diff --git a/frontend/src/views/BriefingView.vue b/frontend/src/views/BriefingView.vue
index 1a9836f..661a5ec 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/BriefingView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/BriefingView.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useBackgroundRefresh } from '@/composables/useBackgroundRefresh'
 import { useVoiceRecorder } from '@/composables/useVoiceRecorder'
 import { useVoiceAudio } from '@/composables/useVoiceAudio'
 import { useListenMode } from '@/composables/useListenMode'
+import { useStreamingTts } from '@/composables/useStreamingTts'
 import { useChatStore } from '@/stores/chat'
 import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/settings'
 import ChatMessage from '@/components/ChatMessage.vue'
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import {
   deleteRssReaction,
   getNewsItems,
   transcribeAudio,
-  synthesiseSpeech,
   type BriefingConversation,
   type BriefingMessage,
 } from '@/api/client'
@@ -262,43 +262,15 @@ const voiceEnabled = computed(() => settingsStore.voiceSttReady)
 const voiceTtsEnabled = computed(() => settingsStore.voiceTtsReady)
 const listenMode = useListenMode()
 const transcribing = ref(false)
-const synthesising = ref(false)
+const tts = useStreamingTts({
+  streamingContent: computed(() => chatStore.streamingContent),
+  streaming: computed(() => chatStore.streaming),
+  enabled: computed(() => listenMode.value && voiceTtsEnabled.value),
+})
 
 const recorder = useVoiceRecorder()
 const audio = useVoiceAudio()
 
-// Read the latest assistant message aloud
-async function listenToLatest() {
-  const lastAssistant = [...messages.value].reverse().find((m) => m.role === 'assistant')
-  if (!lastAssistant?.content) return
-  await speakText(lastAssistant.content)
-}
-
-async function speakText(text: string) {
-  if (!voiceTtsEnabled.value || synthesising.value) return
-  // Strip markdown for cleaner TTS output
-  const plain = text
-    .replace(/```[\s\S]*?```/g, '')
-    .replace(/`[^`]+`/g, (m) => m.slice(1, -1))
-    .replace(/#{1,6}\s+/g, '')
-    .replace(/\*\*([^*]+)\*\*/g, '$1')
-    .replace(/\*([^*]+)\*/g, '$1')
-    .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]+\)/g, '$1')
-    .replace(/^\s*[-*+]\s+/gm, '')
-    .replace(/\n{2,}/g, ' ')
-    .trim()
-  if (!plain) return
-  synthesising.value = true
-  try {
-    const blob = await synthesiseSpeech(plain)
-    await audio.play(blob)
-  } catch {
-    // TTS failure is non-critical
-  } finally {
-    synthesising.value = false
-  }
-}
-
 // PTT: hold to record, release to transcribe and send
 async function startPtt() {
   if (!voiceEnabled.value || recorder.recording.value) return
@@ -323,14 +295,6 @@ async function stopPtt() {
   }
 }
 
-// Auto-TTS when listen mode is on and streaming ends
-watch(() => chatStore.streaming, async (streaming) => {
-  if (!streaming && listenMode.value && voiceTtsEnabled.value) {
-    // Small delay to let messages update after stream
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 200))
-    await listenToLatest()
-  }
-})
 
 // Convert BriefingMessage to Message for ChatMessage component
 function toMsg(m: BriefingMessage): Message {
@@ -455,12 +419,12 @@ onMounted(async () => {
           <button
             v-if="voiceTtsEnabled"
             class="btn-icon"
-            :class="{ 'btn-icon-active': listenMode, 'btn-icon-busy': synthesising || audio.playing.value }"
-            @click="listenMode ? (listenMode = false) : (listenMode = true, listenToLatest())"
+            :class="{ 'btn-icon-active': listenMode, 'btn-icon-busy': tts.speaking.value }"
+            @click="listenMode = !listenMode; if (!listenMode) tts.stop()"
             :title="listenMode ? 'Stop auto-read' : 'Read replies aloud'"
             aria-label="Toggle listen mode"
           >
-            <svg v-if="!synthesising && !audio.playing.value" width="17" height="17" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+            <svg v-if="!tts.speaking.value" width="17" height="17" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
               <path d="M3 9v6h4l5 5V4L7 9H3zm13.5 3c0-1.77-1.02-3.29-2.5-4.03v8.05c1.48-.73 2.5-2.25 2.5-4.02zM14 3.23v2.06c2.89.86 5 3.54 5 6.71s-2.11 5.85-5 6.71v2.06c4.01-.91 7-4.49 7-8.77s-2.99-7.86-7-8.77z"/>
             </svg>
             <svg v-else width="17" height="17" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
@@ -469,9 +433,9 @@ onMounted(async () => {
           </button>
           <!-- Stop TTS playback -->
           <button
-            v-if="voiceTtsEnabled && (synthesising || audio.playing.value)"
+            v-if="voiceTtsEnabled && tts.speaking.value"
             class="btn-icon btn-icon-danger"
-            @click="audio.stop(); synthesising = false"
+            @click="tts.stop()"
             title="Stop playback"
             aria-label="Stop playback"
           >