diff --git a/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.mjs b/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.mjs
index 8bb004e138..2e1f915553 100644
--- a/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.mjs
+++ b/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.mjs
@@ -241,6 +241,22 @@ save(audio, sys.argv[3])
 // [{text,start,end}] array for HeyGen (native), or null for ElevenLabs/Kokoro
 // (caller must transcribeWav). Never throws; failures return { ok:false, error }
 // where `error` states WHY (so the caller can surface it, not a bare "TTS failed").
+export function buildKokoroTtsArgs({ textPath, voiceId, wavRel, lang = "en", speed = 1.0 }) {
+  const args = [
+    "hyperframes",
+    "tts",
+    textPath,
+    "--voice",
+    voiceId,
+    "--output",
+    wavRel,
+    "--speed",
+    String(speed),
+  ];
+  if (lang !== "en") args.push("--lang", lang);
+  return args;
+}
+
 export async function synthesizeOne({
   provider,
   text,
@@ -276,8 +292,13 @@ export async function synthesizeOne({
   }
   // kokoro — via the published CLI; --output is relative to the project dir.
   const wavRel = relTo(hyperframesDir, wavAbs);
-  const args = ["hyperframes", "tts", writeTmpText(text), "--voice", voiceId, "--output", wavRel];
-  if (lang !== "en") args.push("--lang", lang);
+  const args = buildKokoroTtsArgs({
+    textPath: writeTmpText(text),
+    voiceId,
+    wavRel,
+    lang,
+    speed,
+  });
   const r = await spawnP("npx", args, { cwd: hyperframesDir });
   return synthResult(r, wavAbs, "kokoro (npx hyperframes tts)");
 }
diff --git a/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.test.mjs b/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.test.mjs
index a4f651908d..3b444387a2 100644
--- a/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.test.mjs
+++ b/skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/tts.test.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync, chmodSync, rmSync, existsSync } from "node:
 import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import {
+  buildKokoroTtsArgs,
   parseFfmpegDurationBanner,
   ffprobeDuration,
   synthesizeOne,
@@ -11,6 +12,39 @@ import {
   synthResult,
 } from "./tts.mjs";
 
+test("forwards a non-default speed to the Kokoro CLI", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    buildKokoroTtsArgs({
+      textPath: "/tmp/narration.txt",
+      voiceId: "am_michael",
+      wavRel: "audio/narration.wav",
+      lang: "en",
+      speed: 1.16,
+    }),
+    [
+      "hyperframes",
+      "tts",
+      "/tmp/narration.txt",
+      "--voice",
+      "am_michael",
+      "--output",
+      "audio/narration.wav",
+      "--speed",
+      "1.16",
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
+test("makes the Kokoro default speed explicit", () => {
+  const args = buildKokoroTtsArgs({
+    textPath: "/tmp/narration.txt",
+    voiceId: "am_michael",
+    wavRel: "audio/narration.wav",
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(args.slice(-2), ["--speed", "1"]);
+});
+
 test("parseFfmpegDurationBanner reads ffmpeg's stderr Duration line", () => {
   const stderr = [
     "ffmpeg version 6.0",