diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95612fe..eb4276e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ reply, or a permission prompt — `hey` plays a short sound, **but only if you'v
 idle longer than a threshold**. A fast back-and-forth stays silent; you're summoned
 only when you've likely stepped away.
 
-Sound only — no speech, no listening. Built for [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
+No listening, ever. Most of the alerts are plain sounds; one (`yourturn`) is a
+short pre-rendered clip of a voice, because a spoken word cuts through ambient
+audio better than a blip. Built for [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
 hooks, but the CLI works anywhere.
 
 ## Install
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ ln -sf ~/hey/hey ~/.local/bin/hey        # put `hey` on PATH
 ## Use
 
 ```sh
-hey                    # list the sounds: ping, chirp, knock, coin, chime
+hey                    # list the sounds: ping, chirp, knock, coin, chime, yourturn
 hey knock 2 45         # <sound> [times] [idle-threshold-s]; previews once, then active
 hey off                # stop
 ```
@@ -61,10 +63,13 @@ gitignored `.env`).
 
 ## Sounds
 
-Five bundled sounds live in `assets/`. The four synthesized ones (`ping`, `chirp`,
+Six bundled sounds live in `assets/`. The four synthesized ones (`ping`, `chirp`,
 `knock`, `coin`) are generated by `assets/generate.py` — pure stdlib, no deps;
-regenerate or tweak the palette and commit the results. Point `HEY_DIR` elsewhere
-to use your own.
+regenerate or tweak the palette and commit the results. `yourturn.wav` is speech,
+rendered once offline with [johnny](https://github.com/4242labs/johnny) (Kokoro,
+voice `af_sarah`), then trimmed and normalised — a committed file like any other,
+so nothing synthesises at alert time and no text ever leaves the machine. Point
+`HEY_DIR` elsewhere to use your own.
 
 ## Config
 
diff --git a/assets/yourturn.wav b/assets/yourturn.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c62783
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/yourturn.wav differ
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 9641d55..db877e5 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ HEY_THRESHOLD="${HEY_THRESHOLD:-45}"     # default idle seconds before a beep fi
 HEY_TIMES="${HEY_TIMES:-1}"              # default number of plays per alert
 HEY_GAP="${HEY_GAP:-0.25}"               # seconds between repeated plays
 # One row per sound: "name|file". Names match case-insensitively.
+# A spoken alert is just another row — the player does not care whether the
+# file is a synthesized blip or a voice saying two words.
 hey_registry() {
   cat <<EOF
 ping|$HEY_DIR/ping.wav
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ chirp|$HEY_DIR/chirp.wav
 knock|$HEY_DIR/knock.wav
 coin|$HEY_DIR/coin.wav
 chime|$HEY_DIR/chime.wav
+yourturn|$HEY_DIR/yourturn.wav
 EOF
 }
 hey_menu() {  # just the names, one per line