How to make pyttsx module's voice go slower

Question

My code:

import pyttsx3
import random

engine = pyttsx3.init()
words = ['hello', 'word']     
engine.say(random.choice(words)) #Say these words slower

I don't want it to go really slow just slow enough to be easy for a non native speaker to undersatnd the words in the words list. Also if it is impossible to do it using the pyttsx module can you suggest a module that can do that?

Answer 1

newVoiceRate = 145
engine.setProperty('rate',newVoiceRate)

Answer 2

Try this:

engine.setProperty('rate', newVoiceRate)

Replace newVoiceRate with rate according to requirement. It's integer speech rate in words per minute. Defaults to 200 word per minute.