diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 28ba0df6c..7b275b385 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^5.18.1",
     "@google-cloud/tasks": "^2.3.0",
     "@omnivore/readability": "1.0.0",
+    "@omnivore/text-to-speech-handler": "1.0.0",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "^1.3.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
index e0f625aad..3302cdf11 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { getPageById, updatePage } from '../elastic/pages'
 import { generateDownloadSignedUrl } from '../utils/uploads'
 import { enqueueTextToSpeech } from '../utils/createTask'
 import { createPubSubClient } from '../datalayer/pubsub'
+import { htmlToSsml } from '@omnivore/text-to-speech-handler'
 
 const logger = buildLogger('app.dispatch')
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export function articleRouter() {
       const priority = req.params.priority
       if (
         !articleId ||
-        !['mp3', 'speech-marks'].includes(outputFormat) ||
+        !['mp3', 'speech-marks', 'ssml'].includes(outputFormat) ||
         !['low', 'high'].includes(priority)
       ) {
         return res.status(400).send('Invalid data')
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@ export function articleRouter() {
         return res.status(401).send({ errorCode: 'UNAUTHORIZED' })
       }
       const { uid } = jwt.decode(token) as Claims
-
       logger.info(`Get article speech in ${outputFormat} format`, {
         params: req.params,
         labels: {
@@ -100,6 +100,21 @@ export function articleRouter() {
         },
       })
 
+      if (outputFormat === 'ssml') {
+        const page = await getPageById(articleId)
+        if (!page) {
+          return res.status(404).send('Page not found')
+        }
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call
+        const ssmlItems = htmlToSsml(page.content, {
+          primaryVoice: voice,
+          secondaryVoice: 'en-US-GuyNeural',
+          rate: '1',
+          language: page.language || 'en-US',
+        })
+        return res.send({ ssmlItems })
+      }
+
       const existingSpeech = await getRepository(Speech).findOne({
         where: {
           elasticPageId: articleId,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/textToSpeech.d.ts b/packages/api/src/textToSpeech.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..194db1fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/textToSpeech.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+declare module '@omnivore/text-to-speech-handler' {
+  function htmlToSsml(html: string, options: SSMLOptions): SSMLItem[]
+
+  interface SSMLOptions {
+    primaryVoice: string
+    secondaryVoice: string
+    rate: string
+    language: string
+  }
+
+  interface SSMLItem {
+    open: string
+    close: string
+    textItems: string[]
+  }
+
+  export { htmlToSsml }
+}
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/.npmignore b/packages/text-to-speech/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..193378602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/test/