diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
index 53a6fb28c..e17276f7b 100644
--- a/docs/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -415,10 +415,19 @@ A grab-bag of small gotchas that otherwise turn into long debugging sessions.
 | Package | Feature unlocked |
 |---------|-----------------|
 | `faster-whisper` | Local speech-to-text (microphone -> text) via the "local" STT provider. |
+| `kokoro`, `soundfile` | Local Kokoro-82M text-to-speech on a CUDA GPU. The pinned Kokoro release supports Odysseus installs on Python 3.11-3.12; these packages are intentionally skipped on Python 3.13+ (including the Python 3.14 container image). |
 | `ddgs` | DuckDuckGo as a search provider option. |
 | `PyMuPDF` | PDF page rendering in the side viewer panel and form-filling. (Note: AGPL-3.0) |
 | `markitdown` | Office/EPUB document text extraction (converts .docx/.xlsx/.pptx/.xls/.epub to Markdown). |
 
+Install the optional set only when you need these features:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements-optional.txt
+```
+
+The default Docker image currently uses Python 3.14, while Kokoro 0.9.4 declares Python `>=3.10,<3.13`. Odysseus itself continues to support Python 3.11+, but this pinned optional local-TTS feature requires a native Python 3.11 or 3.12 environment. Kokoro declares `torch`, but the local provider only activates when that torch build has CUDA and a GPU is visible; install the CUDA build appropriate for your host. Browser and configured endpoint TTS remain available on Python 3.13+ and in the container image.
+
 ### Faster, reproducible installs with uv (optional)
 [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) works as a drop-in replacement for the
 venv + pip steps in the native install guides, no project changes are needed but this change results in faster installs along with a lockfile for reproducible environments. After [installing `uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/), use:
diff --git a/requirements-optional.txt b/requirements-optional.txt
index ab21e81ee..d2117432f 100644
--- a/requirements-optional.txt
+++ b/requirements-optional.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
 # GPU-accelerated transcription — it's auto-detected, CPU is used otherwise.
 faster-whisper
 
+# Local text-to-speech via Kokoro-82M for the "local" TTS provider.
+# Kokoro 0.9.4 declares Python >=3.10,<3.13; Odysseus itself requires 3.11+,
+# so pip installs these extras on 3.11-3.12 and deliberately skips them on
+# Python 3.13+ (including the Python 3.14 container image). Kokoro declares
+# torch; the local provider still
+# requires a CUDA-enabled torch build and GPU at runtime. SoundFile is separate
+# in Kokoro's official install instructions and is not a transitive dependency.
+kokoro==0.9.4; python_version >= "3.11" and python_version < "3.13"
+soundfile; python_version >= "3.11" and python_version < "3.13"
+
 # DuckDuckGo as a search provider option.
 # Install if you want DDG in the search-provider dropdown.
 # Alternatives: SearXNG, Brave, Tavily, Serper, Google PSE.
diff --git a/tests/test_kokoro_optional_requirements.py b/tests/test_kokoro_optional_requirements.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53e670a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_kokoro_optional_requirements.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from packaging.requirements import Requirement
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+
+def _optional_requirement(name):
+    lines = (ROOT / "requirements-optional.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+    return Requirement(next(line for line in lines if line.startswith(name)))
+
+
+def test_kokoro_optional_dependency_pins_the_verified_release():
+    kokoro = _optional_requirement("kokoro")
+
+    assert str(kokoro.specifier) == "==0.9.4"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("python_version", "selected"),
+    (("3.11", True), ("3.12", True), ("3.13", False), ("3.14", False)),
+)
+def test_kokoro_feature_markers_match_supported_python_range(python_version, selected):
+    for name in ("kokoro", "soundfile"):
+        requirement = _optional_requirement(name)
+        assert requirement.marker is not None
+        assert requirement.marker.evaluate({"python_version": python_version}) is selected
+
+
+def test_setup_documents_container_constraint_and_install_command():
+    setup = (ROOT / "docs" / "setup.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "pip install -r requirements-optional.txt" in setup
+    assert "default Docker image currently uses Python 3.14" in setup
+    assert "Python `>=3.10,<3.13`" in setup
+    assert "native Python 3.11 or 3.12" in setup
+    assert "skipped on Python 3.13+" in setup
+    assert "torch build has CUDA" in setup