diff --git a/whisperspeech/a2wav.py b/whisperspeech/a2wav.py
index 63d0c9f..22b8043 100644
--- a/whisperspeech/a2wav.py
+++ b/whisperspeech/a2wav.py
@@ -50,3 +50,10 @@ def decode_to_notebook(self, atoks):
 
         audio = self.decode(atoks)
         display(Audio(audio.cpu().numpy(), rate=24000))
+
+    def decode_to_playback(self, atoks):
+        import sounddevice as sd
+        audio = self.decode(atoks)
+        audio_np = audio.cpu().numpy().squeeze()
+        sd.play(audio_np, 24000)
+        sd.wait()
diff --git a/whisperspeech/pipeline.py b/whisperspeech/pipeline.py
index b25ab45..8a2e1b4 100644
--- a/whisperspeech/pipeline.py
+++ b/whisperspeech/pipeline.py
@@ -105,3 +105,12 @@ def generate_to_file(self, fname, text, speaker=None, lang='en', cps=15, step_ca
         
     def generate_to_notebook(self, text, speaker=None, lang='en', cps=15, step_callback=None):
         self.vocoder.decode_to_notebook(self.generate_atoks(text, speaker, lang=lang, cps=cps, step_callback=None))
+
+    def generate_to_playback(self, text, speaker=None, lang='en', cps=15, step_callback=None):
+        try:
+            import sounddevice as sd
+        except ImportError:
+            print("\033[93mThe 'sounddevice' library is required for direct text to playback functionality. Please install it using 'pip install sounddevice'.\033[0m")
+            return
+
+        self.vocoder.decode_to_playback(self.generate_atoks(text, speaker, lang=lang, cps=cps, step_callback=step_callback))