diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FooterBar.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FooterBar.tsx
index 5052487b..ad809153 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FooterBar.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FooterBar.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ import React from 'react';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { RiArrowLeftWideLine, RiArrowRightWideLine } from 'react-icons/ri';
 import { RiArrowGoBackLine, RiArrowGoForwardLine } from 'react-icons/ri';
+import { FaHeadphones } from 'react-icons/fa6';
 
 import { useReaderStore } from '@/store/readerStore';
 import { useSidebarStore } from '@/store/sidebarStore';
+import { useBookDataStore } from '@/store/bookDataStore';
 import { useTranslation } from '@/hooks/useTranslation';
+import { getBookLangCode } from '@/utils/book';
+import { eventDispatcher } from '@/utils/event';
 import Button from '@/components/Button';
 
 interface FooterBarProps {
@@ -16,9 +20,12 @@ interface FooterBarProps {
 
 const FooterBar: React.FC<FooterBarProps> = ({ bookKey, pageinfo, isHoveredAnim }) => {
   const _ = useTranslation();
-  const { hoveredBookKey, setHoveredBookKey, getView } = useReaderStore();
+  const { hoveredBookKey, setHoveredBookKey, getView, getProgress } = useReaderStore();
+  const { getBookData } = useBookDataStore();
   const { isSideBarVisible } = useSidebarStore();
   const view = getView(bookKey);
+  const bookData = getBookData(bookKey);
+  const progress = getProgress(bookKey);
 
   const handleProgressChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent) => {
     const newProgress = parseInt((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value, 10);
@@ -41,6 +48,16 @@ const FooterBar: React.FC<FooterBarProps> = ({ bookKey, pageinfo, isHoveredAnim
     view?.history.forward();
   };
 
+  const handleSpeakText = async () => {
+    if (!view || !progress) return;
+    const lang = getBookLangCode(bookData?.bookDoc!.metadata.language);
+    const granularity = ['zh', 'ja', 'ko'].includes(lang) ? 'sentence' : 'word';
+    await view.initTTS(granularity);
+    const { range } = progress;
+    const ssml = view.tts.from(range);
+    eventDispatcher.dispatch('speak', { bookKey, ssml });
+  };
+
   const pageinfoValid = pageinfo && pageinfo.total > 0 && pageinfo.current >= 0;
   const progressFraction = pageinfoValid ? pageinfo.current / pageinfo.total : 0;
   return (
@@ -83,6 +100,7 @@ const FooterBar: React.FC<FooterBarProps> = ({ bookKey, pageinfo, isHoveredAnim
         value={pageinfoValid ? progressFraction * 100 : 0}
         onChange={(e) => handleProgressChange(e)}
       />
+      <Button icon={<FaHeadphones size={20} />} onClick={handleSpeakText} tooltip={_('Speak')} />
       <Button
         icon={<RiArrowRightWideLine size={20} />}
         onClick={handleGoNext}
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/tts/TTSControl.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/tts/TTSControl.tsx
index c2725e6f..b3372331 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/tts/TTSControl.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/tts/TTSControl.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useReaderStore } from '@/store/readerStore';
+import { useTranslation } from '@/hooks/useTranslation';
 import { TTSController } from '@/services/tts/TTSController';
 import { WebSpeechClient } from '@/services/tts';
 import { getPopupPosition, Position } from '@/utils/sel';
 import { eventDispatcher } from '@/utils/event';
-import { useReaderStore } from '@/store/readerStore';
+import { parseSSMLLang } from '@/utils/ssml';
 import Popup from '@/components/Popup';
 import TTSPanel from './TTSPanel';
 import TTSIcon from './TTSIcon';
-import { useTranslation } from '@/hooks/useTranslation';
 
 const POPUP_WIDTH = 260;
 const POPUP_HEIGHT = 80;
@@ -47,8 +48,9 @@ const TTSControl = () => {
     if (!view) return;
 
     try {
+      const lang = parseSSMLLang(ssml) || 'en';
       const ttsClient = new WebSpeechClient();
-      const ttsController = new TTSController(ttsClient, view);
+      const ttsController = new TTSController(ttsClient, view, lang);
       ttsControllerRef.current = ttsController;
       ttsControllerRef.current.speak(ssml);
       setIsPlaying(true);
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/TTSController.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/TTSController.ts
index 4a9d876b..279f568e 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/TTSController.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/TTSController.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@ export class TTSController extends EventTarget {
   state: TTSState = 'stopped';
   ttsClient: TTSClient;
   view: FoliateView;
+  lang: string;
   #nossmlCnt: number = 0;
 
-  constructor(ttsClient: TTSClient, view: FoliateView) {
+  constructor(ttsClient: TTSClient, view: FoliateView, lang: string) {
     super();
     this.ttsClient = ttsClient;
     this.view = view;
+    this.lang = lang;
   }
 
   async #init() {
     await this.ttsClient.stop();
-    await this.view.initTTS();
+    const granularity = ['zh', 'ja', 'ko'].includes(this.lang) ? 'sentence' : 'word';
+    await this.view.initTTS(granularity);
   }
 
   async #speak(ssml: string | undefined | Promise<string>) {
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/WebSpeechClient.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/WebSpeechClient.ts
index 6c47dc2d..bb3210eb 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/WebSpeechClient.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/services/tts/WebSpeechClient.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { TTSClient, TTSMessageEvent } from './TTSClient';
 import { AsyncQueue } from '@/utils/queue';
+import { findSSMLMark, parseSSMLLang, parseSSMLMarks } from '@/utils/ssml';
 
 interface TTSBoundaryEvent {
   type: 'boundary' | 'end' | 'error';
@@ -11,66 +12,8 @@ interface TTSBoundaryEvent {
   error?: string;
 }
 
-type TTSMark = {
-  offset: number;
-  name: string;
-  text: string;
-};
-
-function getXmlLang(ssml: string): string | null {
-  const match = ssml.match(/xml:lang\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"/);
-  return match ? match[1]! : null;
-}
-
-function parseSSMLMarks(ssml: string) {
-  ssml = ssml.replace(/<speak[^>]*>/i, '');
-  ssml = ssml.replace(/<\/speak>/i, '');
-
-  const markRegex = /<mark\s+name="([^"]+)"\s*\/>/g;
-  let plainText = '';
-  const marks: TTSMark[] = [];
-
-  let match;
-  while ((match = markRegex.exec(ssml)) !== null) {
-    const markTagEndIndex = markRegex.lastIndex;
-    const nextMarkIndex = ssml.indexOf('<mark', markTagEndIndex);
-    const nextChunk = ssml.slice(
-      markTagEndIndex,
-      nextMarkIndex !== -1 ? nextMarkIndex : ssml.length,
-    );
-    const cleanedChunk = nextChunk.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '').trimStart();
-    plainText += cleanedChunk;
-
-    const offset = plainText.length - cleanedChunk.length;
-    const markName = match[1]!;
-    marks.push({ offset, name: markName, text: cleanedChunk });
-  }
-
-  return { plainText, marks };
-}
-
-function findMark(charIndex: number, marks: TTSMark[]) {
-  let left = 0;
-  let right = marks.length - 1;
-  let result: TTSMark | null = null;
-
-  while (left <= right) {
-    const mid = Math.floor((left + right) / 2);
-    const mark = marks[mid]!;
-
-    if (mark.offset <= charIndex) {
-      result = mark;
-      left = mid + 1;
-    } else {
-      right = mid - 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return result;
-}
-
 async function* speakWithBoundary(ssml: string) {
-  const lang = getXmlLang(ssml);
+  const lang = parseSSMLLang(ssml);
   const { plainText, marks } = parseSSMLMarks(ssml);
   // console.log('ssml', ssml, marks);
   // console.log('text', plainText);
@@ -85,7 +28,7 @@ async function* speakWithBoundary(ssml: string) {
   const queue = new AsyncQueue<TTSBoundaryEvent>();
 
   utterance.onboundary = (event: SpeechSynthesisEvent) => {
-    const mark = findMark(event.charIndex, marks);
+    const mark = findSSMLMark(event.charIndex, marks);
     // console.log('boundary', event.charIndex, mark);
     queue.enqueue({
       type: 'boundary',
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/ssml.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/ssml.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d22e1a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/ssml.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+type TTSMark = {
+  offset: number;
+  name: string;
+  text: string;
+};
+
+export const parseSSMLMarks = (ssml: string) => {
+  ssml = ssml.replace(/<speak[^>]*>/i, '');
+  ssml = ssml.replace(/<\/speak>/i, '');
+
+  const markRegex = /<mark\s+name="([^"]+)"\s*\/>/g;
+  let plainText = '';
+  const marks: TTSMark[] = [];
+
+  let match;
+  while ((match = markRegex.exec(ssml)) !== null) {
+    const markTagEndIndex = markRegex.lastIndex;
+    const nextMarkIndex = ssml.indexOf('<mark', markTagEndIndex);
+    const nextChunk = ssml.slice(
+      markTagEndIndex,
+      nextMarkIndex !== -1 ? nextMarkIndex : ssml.length,
+    );
+    const cleanedChunk = nextChunk.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '').trimStart();
+    plainText += cleanedChunk;
+
+    const offset = plainText.length - cleanedChunk.length;
+    const markName = match[1]!;
+    marks.push({ offset, name: markName, text: cleanedChunk });
+  }
+
+  return { plainText, marks };
+};
+
+export const findSSMLMark = (charIndex: number, marks: TTSMark[]) => {
+  let left = 0;
+  let right = marks.length - 1;
+  let result: TTSMark | null = null;
+
+  while (left <= right) {
+    const mid = Math.floor((left + right) / 2);
+    const mark = marks[mid]!;
+
+    if (mark.offset <= charIndex) {
+      result = mark;
+      left = mid + 1;
+    } else {
+      right = mid - 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+};
+
+export const parseSSMLLang = (ssml: string): string | null => {
+  const match = ssml.match(/xml:lang\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"/);
+  return match ? match[1]! : null;
+};
diff --git a/packages/foliate-js b/packages/foliate-js
index 238fbc21..67741118 160000
--- a/packages/foliate-js
+++ b/packages/foliate-js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 238fbc216cff43ee41582b8549ba2bfdba3e2ce5
+Subproject commit 67741118a29afa5e22ad26cbfb00c25e659ee044