diff --git a/SharedProcessors/TextToSpeech.py b/SharedProcessors/TextToSpeech.py
index a068b48..5ab2478 100644
--- a/SharedProcessors/TextToSpeech.py
+++ b/SharedProcessors/TextToSpeech.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import os
 import platform
+import shutil
 
 from autopkglib import (  # pylint: disable=import-error,wrong-import-position,unused-import
     Processor,
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ def speak(self, input_string):
 
         # from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59118441/861745
         syst = platform.system()
-        if syst == "Linux" and platform.linux_distribution()[0] == "Ubuntu":
+        # change check to look for command existance, rather than Ubuntu specific:
+        if syst == "Linux" and shutil.which("spd-say") is not None:
             os.system("spd-say %s" % tx)
         elif syst == "Windows":
             os.system(
diff --git a/Test-Recipes/TextToSpeech.test.recipe.yaml b/Test-Recipes/TextToSpeech.test.recipe.yaml
index 41b880b..9eee42f 100644
--- a/Test-Recipes/TextToSpeech.test.recipe.yaml
+++ b/Test-Recipes/TextToSpeech.test.recipe.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MinimumVersion: "2.3"
 Process:
   - Processor: com.github.jgstew.SharedProcessors/TextToSpeech
     Arguments:
-      input_string: "Hello World from AutoPkg!"
+      input_string: "Hello World from AutoPkg!!!"
   # so far tested on macos only, but should support windows and ubuntu as well with no deps or any os with pyttsx3
 
   # - Processor: URLTextSearcher