diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/src/redis.ts b/packages/text-to-speech/src/redis.ts
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+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/src/redis.ts
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+import { createClient } from 'redis'
+
+export const createRedisClient = async () => {
+  const redisClient = createClient({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL })
+
+  redisClient.on('error', (err) => console.error('Redis Client Error', err))
+
+  await redisClient.connect()
+
+  return redisClient
+}