diff --git a/app/pages/classroom-introduction.vue b/app/pages/classroom-introduction.vue
index d30673f..3d0f809 100644
--- a/app/pages/classroom-introduction.vue
+++ b/app/pages/classroom-introduction.vue
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ function handleClassroomEntry() {
 }
 
 const voiceMode = ref<VoiceMode>('text')
-const radioLevel = ref(3)
+const radioLevel = ref(4)
 const hasCompletedRadioCheck = ref(false)
 const tourStarted = ref(false)
 const stageIndex = ref(0)
diff --git a/app/pages/classroom.vue b/app/pages/classroom.vue
index 28f0ede..924b1b1 100644
--- a/app/pages/classroom.vue
+++ b/app/pages/classroom.vue
@@ -1282,6 +1282,7 @@ import type {BlankWidth, Frequency, Lesson, LessonField, ModuleDef, Scenario} fr
 import {loadPizzicatoLite} from '~~/shared/utils/pizzicatoLite'
 import type {PizzicatoLite} from '~~/shared/utils/pizzicatoLite'
 import {createNoiseGenerators, getReadabilityProfile} from '~~/shared/utils/radioEffects'
+import {DEFAULT_AIRLINE_TELEPHONY, normalizeRadioPhrase} from '~~/shared/utils/radioSpeech'
 
 definePageMeta({middleware: ['require-auth', 'require-classroom-intro']})
 
@@ -4273,12 +4274,18 @@ async function say(text: string) {
   const playbackToken = ++activePlaybackToken
 
   const normalizedRate = computeSpeechRate()
+  const spokenPhrase = normalizeRadioPhrase(trimmed, {
+    airlineMap: DEFAULT_AIRLINE_TELEPHONY,
+    expandAirports: true,
+    expandCallsigns: true
+  })
+  const speakText = spokenPhrase || trimmed
 
   const hasBrowserTts = cfg.value.tts && typeof window !== 'undefined' && 'speechSynthesis' in window
 
   if (hasBrowserTts) {
     const synth = window.speechSynthesis
-    const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(trimmed)
+    const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(speakText)
     utterance.rate = normalizedRate
     if (cfg.value.voice) {
       const voiceName = cfg.value.voice.toLowerCase()
@@ -4312,7 +4319,7 @@ async function say(text: string) {
     payload.voice = cfg.value.voice
   }
 
-  const cacheKey = buildSayCacheKey(trimmed, normalizedRate)
+  const cacheKey = buildSayCacheKey(speakText, normalizedRate)
 
   isSpeaking.value = true
   ttsLoading.value = true
diff --git a/server/utils/normalize.ts b/server/utils/normalize.ts
index 30ee7af..b3c3f30 100644
--- a/server/utils/normalize.ts
+++ b/server/utils/normalize.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // yarn add openai
 import OpenAI from "openai";
 import fs from "node:fs";
-import { normalizeRadioPhrase } from "../../shared/utils/radioSpeech";
+import { DEFAULT_AIRLINE_TELEPHONY, normalizeRadioPhrase } from "../../shared/utils/radioSpeech";
 import { getServerRuntimeConfig } from "./runtimeConfig";
 
 const { openaiKey, openaiProject, openaiBaseUrl, llmModel, ttsModel } = getServerRuntimeConfig();
@@ -144,22 +144,7 @@ export function atcReplyPrompt(userText: string, state?: {
    ========================= */
 
 // Airline telephony (extensible)
-export const CALLSIGN_MAP: Record<string,string> = {
-    DLH: "Lufthansa",
-    EWG: "Eurowings",
-    THY: "Turkish",
-    JBU: "JetBlue",
-    NAX: "Norwegian",
-    SWR: "Swiss",
-    BAW: "Speedbird",
-    AFR: "Air France",
-    KLM: "KLM",
-    AAL: "American",
-    UAL: "United",
-    DAL: "Delta",
-    RYR: "Ryanair",
-    EZY: "Easy",
-};
+export const CALLSIGN_MAP: Record<string,string> = { ...DEFAULT_AIRLINE_TELEPHONY };
 
 // Public Normalizer
 export function normalizeATC(
diff --git a/shared/utils/radioSpeech.ts b/shared/utils/radioSpeech.ts
index c418e73..0ed3cd4 100644
--- a/shared/utils/radioSpeech.ts
+++ b/shared/utils/radioSpeech.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,23 @@ export const ICAO_LETTERS: Record<string, string> = {
 
 export type AirlineTelephonyMap = Record<string, string>;
 
+export const DEFAULT_AIRLINE_TELEPHONY: AirlineTelephonyMap = {
+    DLH: "Lufthansa",
+    EWG: "Eurowings",
+    THY: "Turkish",
+    JBU: "JetBlue",
+    NAX: "Norwegian",
+    SWR: "Swiss",
+    BAW: "Speedbird",
+    AFR: "Air France",
+    KLM: "KLM",
+    AAL: "American",
+    UAL: "United",
+    DAL: "Delta",
+    RYR: "Ryanair",
+    EZY: "Easy",
+};
+
 export interface NormalizeRadioOptions {
     airlineMap?: AirlineTelephonyMap;
     expandCallsigns?: boolean;
@@ -113,6 +130,71 @@ function freqSpeak(raw: string): string {
     return `${leftSpoken} decimal ${rightSpoken}`;
 }
 
+const VIA_TAXI_ROUTE_PATTERN = /\b((?:expect\s+taxi\s+)?via\s+)([A-Z0-9\s/\-]+?)(?=(?:,|\s+(?:hold short|cross|then|contact|monitor|with|for|to|left|right)\b|\.)|$)/gi;
+
+const TAXI_ROUTE_LABEL_PATTERN = /\b(taxi(?:-?in)?\s+route[:\s]+)([A-Z0-9\s/\-]+?)(?=(?:,|\s+(?:hold short|cross|then|contact|monitor|with|for|to|left|right)\b|\.)|$)/gi;
+
+const STAND_ROUTE_PATTERN = /\b(taxi\s+to\s+stand\s+[A-Z0-9]+\s+via\s+)([A-Z0-9\s/\-]+?)(?=(?:,|\s+(?:hold short|cross|then|contact|monitor|with|for|to|left|right)\b|\.)|$)/gi;
+
+const TAXI_SEGMENT_SINGLE = /^[A-Z]{1,2}$/;
+const TAXI_SEGMENT_WITH_DIGITS = /^[A-Z]{1,3}\d{1,3}$/;
+
+const TAXI_ROUTE_SEPARATOR = /[-/]/g;
+
+function shouldConvertTaxiSegment(value: string): boolean {
+    if (!value) return false;
+    const upper = value.toUpperCase();
+    if (!/[A-Z]/.test(upper)) return false;
+    if (TAXI_SEGMENT_SINGLE.test(upper)) return true;
+    if (TAXI_SEGMENT_WITH_DIGITS.test(upper)) return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+function speakTaxiSegment(segment: string): string {
+    const trimmed = segment.trim();
+    if (!trimmed) return '';
+    const cleaned = trimmed.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\-/]/g, '');
+    if (!cleaned) return trimmed;
+    const expanded = cleaned.replace(TAXI_ROUTE_SEPARATOR, (match) => (match === '-' ? ' dash ' : ' slash '));
+    const tokens = expanded.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+    const spoken = tokens.map((token) => {
+        if (token === 'dash' || token === 'slash') return token;
+        const upper = token.toUpperCase();
+        if (!shouldConvertTaxiSegment(upper)) {
+            return token;
+        }
+        return toIcaoPhonetic(upper);
+    });
+    return spoken.join(' ');
+}
+
+function speakTaxiRoute(route: string): string {
+    const parts = route.trim().split(/(\s+)/);
+    if (!parts.length) return route.trim();
+    const spokenParts = parts.map((part) => {
+        if (!part.trim()) return part;
+        const spoken = speakTaxiSegment(part);
+        return spoken || part;
+    });
+    return spokenParts.join('').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+}
+
+function applyTaxiRoutePhonetics(text: string): string {
+    const replacer = (_match: string, prefix: string, rawRoute: string) => {
+        const route = rawRoute.trim();
+        if (!route) return `${prefix}${rawRoute}`;
+        const spoken = speakTaxiRoute(route);
+        if (!spoken) return `${prefix}${rawRoute}`;
+        const needsSpace = /\s$/.test(prefix) ? '' : ' ';
+        return `${prefix}${needsSpace}${spoken}`.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+    };
+
+    let out = text.replace(VIA_TAXI_ROUTE_PATTERN, replacer);
+    out = out.replace(TAXI_ROUTE_LABEL_PATTERN, replacer);
+    out = out.replace(STAND_ROUTE_PATTERN, replacer);
+    return out;
+}
+
 const HUNDRED_WORDS: Record<number, string> = {
     100: 'wun hundred',
     200: 'too hundred',
@@ -197,5 +279,7 @@ export function normalizeRadioPhrase(text: string, options: NormalizeRadioOption
         out = out.replace(/\b([A-Z]{2,3}\d{1,4}[A-Z]?)\b/g, (match: string) => callsignSpeak(match, airlineMap));
     }
 
+    out = applyTaxiRoutePhonetics(out);
+
     return out.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
 }