diff --git a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/CMakeLists.txt
index 332a366..1ab2117 100644
--- a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(toasty)
 ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(nma)
 ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(sound)
+ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(speech)
 ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(pushover_backend)
diff --git a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/sound/sound.cpp b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/sound/sound.cpp
index 5987d67..96f6e0e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/sound/sound.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/sound/sound.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Sound::Sound():
 //    connect(m_player,QMediaPlayer::positionChanged,[](qint64 pos){
 //        qCDebug(SNORE) << "Player: " << pos;
 //    });
-    connect(m_player, &QMediaPlayer::stateChanged, [](QMediaPlayer::State state) {
+    connect(m_player, &QMediaPlayer::stateChanged, this, [](QMediaPlayer::State state) {
         qCDebug(SNORE) << "Player: " << state;
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.cpp b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.cpp
index 05507a0..9faffff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 #include "speech.h"
 
-Speech::Speech(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
+#include <QtTextToSpeech/QTextToSpeech>
+Speech::Speech()
+    : Snore::SnoreSecondaryBackend()
+    , m_speech(new QTextToSpeech(this))
 {
-
+    connect(m_speech, &QTextToSpeech::stateChanged, this, [this](QTextToSpeech::State state){
+        qCDebug(SNORE) << state;
+        if (state == QTextToSpeech::BackendError) {
+            setErrorString(tr("Sytem Backend Error"));
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+void Speech::slotNotificationDisplayed(Snore::Notification notification)
+{
+    m_speech->say(tr("%1: %2 %3").arg(notification.application().name(), notification.title(), notification.text()));
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.h b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.h
index 1c8bc90..db558e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.h
+++ b/src/plugins/secondary_backends/speech/speech.h
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 #ifndef SPEECH_H
 #define SPEECH_H
 
-#include <QObject>
+#include <plugins/snoresecondarybackend.h>
 
-class Speech : public QObject
+class QTextToSpeech;
+
+class Speech : public Snore::SnoreSecondaryBackend
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+    Q_INTERFACES(Snore::SnoreSecondaryBackend)
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.Snore.SecondaryNotificationBackend/1.0" FILE "snore_plugin.json")
 public:
-    explicit Speech(QObject *parent = 0);
+    explicit Speech();
+    ~Speech() = default;
 
-signals:
-
-public slots:
+public Q_SLOTS:
+    void slotNotificationDisplayed(Snore::Notification notification) override;
+private:
+    QTextToSpeech *m_speech;
 };
 
-#endif // SPEECH_H
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // SPEECH_H