diff --git a/INSTALL.sh b/INSTALL.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/do_text_text.php b/do_text_text.php
index 0b8c4697c..264462499 100644
--- a/do_text_text.php
+++ b/do_text_text.php
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ function do_text_text_content($textid, $only_body=true): void
         'TID' => $textid,
         'ADDFILTER' => makeStatusClassFilter((int)$visit_status),
         'JQ_TOOLTIP' => getSettingWithDefault('set-tooltip-mode') == 2 ? 1 : 0,
+        'HTS' => getSettingWithDefault('set-hts'),
         // Add new globals
         'ANNOTATIONS_MODE' => $mode_trans,
         'POS' => $pos
diff --git a/inc/kernel_utility.php b/inc/kernel_utility.php
index 7b6005864..0e0a2a116 100644
--- a/inc/kernel_utility.php
+++ b/inc/kernel_utility.php
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ function get_setting_data()
         'set-tts' => array(
             "dft" => '1', "num" => 0
         ),
+        'set-hts' => array(
+            "dft" => '1', "num" => 0
+        ),
         'set-term-sentence-count' => array(
             "dft" => '1', "num" => 0
         ),
diff --git a/inc/session_utility.php b/inc/session_utility.php
index d8e35fb82..ead0c8e80 100644
--- a/inc/session_utility.php
+++ b/inc/session_utility.php
@@ -2407,6 +2407,20 @@ function get_annotation_position_selectoptions($v): string
     $r .= ">Above</option>";
     return $r;
 }
+// -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function get_hts_selectoptions($v): string
+{
+    if (! isset($v) ) { $v = 1; 
+    }
+    $r = "<option value=\"1\"" . get_selected($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 4105d0ea9..e33f9ddc1 100644
--- a/js/pgm.js
+++ b/js/pgm.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $(document).on('click','.delete_selection',lwt_feed_wizard.deleteSelection);$(do
  * @author  andreask7 <andreasks7@users.noreply.github.com>
  * @since   1.6.16-fork
  */
-TEXTPOS=-1;OPENED=0;WID=0;TID=0;WBLINK1='';WBLINK2='';WBLINK3='';SOLUTION='';ADDFILTER='';RTL=0;ANN_ARRAY={};DELIMITER='';JQ_TOOLTIP=0;function setTransRoman(tra,rom){let form_changed=!1;if($('textarea[name="WoTranslation"]').length==1){$('textarea[name="WoTranslation"]').val(tra);form_changed|=!0}
+TEXTPOS=-1;OPENED=0;WID=0;TID=0;WBLINK1='';WBLINK2='';WBLINK3='';SOLUTION='';ADDFILTER='';RTL=0;ANN_ARRAY={};DELIMITER='';JQ_TOOLTIP=0;HTS=0;function setTransRoman(tra,rom){let form_changed=!1;if($('textarea[name="WoTranslation"]').length==1){$('textarea[name="WoTranslation"]').val(tra);form_changed|=!0}
 if($('input[name="WoRomanization"]').length==1){$('input[name="WoRomanization"]').val(rom);form_changed|=!0}
 if(form_changed)
 makeDirty();}
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ 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){$(this).trigger('mouseover')}}}
+function word_hover_over(){if(!$('.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)}}}
 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 ce9fb2c01..2436ca7d3 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
                 1 : 0
             )
         );
+        saveSetting(
+            'set-hts',  
+                $_REQUEST['set-hts']
+                          );
     
         saveSetting(
             'set-archivedtexts-per-page',
@@ -568,7 +572,7 @@
     </tr>
     <!-- ******************************************************* -->
     <tr>
-        <th class="th1 center">Text to Speech</th>
+        <th class="th1 center" rowspan="2">Text to Speech</th>
         <td class="td1 center">Save Audio Files to Disk</td>
         <td class="td1 center">
             <input type="checkbox" name="set-tts" value="1" 
@@ -580,6 +584,22 @@
         </td>
     </tr>
     <!-- ******************************************************* -->
+    <tr>
+        <td class="td1 center">Read word aloud</td>
+        <td class="td1 center">
+            <select name="set-hts" class="notempty respinput">
+            <?php
+            echo get_hts_selectoptions(
+                getSettingWithDefault('set-hts')
+            );
+            ?>
+            </select>
+        </td>
+        <td class="td1 center">
+            <img src="icn/status-busy.png" title="Field must not be empty" alt="Field must not be empty" />
+        </td>
+    </tr>
+    <!-- ******************************************************* -->
     <tr>
         <th class="th1 center" rowspan="7">Text, Term,<br />Newsfeed &amp;<br />Tag Tables</th>
         <td class="td1 center">Texts per Page</td>
diff --git a/src/js/jq_pgm.js b/src/js/jq_pgm.js
index 16c5ef164..f692cba6f 100644
--- a/src/js/jq_pgm.js
+++ b/src/js/jq_pgm.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ RTL = 0;
 ANN_ARRAY = {};
 DELIMITER = '';
 JQ_TOOLTIP = 0;
+HTS = 0;
 
 /**************************************************************
 LWT jQuery functions
@@ -714,6 +715,10 @@ function mword_click_event_do_text_text () {
       $(this).attr('data_wid'), status, $(this).attr('data_code'), ann
     );
   }
+  if (HTS == 2) { 
+    const lg = getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);
+    readTextAloud($(this).text(), lg);
+    }
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -875,6 +880,10 @@ function word_hover_over () {
     if (JQ_TOOLTIP) {
       $(this).trigger('mouseover');
     }
+    if (HTS == 3) { 
+      const lg = getLangFromDict(WBLINK3);
+      readTextAloud($(this).text(), lg);
+      }
   }
 }