diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
index fd7a49c..22fbe1a 100644
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diff --git a/tts/app.py b/tts/app.py
index 3c6bb15..ae0bf1b 100644
--- a/tts/app.py
+++ b/tts/app.py
@@ -11,12 +11,23 @@ API_URL = "http://192.168.50.159:5001/tts"
 
 audioInstance = audio.Audio()
 
-response = requests.post(API_URL, data={'text': 'hello world'})
-print(response)
+# send request with json
+headers = {
+    "Content-type": "application/json",
+}
+response = requests.post(
+    API_URL,
+    headers=headers,
+    json={"text": "hello world. the weather today is sunny."}
+)
 
-# get the file data from the response
-# write the file data to a file
-# save the file
+# get the file data from the response and write to temp local file
+fileName = "output.wav"
+# todo: move this writing process to audio.py
+with open(fileName, 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(response.content)
+
+    f.close()
 
 # play the file
-audioInstance.playFile('audio.wav')
+audioInstance.playFile(fileName)
diff --git a/tts/output.wav b/tts/output.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec4563
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diff --git a/voice-server/app.py b/voice-server/app.py
index c9853fd..78feefb 100644
--- a/voice-server/app.py
+++ b/voice-server/app.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import whisper
+import tts
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+from flask import Flask, request, abort, send_file
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 load_dotenv()
 
-from flask import Flask, request, abort, send_file
-from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-import tts
-import whisper
 
 # Load the Whisper model:
 model = whisper.load_model("base")
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def text_to_speech():
     # get the text from the request json
     content = request.get_json()
     text = content['text']
-    
+
     if not text:
         abort(400, "Please provide text to convert to speech!")
 
diff --git a/voice-server/output.wav b/voice-server/output.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec4563
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diff --git a/voice-server/tts.py b/voice-server/tts.py
index 1f9cedf..aec853e 100644
--- a/voice-server/tts.py
+++ b/voice-server/tts.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import google.cloud.texttospeech as tts
 OUTPUT_FILE = "output.wav"
 
 # todo: make sure to make the file name unique and delete it after sending
+
+
 def text_to_wav(voice_name: str, text: str):
     language_code = "-".join(voice_name.split("-")[:2])
     text_input = tts.SynthesisInput(text=text)