diff --git a/public/components/faq.html b/public/components/faq.html
index 49611c5e..6661ad61 100644
--- a/public/components/faq.html
+++ b/public/components/faq.html
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             <div class="faq-item">
               <button class="faq-question">Can the AI read my notes aloud?</button>
               <div class="faq-answer">
-                <p>Yes. Click the <strong>Read</strong> button on any generated note to hear it spoken aloud. This uses text-to-speech (TTS) powered by Google, OpenAI, or ElevenLabs depending on your setup. You can choose your preferred voice in <strong>Settings &gt; Voice Preferences</strong>.</p>
+                <p>Yes. Click the <strong>Read</strong> button on any generated note to hear it spoken aloud. Which voice engine does the speaking depends on what your administrator has configured. You can choose your preferred voice in <strong>Settings &gt; Voice Preferences</strong>.</p>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 2ebf4d30..bad23431 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -308,8 +308,12 @@ app.get('/api/health/detailed', _hcAuth, _hcAdmin, (req, res) => {
     bedrock: process.env.AWS_BEDROCK_REGION ? 'configured' : 'not configured',
     azure: process.env.AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT ? 'configured' : 'not configured',
     litellm: process.env.LITELLM_API_BASE ? 'configured' : 'not configured',
-    whisper: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ? 'configured' : 'missing',
-    tts: process.env.LITELLM_API_BASE ? 'litellm' : (process.env.ELEVENLABS_API_KEY ? 'elevenlabs' : 'none')
+    // Asked of the same functions the routes ask, so this cannot drift from what
+    // speech actually does. It used to answer from environment variables of its
+    // own and would report tts: 'elevenlabs' for a provider that does not exist
+    // in this app — a health check that lies is worse than one that is absent.
+    stt: require('./src/utils/sttProvider').getSTTProvider(),
+    tts: require('./src/utils/ttsProvider').getTTSProvider()
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/test/tts-provider.test.js b/test/tts-provider.test.js
index c547589b..79ed56cb 100644
--- a/test/tts-provider.test.js
+++ b/test/tts-provider.test.js
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ test('TTS provider defaults to LiteLLM when gateway is configured', () => {
 
 test('TTS provider ignores non-LiteLLM provider overrides', () => {
   const ttsProvider = require('../src/utils/ttsProvider');
-  withEnv({ TTS_PROVIDER: 'elevenlabs', LITELLM_API_BASE: 'https://llm.example.com' }, () => {
-    assert.equal(ttsProvider.getTTSEnvProvider(), 'elevenlabs');
+  withEnv({ TTS_PROVIDER: 'some-other-provider', LITELLM_API_BASE: 'https://llm.example.com' }, () => {
+    assert.equal(ttsProvider.getTTSEnvProvider(), 'some-other-provider');
     assert.equal(ttsProvider.getTTSProvider(), 'litellm');
   });
 });