diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Features/TextToSpeech.php b/includes/Classifai/Features/TextToSpeech.php
index ad525b3b1..30af4dfe2 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Features/TextToSpeech.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Features/TextToSpeech.php
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ public function add_meta_to_rest_api() {
 	public function rest_handle_audio( \WP_Post $post, WP_REST_Request $request ) {
 		$post_id = (int) $request->get_param( 'id' );
 
-		if ( ! $this->is_feature_enabled() ) {
+		if (
+			! in_array( $post->post_status, $this->get_supported_post_statuses(), true ) ||
+			! $this->is_feature_enabled()
+		) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -614,6 +617,7 @@ function_exists( 'as_has_scheduled_action' ) &&
 	public function save_post_metadata( int $post_id ) {
 		if (
 			! in_array( get_post_type( $post_id ), $this->get_supported_post_types(), true ) ||
+			! in_array( get_post_status( $post_id ), $this->get_supported_post_statuses(), true ) ||
 			! $this->is_feature_enabled()
 		) {
 			return;
@@ -961,10 +965,13 @@ protected function get_post_types_select_options(): array {
 	 */
 	public function get_feature_default_settings(): array {
 		return array(
-			'post_types' => array(
+			'post_types'    => array(
 				'post' => 'post',
 			),
-			'provider'   => Speech::ID,
+			'post_statuses' => array(
+				'publish' => 'publish',
+			),
+			'provider'      => Speech::ID,
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -985,6 +992,16 @@ public function sanitize_default_feature_settings( array $new_settings ): array
 			}
 		}
 
+		$post_statuses = \Classifai\get_post_statuses_for_language_settings();
+
+		foreach ( array_keys( $post_statuses ) as $post_status ) {
+			if ( ! isset( $new_settings['post_statuses'][ $post_status ] ) ) {
+				$new_settings['post_statuses'][ $post_status ] = '';
+			} else {
+				$new_settings['post_statuses'][ $post_status ] = sanitize_text_field( $new_settings['post_statuses'][ $post_status ] );
+			}
+		}
+
 		return $new_settings;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/js/settings/components/feature-additional-settings/text-to-speech.js b/src/js/settings/components/feature-additional-settings/text-to-speech.js
index 701ecef24..497d74505 100644
--- a/src/js/settings/components/feature-additional-settings/text-to-speech.js
+++ b/src/js/settings/components/feature-additional-settings/text-to-speech.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { useSelect, useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { CheckboxControl } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { decodeEntities } from '@wordpress/html-entities';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -23,36 +24,70 @@ export const TextToSpeechSettings = () => {
 		select( STORE_NAME ).getFeatureSettings()
 	);
 	const { setFeatureSettings } = useDispatch( STORE_NAME );
-	const { postTypes } = window.classifAISettings;
+	const { postTypes, postStatuses } = window.classifAISettings;
 
 	return (
-		<SettingsRow
-			label={ __( 'Allowed post types', 'classifai' ) }
-			description={ __(
-				'Choose which post types support this feature.',
-				'classifai'
-			) }
-			className="settings-allowed-post-types"
-		>
-			{ Object.keys( postTypes || {} ).map( ( key ) => {
-				return (
-					<CheckboxControl
-						id={ key }
-						key={ key }
-						checked={ featureSettings.post_types?.[ key ] === key }
-						label={ postTypes?.[ key ] }
-						onChange={ ( value ) => {
-							setFeatureSettings( {
-								post_types: {
-									...featureSettings.post_types,
-									[ key ]: value ? key : '0',
-								},
-							} );
-						} }
-						__nextHasNoMarginBottom
-					/>
-				);
-			} ) }
-		</SettingsRow>
+		<>
+			<SettingsRow
+				label={ __( 'Allowed post statuses', 'classifai' ) }
+				description={ __(
+					'Choose which post statuses are allowed to generate audio, e.g. disable this for Draft to avoid generating audio for content that is still being edited.',
+					'classifai'
+				) }
+				className="settings-allowed-post-statuses"
+			>
+				{ Object.keys( postStatuses || {} ).map( ( key ) => {
+					return (
+						<CheckboxControl
+							id={ `post_status_${ key }` }
+							key={ key }
+							checked={
+								featureSettings.post_statuses?.[ key ] === key
+							}
+							label={ decodeEntities( postStatuses?.[ key ] ) }
+							onChange={ ( value ) => {
+								setFeatureSettings( {
+									post_statuses: {
+										...featureSettings.post_statuses,
+										[ key ]: value ? key : '0',
+									},
+								} );
+							} }
+							__nextHasNoMarginBottom
+						/>
+					);
+				} ) }
+			</SettingsRow>
+			<SettingsRow
+				label={ __( 'Allowed post types', 'classifai' ) }
+				description={ __(
+					'Choose which post types support this feature.',
+					'classifai'
+				) }
+				className="settings-allowed-post-types"
+			>
+				{ Object.keys( postTypes || {} ).map( ( key ) => {
+					return (
+						<CheckboxControl
+							id={ key }
+							key={ key }
+							checked={
+								featureSettings.post_types?.[ key ] === key
+							}
+							label={ postTypes?.[ key ] }
+							onChange={ ( value ) => {
+								setFeatureSettings( {
+									post_types: {
+										...featureSettings.post_types,
+										[ key ]: value ? key : '0',
+									},
+								} );
+							} }
+							__nextHasNoMarginBottom
+						/>
+					);
+				} ) }
+			</SettingsRow>
+		</>
 	);
 };