diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b541305..95aa7c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 assets/
 .env
 reddit-bot-351418-5560ebc49cac.json
-__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
+__pycache__
+venv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.template b/env.template
similarity index 57%
rename from .env.template
rename to env.template
index f00c2ac..9f14b65 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/env.template
@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@ REDDIT_PASSWORD=""
 # Valid options are "yes" and "no" for the variable below
 REDDIT_2FA=""
 
+THEME=""
 
+# Enter a subreddit, e.g. "AskReddit"
 SUBREDDIT=""
+
+Valid options are "male" and "female" for the variable below
+VoiceGender=""
diff --git a/reddit/subreddit.py b/reddit/subreddit.py
index 5d020fe..ed83b91 100644
--- a/reddit/subreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/subreddit.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ def get_subreddit_threads():
     """
 
     load_dotenv()
-
-    print_step("Getting AskReddit threads...")
+    _SUBREDDIT = os.getenv("SUBREDDIT")
+    print_step(f"Getting {_SUBREDDIT} threads...")
 
     if os.getenv("REDDIT_2FA").lower() == "yes":
         print(
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 59dc596..eb5b22e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,44 +1,8 @@
-appdirs==1.4.4
-black==20.8b1
-certifi==2021.10.8
-charset-normalizer==2.0.12
-click==7.1.2
-commonmark==0.9.1
-decorator==4.4.2
-flake8==3.8.3
-greenlet==1.1.2
-gTTS==2.2.4
-idna==3.3
-imageio==2.19.2
-imageio-ffmpeg==0.4.7
-mccabe==0.6.1
+librosa==0.9.1
 moviepy==1.0.3
-mutagen==1.45.1
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
-numpy==1.22.3
-pathspec==0.8.0
-Pillow==9.1.1
 playwright==1.22.0
 praw==7.6.0
-prawcore==2.3.0
-proglog==0.1.10
-pycodestyle==2.6.0
-pyee==8.1.0
-pyflakes==2.2.0
-Pygments==2.12.0
 python-dotenv==0.20.0
-
-regex==2020.10.15
-
-requests==2.27.1
+pyttsx3==2.90
 rich==12.4.4
-six==1.16.0
-toml==0.10.1
-tqdm==4.64.0
-typed-ast==1.5.4
-typing_extensions==4.2.0
-update-checker==0.18.0
-urllib3==1.26.9
-websocket-client==1.3.2
-websockets==10.1
-yt-dlp==2022.5.18
\ No newline at end of file
+yt_dlp==2022.5.18
diff --git a/video_creation/voices.py b/video_creation/voices.py
index e8d8e43..180293d 100644
--- a/video_creation/voices.py
+++ b/video_creation/voices.py
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-from gtts import gTTS
 from pathlib import Path
-from mutagen.mp3 import MP3
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from rich.progress import track
+import pyttsx3
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import os
+import librosa
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+VoiceGender = os.getenv('VoiceGender')
 
 
 def save_text_to_mp3(reddit_obj):
@@ -14,21 +20,36 @@ def save_text_to_mp3(reddit_obj):
     print_step("Saving Text to MP3 files...")
     length = 0
 
+    # create the object
+    engine = pyttsx3.init()
+    voices = engine.getProperty('voices')
+    engine.setProperty('volume', 1.0) 
+
+    # Set the voice depending on what was set in .env
+    if VoiceGender == 'male':
+        engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id)
+    elif VoiceGender == 'female':
+        engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)
+    # if nothing set default to female voice
+    else:
+        engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)
+
+
     # Create a folder for the mp3 files.
     Path("assets/mp3").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    tts = gTTS(text=reddit_obj["thread_title"], lang="en", slow=False)
-    tts.save(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3")
-    length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3").info.length
+    engine.save_to_file(str(reddit_obj["thread_title"]), "./assets/mp3/title.mp3")
+    engine.runAndWait()
+    length += librosa.get_duration(filename='./assets/mp3/title.mp3')
 
     for idx, comment in track(enumerate(reddit_obj["comments"]), "Saving..."):
         # ! Stop creating mp3 files if the length is greater than 50 seconds. This can be longer, but this is just a good starting point
         if length > 50:
             break
-        tts = gTTS(text=comment["comment_body"], lang="en", slow=False)
-        tts.save(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3")
-        length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3").info.length
 
+        engine.save_to_file(str(comment["comment_body"]), f"./assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3")
+        engine.runAndWait()
+        length += librosa.get_duration(filename=f'./assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3')
     print_substep("Saved Text to MP3 files successfully.", style="bold green")
     # ! Return the index so we know how many screenshots of comments we need to make.
     return length, idx