diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/.eslintignore b/packages/text-to-speech/.eslintignore
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+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/.eslintignore
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+node_modules/
+dist/
+readabilityjs/
+src/generated/
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diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/.eslintrc b/packages/text-to-speech/.eslintrc
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index 000000000..e006282a6
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+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/.eslintrc
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+{
+  "extends": "../../.eslintrc",
+  "parserOptions": {
+    "project": "tsconfig.json"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/.gcloudignore b/packages/text-to-speech/.gcloudignore
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index 000000000..ccc4eb240
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+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/.gcloudignore
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+# This file specifies files that are *not* uploaded to Google Cloud Platform
+# using gcloud. It follows the same syntax as .gitignore, with the addition of
+# "#!include" directives (which insert the entries of the given .gitignore-style
+# file at that point).
+#
+# For more information, run:
+#   $ gcloud topic gcloudignore
+#
+.gcloudignore
+# If you would like to upload your .git directory, .gitignore file or files
+# from your .gitignore file, remove the corresponding line
+# below:
+.git
+.gitignore
+
+node_modules
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/mocha-config.json b/packages/text-to-speech/mocha-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44d1d24c1
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+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/mocha-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "extension": ["ts"],
+    "spec": "test/**/*.test.ts",
+    "require": "test/babel-register.js"
+  }
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diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/package.json b/packages/text-to-speech/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d55567b35
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+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@omnivore/text-to-speech-handler",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "build/src/index.js",
+  "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "build/src"
+  ],
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "keywords": [],
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "yarn mocha -r ts-node/register --config mocha-config.json",
+    "lint": "eslint src --ext ts,js,tsx,jsx",
+    "compile": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "start": "functions-framework --source=build/src/ --target=textToSpeechHandler",
+    "dev": "concurrently \"tsc -w\" \"nodemon --watch ./build/ --exec npm run start\"",
+    "gcloud-deploy": "gcloud functions deploy textToSpeechHandler --gen2 --trigger-http --allow-unauthenticated --region=$npm_config_region --runtime nodejs14 --env-vars-file=../gcf-shared/env-$npm_config_env.yaml",
+    "deploy": "yarn build && yarn gcloud-deploy"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^14.11.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@google-cloud/functions-framework": "3.1.2",
+    "@google-cloud/pubsub": "^2.18.4",
+    "@sentry/serverless": "^6.16.1",
+    "axios": "^0.27.2",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/src/index.ts b/packages/text-to-speech/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06317208e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/src/index.ts
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+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
+
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/serverless'
+import parseHeaders from 'parse-headers'
+
+export const textToSpeechHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
+  async (req, res) => {
+    console.log('new request', req)
+      res.send('OK')
+  }
+)
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/test/babel-register.js b/packages/text-to-speech/test/babel-register.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6f65f60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/test/babel-register.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const register = require('@babel/register').default
+
+register({ extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx', '.js', '.jsx'] })
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/test/stub.test.ts b/packages/text-to-speech/test/stub.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..173ca4917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/test/stub.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import 'mocha'
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import 'chai/register-should'
+import chaiString from 'chai-string'
+
+chai.use(chaiString)
+
+describe('Stub test', () => {
+  it('should pass', () => {
+    expect(true).to.be.true
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/tsconfig.json b/packages/text-to-speech/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f450acf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@tsconfig/node14/tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "build",
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "lib": ["dom"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src", "test"]
+}