h3>
+<h4>Added</h4>
+<ul>
+<li>Word reading can be allowed on hover or on click.
+Pull request <a href="https://github.com/HugoFara/lwt/pull/147">#147</a> by
+<a href="https://github.com/ProgramComputer">@ProgramComputer</a>.</li>
+</ul>
 <h4>Fixed</h4>
 <ul>
 <li>The database wizard was broken since 2.9.0.</li>
diff --git a/inc/session_utility.php b/inc/session_utility.php
index ead0c8e8..115a25c9 100644
--- a/inc/session_utility.php
+++ b/inc/session_utility.php
@@ -2409,16 +2409,23 @@ function get_annotation_position_selectoptions($v): string
 }
 // -------------------------------------------------------------
 
-function get_hts_selectoptions($v): string
+function get_hts_selectoptions($current_setting): string
 {
-    if (! isset($v) ) { $v = 1; 
+    if (!isset($current_setting)) { 
+        $current_setting = 1; 
+    }
+    $options = array(
+        1 => "Never",
+        2 => "On Click",
+        3 => "On Hover"
+    );
+    $r = "";
+    foreach ($options as $key => $value) {
+        $r .= sprintf(
+            '<option value="%d"%s>%s</option>', 
+            $key, get_selected($current_setting, $key), $value
+        );
     }
-    $r = "<option value=\"1\"" . get_selected($v, 1);
-    $r .= ">Never</option>";
-    $r .= "<option value=\"2\"" . get_selected($v, 2);
-    $r .= ">On Click</option>";
-    $r .= "<option value=\"3\"" . get_selected($v, 3);
-    $r .= ">On Hover</option>";
     return $r;
 }
 
diff --git a/js/pgm.js b/js/pgm.js
index e33f9ddc..e6d50167 100644
--- a/js/pgm.js
+++ b/js/pgm.js
@@ -114,15 +114,17 @@ function word_click_event_do_text_text(){const status=$(this).attr('data_status'
 let hints;if(JQ_TOOLTIP){hints=make_tooltip($(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_trans'),$(this).attr('data_rom'),status)}else{hints=$(this).attr('title')}
 const multi_words=Array(7);for(let i=0;i<7;i++){multi_words[i]=$(this).attr('data_mw'+(i+2))}
 if(status<1){run_overlib_status_unknown(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,hints,TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),multi_words,RTL);showRightFrames('edit_word.php?tid='+TID+'&ord='+$(this).attr('data_order')+'&wid=')}else if(status==99){run_overlib_status_99(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,hints,TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_wid'),multi_words,RTL,ann)}else if(status==98){run_overlib_status_98(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,hints,TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_wid'),multi_words,RTL,ann)}else{run_overlib_status_1_to_5(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,hints,TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_wid'),status,multi_words,RTL,ann)}
+if(HTS==2){const lg=getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);readTextAloud($(this).text(),lg)}
 return!1}
 function mword_click_event_do_text_text(){const status=$(this).attr('data_status');if(status!=''){let ann='';if((typeof $(this).attr('data_ann'))!=='undefined'){ann=$(this).attr('data_ann')}
 run_overlib_multiword(WBLINK1,WBLINK2,WBLINK3,JQ_TOOLTIP?make_tooltip($(this).text(),$(this).attr('data_trans'),$(this).attr('data_rom'),status):$(this).attr('title'),TID,$(this).attr('data_order'),$(this).attr('data_text'),$(this).attr('data_wid'),status,$(this).attr('data_code'),ann)}
+if(HTS==2){const lg=getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);readTextAloud($(this).text(),lg)}
 return!1}
 function mword_drag_n_drop_select(event){if(JQ_TOOLTIP)$('.ui-tooltip').remove();const context=$(this).parent();context.one('mouseup mouseout',$(this),function(){clearTimeout(to);$('.nword').removeClass('nword');$('.tword').removeClass('tword');$('.lword').removeClass('lword');$('.wsty',context).css('background-color','').css('border-bottom-color','');$('#pe').remove()});to=setTimeout(function(){let pos;context.off('mouseout');$('.wsty',context).css('background-color','inherit').css('border-bottom-color','rgba(0,0,0,0)').not('.hide,.word').each(function(){f=parseInt($(this).attr('data_code'))*2+parseInt($(this).attr('data_order'))-1;h='';$(this).nextUntil($('[id^="ID-'+f+'-"]',context),'[id$="-1"]').each(function(){l=$(this).attr('data_order');if(typeof l!=='undefined'){h+='<span class="tword" data_order="'+l+'">'+$(this).text()+'</span>'}else{h+='<span class="nword" data_order="'+$(this).attr('id').split('-')[1]+'">'+$(this).text()+'</span>'}});$(this).html(h)});$('#pe').remove();$('body').append('<style id="pe">#'+context.attr('id')+' .wsty:after,#'+context.attr('id')+' .wsty:before{opacity:0}</style>');$('[id$="-1"]',context).not('.hide,.wsty').addClass('nword').each(function(){$(this).attr('data_order',$(this).attr('id').split('-')[1])});$('.word',context).not('.hide').each(function(){$(this).html('<span class="tword" data_order="'+$(this).attr('data_order')+'">'+$(this).text()+'</span>')});if(event.data.annotation==1){$('.wsty',context).not('.hide').each(function(){$(this).children('.tword').last().attr('data_ann',$(this).attr('data_ann')).attr('data_trans',$(this).attr('data_trans')).addClass('content'+$(this).removeClass('status1 status2 status3 status4 status5 status98 status99').attr('data_status'))})}else if(event.data.annotation==3){$('.wsty',context).not('.hide').each(function(){$(this).children('.tword').first().attr('data_ann',$(this).attr('data_ann')).attr('data_trans',$(this).attr('data_trans')).addClass('content'+$(this).removeClass('status1 status2 status3 status4 status5 status98 status99').attr('data_status'))})}
 $(context).one('mouseover','.tword',function(){$('html').one('mouseup',function(){$('.wsty',context).each(function(){$(this).addClass('status'+$(this).attr('data_status'))});if(!$(this).hasClass('tword')){$('span',context).removeClass('nword tword lword');$('.wsty',context).css('background-color','').css('border-bottom-color','');$('#pe').remove()}});pos=parseInt($(this).attr('data_order'));$('.lword',context).removeClass('lword');$(this).addClass('lword');$(context).on('mouseleave',function(){$('.lword',context).removeClass('lword')});$(context).one('mouseup','.nword,.tword',function(ev){if(ev.handled!==!0){const len=$('.lword.tword',context).length;if(len>0){g=$('.lword',context).first().attr('data_order');if(len>1){const text=$('.lword',context).map(function(){return $(this).text()}).get().join('');if(text.length>250){alert('selected text is too long!!!')}else{showRightFrames('edit_mword.php?tid='+TID+'&len='+len+'&ord='+g+'&txt='+text)}}else{showRightFrames('edit_word.php?tid='+TID+'&ord='+g+'&txt='+$('#ID-'+g+'-1').text())}}
 $('span',context).removeClass('tword nword');ev.handled=!0}})});$(context).hoverIntent({over:function(){$('.lword',context).removeClass('lword');const lpos=parseInt($(this).attr('data_order'));$(this).addClass('lword');if(lpos>pos){for(var i=pos;i<lpos;i++){$('.tword[data_order="'+i+'"],.nword[data_order="'+i+'"]',context).addClass('lword')}}else{for(var i=pos;i>lpos;i--){$('.tword[data_order="'+i+'"],.nword[data_order="'+i+'"]',context).addClass('lword')}}},out:function(){},sensitivity:18,selector:'.tword'})},300)}
 function word_hover_over(){if(!$('.tword')[0]){const v=$(this).attr('class').replace(/.*(TERM[^ ]*)( .*)*/,'$1');$('.'+v).addClass('hword');if(JQ_TOOLTIP){$(this).trigger('mouseover')}
-if(HTS){const lg=getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);readTextAloud($(this).text(),lg)}}}
+if(HTS==3){const lg=getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);readTextAloud($(this).text(),lg)}}}
 function word_hover_out(){$('.hword').removeClass('hword');if(JQ_TOOLTIP)$('.ui-helper-hidden-accessible>div[style]').remove();}
 jQuery.fn.extend({tooltip_wsty_content:function(){var re=new RegExp('(['+DELIMITER+'])(?! )','g');let title='';if($(this).hasClass('mwsty')){title="<p><b style='font-size:120%'>"+$(this).attr('data_text')+'</b></p>'}else{title="<p><b style='font-size:120%'>"+$(this).text()+'</b></p>'}
 const roman=$(this).attr('data_rom');let trans=$(this).attr('data_trans').replace(re,'$1 ');let statname='';const status=parseInt($(this).attr('data_status'));if(status==0)statname='Unknown [?]';else if(status<5)statname='Learning ['+status+']';if(status==5)statname='Learned [5]';if(status==98)statname='Ignored [Ign]';if(status==99)statname='Well Known [WKn]';if(roman!=''){title+='<p><b>Roman.</b>: '+roman+'</p>'}
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index 2436ca7d..385fc3d4 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -111,10 +111,11 @@
                 1 : 0
             )
         );
+        
         saveSetting(
             'set-hts',  
-                $_REQUEST['set-hts']
-                          );
+            $_REQUEST['set-hts']
+        );
     
         saveSetting(
             'set-archivedtexts-per-page',
diff --git a/src/js/jq_pgm.js b/src/js/jq_pgm.js
index f692cba6..0ea301f8 100644
--- a/src/js/jq_pgm.js
+++ b/src/js/jq_pgm.js
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ function word_dblclick_event_do_text_text () {
 /**
  * Do a word edition window. Usually called when the user clicks on a word.
  * 
+ * @since 2.9.10-fork Read word aloud if HTS equals 2.
+ * 
  * @returns {bool} false
  */
 function word_click_event_do_text_text () {
@@ -693,6 +695,10 @@ function word_click_event_do_text_text () {
       $(this).text(), $(this).attr('data_wid'), status, multi_words, RTL, ann
     );
   }
+  if (HTS == 2) {
+    const lg = getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);
+    readTextAloud($(this).text(), lg);
+  }
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -715,10 +721,10 @@ function mword_click_event_do_text_text () {
       $(this).attr('data_wid'), status, $(this).attr('data_code'), ann
     );
   }
-  if (HTS == 2) { 
+  if (HTS == 2) {
     const lg = getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);
     readTextAloud($(this).text(), lg);
-    }
+  }
   return false;
 }