diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 661efcc..803472e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ document.addEventListener('deviceready', function () {
         .speak({
             text: 'hello, world!',
             locale: 'en-GB',
-            rate: 0.75
+            rate: 0.75,
+            /* voiceType: Male or Female */
+            voiceType:'Male'
         }).then(function () {
             alert('success');
         }, function (reason) {
diff --git a/src/android/TTS.java b/src/android/TTS.java
index 21c7a63..14b5e99 100644
--- a/src/android/TTS.java
+++ b/src/android/TTS.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
+import android.speech.tts.Voice;
 
 /*
     Cordova Text-to-Speech Plugin
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ private void speak(JSONArray args, CallbackContext callbackContext)
         String text;
         String locale;
         double rate;
+        String voiceType;
 
         if (params.isNull("text")) {
             callbackContext.error(ERR_INVALID_OPTIONS);
@@ -196,6 +198,19 @@ private void speak(JSONArray args, CallbackContext callbackContext)
         String[] localeArgs = locale.split("-");
         tts.setLanguage(new Locale(localeArgs[0], localeArgs[1]));
 
+        voiceType = params.getString("voiceType");
+
+        if(voiceType.compareTo("Male")==0){
+            Voice voiceobj = new Voice("en-us-x-sfg#male_1-local",
+                            Locale.getDefault(), 1, 1, false, null);
+            tts.setVoice(voiceobj);
+        }
+        else{
+            Voice voiceobj = new Voice("en-us-x-sfg#female_1-local",
+                            Locale.getDefault(), 1, 1, false, null);
+            tts.setVoice(voiceobj);
+        }
+
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 27) {
             tts.setSpeechRate((float) rate * 0.7f);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/ios/CDVTTS.m b/src/ios/CDVTTS.m
index d1001eb..8ce884d 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVTTS.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVTTS.m
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ - (void)speak:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
     
     NSString* text = [options objectForKey:@"text"];
     NSString* locale = [options objectForKey:@"locale"];
+    NSString* voiceType = [options objectForKey:@"voiceType"];
     double rate = [[options objectForKey:@"rate"] doubleValue];
+    NSString* voice;
     
     if (!locale || (id)locale == [NSNull null]) {
         locale = @"en-US";
@@ -61,17 +63,27 @@ - (void)speak:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
     if (!rate) {
         rate = 1.0;
     }
+
+    if([voiceType isEqualToString:@"Male"]){
+        voice = @"com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_male_en-US_compact";
+    }
+    else{
+        voice = @"com.apple.ttsbundle.siri_female_en-US_compact";
+    }
     
     AVSpeechUtterance* utterance = [[AVSpeechUtterance new] initWithString:text];
-    utterance.voice = [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice voiceWithLanguage:locale];
+    //utterance.voice = [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice voiceWithLanguage:locale];
+    utterance.voice = [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice voiceWithIdentifier:voice];
     // Rate expression adjusted manually for a closer match to other platform.
-    utterance.rate = (AVSpeechUtteranceMinimumSpeechRate * 1.5 + AVSpeechUtteranceDefaultSpeechRate) / 2.25 * rate * rate;
+    //utterance.rate = (AVSpeechUtteranceMinimumSpeechRate * 1.5 + AVSpeechUtteranceDefaultSpeechRate) / 2.25 * rate * rate;
     // workaround for https://github.com/vilic/cordova-plugin-tts/issues/21
-    if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 9.0) {
-       utterance.rate = utterance.rate * 2;
+    //if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 9.0) {
+       //utterance.rate = utterance.rate * 2;
        // see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26097725/avspeechuterrance-speed-in-ios-8
-    }
-    utterance.pitchMultiplier = 1.2;
+    //}
+    utterance.rate = 0.45;
+    utterance.pitchMultiplier = 1.0;
+    utterance.volume = 1.0;
     [synthesizer speakUtterance:utterance];
 }