diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/features/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/features/index.ts
index cb879d71f..a5226ef48 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/features/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/features/index.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const optInFeatureResolver = authorized<
       }
     }
 
-    const token = signFeatureToken(optIn)
+    const token = signFeatureToken(optIn, claims.uid)
 
     return {
       feature: {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts
index e0796a76d..4e89954f6 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { enqueueTextToSpeech } from '../utils/createTask'
 import { htmlToSpeechFile } from '@omnivore/text-to-speech-handler'
 import { UserPersonalization } from '../entity/user_personalization'
 import { ArticleSavingRequestStatus } from '../elastic/types'
+import { FeatureName, getFeature } from '../services/features'
 
 const logger = buildLogger('app.dispatch')
 
@@ -80,6 +81,11 @@ export function textToSpeechRouter() {
           },
         })
 
+        const feature = await getFeature(
+          FeatureName.UltraRealisticVoice,
+          userId
+        )
+
         for (const utterance of speechFile.utterances) {
           // enqueue a task to convert text to speech
           const taskName = await enqueueTextToSpeech({
@@ -91,6 +97,8 @@ export function textToSpeechRouter() {
             isUltraRealisticVoice: true,
             language: speechFile.language,
             rate: userPersonalization?.speechRate || '1.1',
+            featureName: feature?.name,
+            grantedAt: feature?.grantedAt,
           })
           logger.info('Start Text to speech task', { taskName })
         }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/features.ts b/packages/api/src/services/features.ts
index b9dd19605..99d53e194 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/features.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/features.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { env } from '../env'
 import { IsNull, Not } from 'typeorm'
 
-enum FeatureName {
+export enum FeatureName {
   UltraRealisticVoice = 'ultra-realistic-voice',
 }
 
@@ -56,10 +56,16 @@ const optInUltraRealisticVoice = async (uid: string): Promise<Feature> => {
   })
 }
 
-export const signFeatureToken = (feature: Feature): string => {
+export const signFeatureToken = (
+  feature: {
+    name?: string
+    grantedAt?: Date | null
+  },
+  userId: string
+): string => {
   return jwt.sign(
     {
-      uid: feature.user.id,
+      uid: userId,
       featureName: feature.name,
       grantedAt: feature.grantedAt ? feature.grantedAt.getTime() / 1000 : null,
     },
@@ -67,3 +73,26 @@ export const signFeatureToken = (feature: Feature): string => {
     { expiresIn: '1y' }
   )
 }
+
+export const isOptedIn = async (
+  name: FeatureName,
+  uid: string
+): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const feature = await getRepository(Feature).findOneBy({
+    user: { id: uid },
+    name,
+    grantedAt: Not(IsNull()),
+  })
+
+  return !!feature
+}
+
+export const getFeature = async (
+  name: FeatureName,
+  uid: string
+): Promise<Feature | null> => {
+  return getRepository(Feature).findOneBy({
+    user: { id: uid },
+    name,
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts b/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts
index 380a14a36..784d56840 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/speech.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { searchPages } from '../elastic/pages'
 import { Page, PageType } from '../elastic/types'
 import { SortBy, SortOrder } from '../utils/search'
+import { FeatureName, isOptedIn } from './features'
 
 /*
  * We should not synthesize the page when:
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ export const shouldSynthesize = async (
     return false
   }
 
-  if (process.env.TEXT_TO_SPEECH_BETA_TEST) {
+  if (await isOptedIn(FeatureName.UltraRealisticVoice, userId)) {
     return true
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index af9b0e3ad..51d18b592 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { google } from '@google-cloud/tasks/build/protos/protos'
 import { IntegrationType } from '../entity/integration'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
 import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
+import { signFeatureToken } from '../services/features'
 import View = google.cloud.tasks.v2.Task.View
 
 const logger = buildLogger('app.dispatch')
@@ -347,6 +348,8 @@ export const enqueueTextToSpeech = async ({
   isUltraRealisticVoice = false,
   language,
   rate,
+  featureName,
+  grantedAt,
 }: {
   userId: string
   speechId: string
@@ -360,6 +363,8 @@ export const enqueueTextToSpeech = async ({
   isUltraRealisticVoice?: boolean
   language?: string
   rate?: string
+  featureName?: string
+  grantedAt?: Date | null
 }): Promise<string> => {
   const { GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT } = process.env
   const payload = {
@@ -372,11 +377,7 @@ export const enqueueTextToSpeech = async ({
     language,
     rate,
   }
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const token = await signToken({ uid: userId }, env.server.jwtSecret, {
-    expiresIn: '1h',
-  })
+  const token = signFeatureToken({ name: featureName, grantedAt }, userId)
   const taskHandlerUrl = `${env.queue.textToSpeechTaskHandlerUrl}?token=${token}`
   // If there is no Google Cloud Project Id exposed, it means that we are in local environment
   if (env.dev.isLocal || !GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT) {