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 <h2 align="center">Offline Text To Speech (TTS) converter for Python </h2>
 
 
-[![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/pyttsx3)](https://pepy.tech/project/pyttsx3) ![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/pyttsx3/week)  [![](https://img.shields.io/github/languages/code-size/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3)  [![](https://img.shields.io/github/license/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3?style=plastic)](https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3) [![](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pyttsx3.svg?style=plastic)](https://pypi.org/project/pyttsx3/) [![](https://img.shields.io/github/languages/top/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3.svg?style=plastic)](https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/author-nateshmbhat-green.svg)](https://github.com/nateshmbhat)
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-`pyttsx3` is a text-to-speech conversion library in Python. Unlike alternative libraries, **it works offline**.
+[![](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/py3-tts.svg?style=plastic)](https://pypi.org/project/py3-tts/)
 
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-## Installation :
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/author-thevickypedia-green.svg)](https://github.com/thevickypedia)
 
+`py3-tts` is a text-to-speech conversion library in Python. Unlike alternative libraries, **it works offline**.
 
-	pip install py3-tts
+## Installation
 
-> If you get installation errors , make sure you first upgrade your wheel version using :  
-`pip install --upgrade wheel`
+```shell
+pip install py3-tts
+```
+
+> If you get installation errors, make sure you first upgrade your wheel version using
 
-### Linux installation requirements : 
+```shell
+pip install --upgrade wheel
+```
 
-+ If you are on a linux system and if the voice output is not working , then  : 
+### Linux installation requirements
 
-	Install espeak , ffmpeg and libespeak1 as shown below: 
++ If you are on a linux system and if the voice output is not working,
 
-	```
-	sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak ffmpeg libespeak1
-	```
+  Install `espeak`, `ffmpeg` and `libespeak1` as shown below
 
+  ```shell
+  sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak ffmpeg libespeak1
+  ```
 
-## Features : 
+## Features
 
 - ✨Fully **OFFLINE** text to speech conversion
 - 🎈 Choose among different voices installed in your system
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 - 📀 Save the speech audio as a file
 - ❤️ Simple, powerful, & intuitive API
 
+## Usage
 
-## Usage :
-
-```python3
+```python
 import pyttsx3
+
 engine = pyttsx3.init()
 engine.say("I will speak this text")
 engine.runAndWait()
 ```
 
 **Single line usage with speak function with default options**
 
-```python3
+```python
 import pyttsx3
+
 pyttsx3.speak("I will speak this text")
 ```
 
-	
-**Changing Voice , Rate and Volume :**
+**Changing Voice, Rate and Volume**
 
-```python3
+```python
 import pyttsx3
-engine = pyttsx3.init() # object creation
 
-""" RATE"""
-rate = engine.getProperty('rate')   # getting details of current speaking rate
-print (rate)                        #printing current voice rate
-engine.setProperty('rate', 125)     # setting up new voice rate
+engine = pyttsx3.init()  # object creation
 
+""" RATE"""
+rate = engine.getProperty('rate')  # getting details of current speaking rate
+print(rate)  # printing current voice rate
+engine.setProperty('rate', 125)  # setting up new voice rate
 
 """VOLUME"""
-volume = engine.getProperty('volume')   #getting to know current volume level (min=0 and max=1)
-print (volume)                          #printing current volume level
-engine.setProperty('volume',1.0)    # setting up volume level  between 0 and 1
+volume = engine.getProperty('volume')  # getting to know current volume level (min=0 and max=1)
+print(volume)  # printing current volume level
+engine.setProperty('volume', 1.0)  # setting up volume level  between 0 and 1
 
 """VOICE"""
-voices = engine.getProperty('voices')       #getting details of current voice
-#engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id)  #changing index, changes voices. o for male
-engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)   #changing index, changes voices. 1 for female
+voices = engine.getProperty('voices')  # getting details of current voice
+# engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id)  #changing index, changes voices. o for male
+engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)  # changing index, changes voices. 1 for female
 
 engine.say("Hello World!")
 engine.say('My current speaking rate is ' + str(rate))
 engine.runAndWait()
 engine.stop()
 
-
 """Saving Voice to a file"""
 # On linux make sure that 'espeak' and 'ffmpeg' are installed
 engine.save_to_file('Hello World', 'test.mp3')
 engine.runAndWait()
 
 ```
 
-
-
-
-### **Full documentation of the Library**
+### Full documentation of the Library
 
 https://pyttsx3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
-
-#### Included TTS engines:
+#### Included TTS engines
 
 * sapi5
 * nsss
 * espeak
 
 Feel free to wrap another text-to-speech engine for use with ``pyttsx3``.
 
-### Project Links :
+### Project Links
 
-* PyPI (https://pypi.python.org)
-* GitHub (https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3)
+* PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/py3-tts/)
+* GitHub (https://github.com/thevickypedia/py3-tts)
 * Full Documentation (https://pyttsx3.readthedocs.org)
+
+### Credits
+
+**[nateshmbhat](https://github.com/nateshmbhat)** for the original code [pyttsx3](https://pypi.org/project/pyttsx3/)