diff --git a/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.localRouting.test.ts b/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.localRouting.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..952d8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.localRouting.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { postWithLocalFallback } from './useLocalSpeechBridge'
+
+describe('TTS local routing', () => {
+  it('uses local audio response when available', async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn(async () => ({
+      ok: true,
+      json: async () => ({ success: true, audio: { base64: 'AAA', mime: 'audio/wav', size: 3, ext: 'wav' } }),
+    })) as any)
+    const cloud = vi.fn()
+    const response = await postWithLocalFallback(
+      'http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/atc/say',
+      { text: 'x', preNormalized: true },
+      cloud as any,
+    )
+    expect(response.audio.base64).toBe('AAA')
+    expect(cloud).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts b/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts
index 417da19..033bf36 100644
--- a/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts
+++ b/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { createNoiseGenerators, createSquelchTransients, getReadabilityProfile,
 import { controllerPersonaFor, transmissionSpeed } from '../../shared/utils/voicePool'
 import { pmLog } from '../../shared/utils/pmLog'
 import { useSpeechInterrupt } from '~/composables/useSpeechInterrupt'
+import { postWithLocalFallback, useLocalSpeechBridge } from '~/composables/useLocalSpeechBridge'
 import {
   FREQUENCY_PLACEHOLDER,
   FREQ_ROLE_LABEL,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
     signalStrength, speechSpeed, radioCheckLoading, radioEffectsEnabled, readbackEnabled,
   } = deps
   const api = useApi()
+  const { localUrl } = useLocalSpeechBridge()
 
   let audioContext: AudioContext | null = null
   let pizzicatoLite: PizzicatoLite | null = null
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
         const persona = options.voice ? null : activeControllerPersona()
         const speed = options.speed ?? (persona ? controllerSpeed(persona.baseSpeed) : speechSpeed.value)
         const usesNormalized = options.useNormalizedForTTS !== false
-        const response = await api.post('/api/atc/say', {
+        const body = {
           text: usesNormalized ? prepared.normalized : prepared.plain,
           // The normalized variant already went through the client-side
           // radiotelephony normalizer — the server must not normalize again.
@@ -268,7 +270,12 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
           lessonId: currentState.value?.id || 'general',
           tag: options.tag || 'controller-reply',
           sessionId: engineSessionId.value || flags.value.session_id || undefined,
-        }, { signal: abort.signal })
+        }
+        const response = await postWithLocalFallback(
+          localUrl('/api/atc/say'),
+          body,
+          () => api.post('/api/atc/say', body, { signal: abort.signal }),
+        )
         if (abort.signal.aborted) return null // frequency changed while in flight
         return response
       } catch (err: any) {
@@ -340,7 +347,7 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
       try {
         const persona = options.voice ? null : activeControllerPersona()
         const speed = options.speed ?? (persona ? controllerSpeed(persona.baseSpeed) : speechSpeed.value)
-        const response = await api.post('/api/atc/say', {
+        const cloudBody = {
           text: trimmed,
           level: signalStrength.value,
           voice: options.voice || persona!.voice,
@@ -349,7 +356,17 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
           lessonId,
           tag: options.tag || 'announcement',
           sessionId: engineSessionId.value || flags.value.session_id || undefined,
-        })
+        }
+        const localBody = {
+          ...cloudBody,
+          text: normalizeATCText(trimmed, { ...vars.value, ...flags.value }),
+          preNormalized: true,
+        }
+        const response = await postWithLocalFallback(
+          localUrl('/api/atc/say'),
+          localBody,
+          () => api.post('/api/atc/say', cloudBody),
+        )
 
         if (response.success && response.audio) {
           if (options.updateLastTransmission !== false) {