diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
index c435fb7..94ae348 100644
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diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index fbe1127..0000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-TOKEN=<BOT TOKEN>
-GUILD=<Guild ID>
-CHANNEL=<Main voice channel>
-VOICE_TMP_PATH=./voice_tmp/
-DB_FILE=./database/tardis.db
-PREFIX=!
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diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f7114be..0358e33 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const Discord = require('discord.js');
 require('dotenv').config();
-const tts = require('google-tts-api');
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const sha1 = require('sha1');
@@ -16,7 +15,19 @@ const db = new sqlite.Database(process.env.DB_FILE);
 
 const api = {
     db: db,
-    
+    ttsEngines: (() => {
+		let engines={};
+	    console.log(`Registering TTS engines...`);
+	    const engineDirectories = fs.readdirSync('./tts');
+	    engineDirectories.forEach((dir) => {
+			if(dir.startsWith('.')) return;
+	        eng=require(`./tts/${dir}/index.js`);
+			engines[dir]=new eng;
+	        console.log(`Loading ./tts/${dir}/index.js`)
+	    })
+    	return engines;
+    })(),
+	
     isInVoiceChannel: (channel) => {
         return joinedVoiceChannels.includes(channel);
     },
@@ -25,16 +36,11 @@ const api = {
         return bot.voice.connections.find((conn) => conn.channel === channel);
     },
 
-    generateVoice: async (string) => {
-        const hash = sha1(string);
-        const filepath = process.env.VOICE_TMP_PATH + hash + ".mp3";
+    generateVoice: async (string, engine, voice, params) => {
+        const hash = sha1(voice+string);
+        const filepath = process.env.VOICE_TMP_PATH + hash + '.' + engine.fileExtension;
         if (!fs.existsSync(filepath)) {
-            const url = tts.getAudioUrl(string, {lang: "en-us"});
-            console.log("Generated url: " + url);
-            const data = await fetch(url);
-            const contents = await data.arrayBuffer();
-            const buf = Buffer.from(contents);
-            fs.writeFileSync(filepath, buf);
+            await engine.getSpeechFile(string, filepath, voice, params);
         }
         return filepath;
     },
@@ -53,9 +59,9 @@ const api = {
         }
     },
 
-    speak: async (channel, message) => {
+    speak: async (channel, message, engine=api.ttsEngines.gtranslate, voice='en-us', params={}) => {
         const conn = api.getConnectionForVoiceChannel(channel);
-        const filepath = await api.generateVoice(message);
+        const filepath = await api.generateVoice(message, engine, voice, params);
         if (conn) conn.play(filepath);
     },
 
@@ -65,9 +71,10 @@ const api = {
 }
 
 function registerModules() {
-    console.log(`Registering modules...`);
+	console.log(`Registering modules...`);
     const moduleDirectories = fs.readdirSync('./modules');
     moduleDirectories.forEach((dir) => {
+		if(dir.startsWith('.')) return;
         modules.push(require(`./modules/${dir}/index.js`));
         console.log(`Loading ./modules/${dir}/index.js`)
     })
diff --git a/modules/.DS_Store b/modules/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7861607
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diff --git a/modules/welcomer/index.js b/modules/welcomer/index.js
index edd4001..684aba2 100644
--- a/modules/welcomer/index.js
+++ b/modules/welcomer/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ module.exports = function(bot, api) {
         const channel = await bot.channels.fetch(process.env.CHANNEL);
         await api.joinChannel(channel);
         
-        api.speak(channel, `Hi! I'm alive. It is now ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()} on ${new Date().toLocaleDateString()}`);
+        api.speak(channel, `Hi! I'm alive. It is now ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()} on ${new Date().toLocaleDateString()}`,api.ttsEngines.watson);
     })   
 }
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fe09d29..68ff3b6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1046,7 +1046,6 @@
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "node-addon-api": "^3.0.0",
-        "node-gyp": "3.x",
         "node-pre-gyp": "^0.11.0"
       },
       "optionalDependencies": {
diff --git a/tts/.DS_Store b/tts/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1256189
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diff --git a/tts/BaseEngine/index.js b/tts/BaseEngine/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a9aa73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tts/BaseEngine/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const fs=require('fs');
+
+module.exports=class {
+	constructor(longName, fileExtension, supportedParameters=[]) {
+		this.longName=longName;
+		this.fileExtension=fileExtension;
+	}
+	async getSpeech(text, voice, params) {}
+	async getSpeechFile(text, filepath, voice, params) {
+		const data = await this.getSpeech(text, voice, params);
+        const contents = await data.arrayBuffer();
+        const buf = Buffer.from(contents);
+        fs.writeFileSync(filepath, buf);
+		return filepath;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/tts/espeak/index.js b/tts/espeak/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca4acb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tts/espeak/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const BaseEngine=require('../BaseEngine')
+const {spawn} = require('child_process')
+
+module.exports=class extends BaseEngine {
+	constructor() {
+		super('ESpeak','wav')
+	}
+	async getSpeechFile(text, filepath, voice='en', params={}) {
+		await spawn('espeak', ['-v', voice, '-w',filepath, text]);
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/tts/gtranslate/index.js b/tts/gtranslate/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5847aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tts/gtranslate/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const BaseEngine=require('../BaseEngine');
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+const tts = require('google-tts-api');
+
+module.exports= class extends BaseEngine {
+	constructor() {
+		super("Google Translate TTS","mp3");
+	}
+	async getSpeech(text, voice='en-us', params={}) {
+		const url = tts.getAudioUrl(text, {lang: voice});
+		return fetch(url);
+	}
+};
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diff --git a/tts/watson/index.js b/tts/watson/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3900e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tts/watson/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const BaseEngine=require('../BaseEngine');
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+const querystring = require('querystring');
+
+module.exports= class extends BaseEngine {
+	constructor() {
+		super("IBM Watson TTS","ogg");
+	}
+	async getSpeech(text, voice='en-us', params={}) {
+		const url = process.env.watsonURL+"/v1/synthesize";
+		let buff=new Buffer('apikey:'+process.env.watsonAPIKey);
+		let b64auth=buff.toString('base64');
+		const authorization='Basic '+b64auth;
+		const opts={
+			method: "post",
+			headers: {
+				'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+				'Authorization': authorization
+			},
+			body: {
+				text: text
+			}
+		};
+		return fetch(url);
+	}
+};
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