diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 8750353..6a28cc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install flake8 pytest lintception requests rich deepdiff mplcursors
+        pip install flake8 pytest lintception requests rich deepdiff mplcursors pyttsx3
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6422b37..3abd923 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ To install, run the following command:
 
 `pip install hypickle`
 
-Besides installing the script, this will also automatically install its dependencies (the libraries `requests`,
-`rich`, `mplcursors`, `deepdiff`, and any of their own dependencies).
+Besides installing the script, this will also automatically install its dependencies (the libraries `requests`, `rich`, `mplcursors`, `deepdiff`, `pyttsx3`, and any of their own dependencies).
 
 Then, create a new folder that will be used to store persistent information (such as friends lists you create).
 In this folder, make a textfile called 'api-key.txt', and paste your hypixel api key as the first line.
diff --git a/hypickle/Player.py b/hypickle/Player.py
index 4246838..ee1d65d 100644
--- a/hypickle/Player.py
+++ b/hypickle/Player.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def iterate_over_friends_for_report(
             for player in self._players_used_to_combine:
                 online_status = 'online' if player.hypixel_object().isOnline((True,)*3) else 'offline'
                 if online_status == 'online':
-                    print('\a')
+                    Utils.speak(f"{player.name()} is online")
                 player.print_dict_report(player.get_stats_dict(), f"this arg player is {online_status}")
             print()
 
diff --git a/hypickle/Utils.py b/hypickle/Utils.py
index dbd87f6..73f1fca 100644
--- a/hypickle/Utils.py
+++ b/hypickle/Utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import math
 from pprint import pprint
 import itertools
+import pyttsx3 # type: ignore
+talker: Optional[pyttsx3.Engine | Any] = None
 
 def list_subtract(main_list: list, subtract_elems: Iterable) -> list:
     subtract_set = set(subtract_elems)
@@ -271,4 +273,15 @@ def print_diff_dicts(old_dict: dict, new_dict: dict, prepended_msg: str = '') ->
 def content_in_file(filename: str) -> bool:
     """Returns True if there is at least one non-whitespace character in the file."""
     with open(filename, 'r') as f:
-        return f.read().strip() != ''
\ No newline at end of file
+        return f.read().strip() != ''
+
+def speak(text: str) -> None:
+    """Uses pyttsx3 to do text to speech."""
+    global talker
+    if talker is None:
+        talker = pyttsx3.init()
+        talker.setProperty('voice', talker.getProperty('voices')[1].id)
+        talker.setProperty('volume', 0.2)
+        talker.setProperty('rate', 160)
+    talker.say(text)
+    talker.runAndWait()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ideas.txt b/ideas.txt
index e144390..be728cd 100644
--- a/ideas.txt
+++ b/ideas.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
         - Also once lintception is updated with allowing the user to specify certain files that should
           be empty, specify the __init__.py in the hypickle folder.
 
+    # If an arg player is online, output a voice message for their most recent game as well.
+
+    # If an arg player is online and their recentgames list has a new first dict, voice-output that
+      they've entered/exited a game since the last check.
+        # Would have to keep track of the result from the previous call to the recentgames endpoint.
+
     # Can include some linters mentioned here in your tests as well (e.g., bandit):
       https://realpython.com/python-code-quality/
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d48a07f..34d9b83 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "rich",
   "deepdiff",
   "mplcursors",
+  "pyttsx3",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"