diff --git a/packages/api/src/entity/user_personalization.ts b/packages/api/src/entity/user_personalization.ts
index 8044ef1a7..5e7cc51f8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/entity/user_personalization.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/entity/user_personalization.ts
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ export class UserPersonalization {
   @Column('text', { nullable: true })
   speechVoice?: string
 
-  @Column('integer', { nullable: true })
-  speechRate?: number
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  speechSecondaryVoice?: string
 
-  @Column('integer', { nullable: true })
-  speechVolume?: number
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  speechRate?: string
+
+  @Column('text', { nullable: true })
+  speechVolume?: string
 
   @CreateDateColumn({ default: () => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP' })
   createdAt!: Date
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts
index f7dd7bdcc..7a959838a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/text_to_speech.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ export function textToSpeechRouter() {
           content: page.content,
           options: {
             primaryVoice: userPersonalization?.speechVoice || 'Axel',
-            secondaryVoice: 'Evelyn',
+            secondaryVoice:
+              userPersonalization?.speechSecondaryVoice || 'Evelyn',
             language: page.language,
           },
         })
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ export function textToSpeechRouter() {
             priority: 'high',
             isUltraRealisticVoice: true,
             language: speechFile.language,
-            rate: userPersonalization?.speechRate?.toString() || '1.1',
+            rate: userPersonalization?.speechRate || '1.1',
           })
           logger.info('Start Text to speech task', { taskName })
         }
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0098.do.create_features_table.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0098.do.create_features_table.sql
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..618315732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0098.do.create_features_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-- Type: DO
+-- Name: create_features_table
+-- Description: Create features table to store opt-in features by users
+
+BEGIN;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS omnivore.features (
+    id uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT uuid_generate_v1mc(),
+    user_id uuid NOT NULL REFERENCES omnivore.user ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    name text NOT NULL,
+    token text NOT NULL,
+    granted_at timestamptz,
+    created_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp,
+    updated_at timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp,
+    UNIQUE (user_id, name)
+);
+
+CREATE TRIGGER features_modtime BEFORE UPDATE ON omnivore.features
+    FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_updated_at_column();
+
+GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON omnivore.features TO omnivore_user;
+
+ALTER TABLE omnivore.user_personalization
+    ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS speech_secondary_voice text,
+    ALTER COLUMN speech_rate TYPE text,
+    ALTER COLUMN speech_volume TYPE text;
+
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/packages/db/migrations/0098.undo.create_features_table.sql b/packages/db/migrations/0098.undo.create_features_table.sql
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c399a16c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db/migrations/0098.undo.create_features_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- Type: UNDO
+-- Name: create_features_table
+-- Description: Create features table to store opt-in features by users
+
+BEGIN;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS omnivore.features;
+
+ALTER TABLE omnivore.user_personalization
+    DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS speech_secondary_voice,
+    ALTER COLUMN speech_rate TYPE integer,
+    ALTER COLUMN speech_volume TYPE integer;
+
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/src/htmlToSsml.ts b/packages/text-to-speech/src/htmlToSsml.ts
index 8fb0b7e35..be3f1c2e8 100644
--- a/packages/text-to-speech/src/htmlToSsml.ts
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/src/htmlToSsml.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface Utterance {
   text: string
   wordOffset: number
   wordCount: number
-  voice?: string
+  voice: string
 }
 
 export interface SpeechFile {
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ const textToUtterances = ({
   idx: string
   textItems: string[]
   wordOffset: number
-  voice?: string
+  voice: string
   isHtml?: boolean
 }): Utterance[] => {
   let text = textItems.join('')
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ export const htmlToSpeechFile = (htmlInput: HtmlInput): SpeechFile => {
       textItems: [stripEmojis(title)], // title could have emoji
       wordOffset,
       isHtml: false,
+      voice: defaultVoice,
     })[0]
     utterances.push(titleUtterance)
     wordOffset += titleUtterance.wordCount
@@ -413,7 +414,9 @@ export const htmlToSpeechFile = (htmlInput: HtmlInput): SpeechFile => {
         textItems,
         wordOffset,
         voice:
-          node.nodeName === 'BLOCKQUOTE' ? options.secondaryVoice : undefined,
+          node.nodeName === 'BLOCKQUOTE'
+            ? options.secondaryVoice || defaultVoice
+            : defaultVoice,
       })
       const wordCount = newUtterances.reduce((acc, u) => acc + u.wordCount, 0)
       wordCount > 0 && utterances.push(...newUtterances)