diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ff4836..f2fb077 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *.wav
+*.lc3
 *.onnx
 *.onnx.json
 
diff --git a/encode/encode_lc3.py b/encode/encode_lc3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66fd8b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encode/encode_lc3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import subprocess
+
+
+def encode_lc3(file):
+
+    file = file.replace('.wav', '')
+    ret = subprocess.run(['elc3', '-b', '48000', f'{file}.wav', f'{file}.lc3'])
+
+    return ret.returncode, ret.stdout, ret.stderr
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import os
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    r, stdout, stderr =  encode_lc3('welcome_resampled.wav')
+
+    print(r)
+    print(stdout)
+    print(stderr)
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diff --git a/llm_translator.py b/llm_translator.py
index 89b94a3..502e1df 100644
--- a/llm_translator.py
+++ b/llm_translator.py
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ def translate(model, query):
 def translator_de_en(query):
     MODEL = 'llama3.2:3b-instruct-q4_0'
     #MODEL = 'llama3.1:8b-instruct-q4_0'
-
     return translate(MODEL, syspromts.TRANSLATOR_DE_EN + query)
 
 def translator_de_fr(query):
-    MODEL = 'llama3.1:8b-instruct-q4_0'
+    MODEL = 'llama3.2:3b-instruct-q4_0'
     return translate(MODEL, syspromts.TRANSLATOR_DE_FR + query)
 
+def translator_de_es(query):
+    MODEL = 'llama3.2:3b-instruct-q4_0'
+    return translate(MODEL, syspromts.TRANSLATOR_DE_ES + query)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     response = translator_de_en(test_content.TESTSENTENCE_DE_BROKER)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7bcdce8..5f7db86 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Prerequisites
-
 sudo apt install liblc3-tools
 
 use python3.9
 pip install piper-tts soundfile librosa
 
 # Piper update voices
-
 piper --update-voices -m en_US-lessac-medium
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diff --git a/text_to_speech/piper_welcome.sh b/text_to_speech/piper_welcome.sh
index 14045d4..f5f0629 100644
--- a/text_to_speech/piper_welcome.sh
+++ b/text_to_speech/piper_welcome.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ cd $SCRIPT_DIR
 echo 'Welcome to the world of speech synthesis!' | piper \
   --model en_US-lessac-medium \
   --output_file $SCRIPT_DIR/welcome.wav \
-  #--download-dir $SCRIPT_DIR/models \
-  #--data-dir $SCRIPT_DIR/models
-
 
 cd $START_DIR
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diff --git a/text_to_speech/text_to_speech.py b/text_to_speech/text_to_speech.py
index e69de29..62026fb 100644
--- a/text_to_speech/text_to_speech.py
+++ b/text_to_speech/text_to_speech.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+TTS_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+def synthesize(text, model="en_US-lessac-medium", output_file="out.wav"):
+
+    pwd = os.getcwd()
+    os.chdir(TTS_DIR)
+    ret = subprocess.run(['piper', '--model', model, '--output_file', output_file], input=text.encode('utf-8'), check=True)
+    os.chdir(pwd)
+
+    return ret.returncode, ret.stdout, ret.stderr
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    r, stout, sterr = synthesize("Hello, how are you?", "en_US-lessac-medium", "hello.wav")
+    print(r)
+    print(stout)
+    print(sterr)
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diff --git a/translator/syspromts.py b/translator/syspromts.py
index f266745..3b2397b 100644
--- a/translator/syspromts.py
+++ b/translator/syspromts.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 TRANSLATOR_DE_EN = 'You are a translator. Translate the following sentence from German to English. Only respond with the translated sentence:\n'
 TRANSLATOR_DE_FR = 'Vous êtes un traducteur. Traduisez la phrase suivante de l\'allemand vers le français. Répondez uniquement par la traduction :\n'
+TRANSLATOR_DE_ES = 'Estás un traductor. Traduce la siguiente frase del alemán al español. Responda solo con la traducción:\n'
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