diff --git a/platypush/plugins/tts/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/tts/__init__.py
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+import subprocess
+import urllib.parse
+
+from platypush.message.response import Response
+
+from .. import Plugin
+
+class TtsPlugin(Plugin):
+    """ Default Text-to-Speech plugin. It leverages Google Translate and
+        requires mplayer """
+
+    def say(self, phrase, lang='en-gb'):
+        output = None
+        errors = []
+        cmd = ['mplayer -ao alsa -really-quiet -noconsolecontrols ' +
+               '"http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?{}"'
+               .format(urllib.parse.urlencode({
+                   'ie'     : 'UTF-8',
+                   'client' : 'tw-ob',
+                   'tl'     : lang,
+                   'q'      : phrase,
+                }))]
+
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(
+                cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).decode('utf-8')
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            errors = [e.output.decode('utf-8')]
+
+        return Response(output=output, errors=errors)
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
+