diff --git a/02-talking-duck/index.html b/02-talking-duck/index.html
index a7e473e..ead655d 100644
--- a/02-talking-duck/index.html
+++ b/02-talking-duck/index.html
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
 
         <!-- Duck -->
         <figure class="duck">
-          <img src="images/talking-duck-static.png" alt="Static Duck" />
-          <img src="images/talking-duck-animated.gif" alt="Animated Duck" />
+          <img class="static-duck" src="images/talking-duck-static.png" alt="Static Duck" />
+          <img hidden class="animated-duck" src="images/talking-duck-animated.gif" alt="Animated Duck" />
         </figure>
       </main>
 
diff --git a/02-talking-duck/script.js b/02-talking-duck/script.js
index e69de29..0076fb7 100644
--- a/02-talking-duck/script.js
+++ b/02-talking-duck/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// query the page for elements
+const textArea = document.querySelector('textarea')
+const playButton = document.querySelector('button')
+const pitchBar = document.querySelector('input')
+const duckFigure = document.querySelector('figure')
+
+
+// Control what happens when button is clicked
+// When clicked, check if there is text in the input field
+playButton.addEventListener('click', function () {
+    const textLength = textArea.value.trim().length
+    if (textLength > 0) {
+        speak()
+    }
+})
+
+// Function to make the duck talk!
+function speak() {
+    // Retrieve text and audio values
+    const text = textArea.value
+    const pitch = pitchBar.value
+
+    // Initialiase a new utterance
+    const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(text)
+
+    // utterance.volume = 1 // 0 - 1
+    // utterance.rate = 0.5; // 0.1 - 10
+
+    // set the pitch level
+    utterance.pitch = pitch // 0 - 2
+
+    // Make the duck talk
+    speechSynthesis.speak(utterance)
+
+    // When the duck begins to speak...
+    utterance.addEventListener('start', function () {
+        textArea.disabled = true
+        pitchBar.disabled = true
+        playButton.disabled = true
+        duckFigure.classList.add('talking')
+    })
+
+    // When the duck has finished...
+    utterance.addEventListener('end', function () {
+        textArea.disabled = false
+        pitchBar.disabled = false
+        playButton.disabled = false
+        duckFigure.classList.remove('talking')
+    })
+}
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diff --git a/02-talking-duck/style.css b/02-talking-duck/style.css
index 6be225a..6638ec7 100644
--- a/02-talking-duck/style.css
+++ b/02-talking-duck/style.css
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ button {
     height: 56px;
     background-color: var(--pink);
 }
+
+button:disabled {
+    opacity: 0.6;
+    background-color: #dedede;
+}
   
 button img {
     vertical-align: middle;
@@ -90,3 +95,13 @@ label {
     width: 100%;
     accent-color: white;
 }
+
+/* # TALKING CLASS */
+
+.talking .static-duck {
+    display: none;
+}
+  
+.talking .animated-duck {
+    display: block;
+}
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