diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8c6dd5b..9b361780 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ These speech syntheses are supported:
 - Baratinoo / VoxyGen
 - Cicero
 - DECTalk
+- Edge TTS
 - Epos
 - ESpeak/ESpeak-NG
 - Festival
diff --git a/config/modules/Makefile.am b/config/modules/Makefile.am
index 30cf2900..5c89fe22 100644
--- a/config/modules/Makefile.am
+++ b/config/modules/Makefile.am
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 dist_moduleconf_DATA = cicero.conf espeak.conf espeak-ng.conf espeak-ng-mbrola.conf festival.conf \
 		       flite.conf dtk-generic.conf \
                        epos-generic.conf \
+                       edgetts-generic.conf \
                        espeak-ng-mbrola-generic.conf espeak-mbrola-generic.conf \
                        llia_phon-generic.conf \
                        swift-generic.conf mary-generic.conf mimic3-generic.conf \
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ dist_moduleconf_DATA = cicero.conf espeak.conf espeak-ng.conf espeak-ng-mbrola.c
 dist_moduleconforig_DATA = cicero.conf espeak.conf festival.conf espeak-ng.conf espeak-ng-mbrola.conf
 	                   flite.conf dtk-generic.conf \
                            epos-generic.conf \
+                           edgetts-generic.conf \
                            espeak-ng-mbrola-generic.conf espeak-mbrola-generic.conf \
                            llia_phon-generic.conf \
                            swift-generic.conf mary-generic.conf mimic3-generic.conf \
diff --git a/config/modules/edgetts-generic.conf b/config/modules/edgetts-generic.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46328af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/modules/edgetts-generic.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Edge TTS generic output module for Speech Dispatcher.
+# It uses the edge-tts command-line client to synthesize speech
+# and the generic module to play the resulting audio.
+
+# Debug turns debugging on or off
+# See speechd.conf for information where debugging information is stored
+Debug 0
+
+GenericDefaultCharset "utf-8"
+
+GenericExecuteSynth \
+"printf %s \'$DATA\' | edge-tts --file /dev/stdin -v \'$VOICE\' | mpg123 -q -w - - | $PLAY_COMMAND"
+
+GenericCmdDependency "edge-tts"
+GenericCmdDependency "mpg123"
+GenericSoundIconFolder "/usr/share/sounds/sound-icons/"
+
+GenericLanguage "en-US" "en-US" "utf-8"
+GenericLanguage "hi-IN" "hi-IN" "utf-8"
+GenericLanguage "bn-IN" "bn-IN" "utf-8"
+GenericLanguage "gu-IN" "gu-IN" "utf-8"
+
+AddVoice "en-US" "MALE1" "en-US-AndrewNeural"
+AddVoice "en-US" "MALE2" "en-US-BrianNeural"
+AddVoice "en-US" "FEMALE1" "en-US-EmmaNeural"
+AddVoice "en-US" "FEMALE2" "en-US-AriaNeural"
+
+AddVoice "hi-IN" "MALE1" "hi-IN-MadhurNeural"
+AddVoice "hi-IN" "FEMALE1" "hi-IN-SwaraNeural"
+
+AddVoice "bn-IN" "MALE1" "bn-IN-PrabhatNeural"
+AddVoice "bn-IN" "FEMALE1" "bn-IN-TanishaaNeural"
+
+AddVoice "gu-IN" "MALE1" "gu-IN-NiranjanNeural"
+AddVoice "gu-IN" "FEMALE1" "gu-IN-DhwaniNeural"
+
+DefaultVoice "en-US-EmmaNeural"
+
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Jyatin Singh
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
diff --git a/src/modules/generic.c b/src/modules/generic.c
index 9ab8c94c..c4299e18 100644
--- a/src/modules/generic.c
+++ b/src/modules/generic.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ void _generic_child(TModuleDoublePipe dpipe, const size_t maxlen)
 					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 				} else if (pid == 0) {
 					// child, execute command
-					ret = execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, (char *) NULL);
+					ret = execl("/bin/bash", "bash", "-c", command, (char *) NULL);
 					// catch missing sh
 					DBG("Missing /bin/sh? (ret=%d error=%d) %s", ret, errno, strerror(errno));
 					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);