diff --git a/src/components/TTSPlayer.tsx b/src/components/TTSPlayer.tsx
index 22664a5..9850eb1 100644
--- a/src/components/TTSPlayer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TTSPlayer.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { useTTS } from '@/contexts/TTSContext';
-import { Button } from '@headlessui/react';
+import { Button, Listbox, ListboxButton, ListboxOptions, ListboxOption } from '@headlessui/react';
 import {
   PlayIcon,
   PauseIcon,
   SkipForwardIcon,
   SkipBackwardIcon,
+  ChevronUpDownIcon,
 } from './icons/Icons';
 
 // Loading spinner component
@@ -19,9 +20,21 @@ function LoadingSpinner() {
   );
 }
 
+const speedOptions = [
+  { value: 0.5, label: '0.5x' },
+  { value: 0.75, label: '0.75x' },
+  { value: 1, label: '1x' },
+  { value: 1.25, label: '1.25x' },
+  { value: 1.5, label: '1.5x' },
+  { value: 1.75, label: '1.75x' },
+  { value: 2, label: '2x' },
+  { value: 2.5, label: '2.5x' },
+  { value: 3, label: '3x' },
+];
+
 export default function TTSPlayer() {
   const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(true);
-  const { isPlaying, togglePlay, skipForward, skipBackward, isProcessing } = useTTS();
+  const { isPlaying, togglePlay, skipForward, skipBackward, isProcessing, speed, setSpeedAndRestart } = useTTS();
 
   return (
     <div 
@@ -29,7 +42,7 @@ export default function TTSPlayer() {
         isVisible ? 'opacity-100' : 'opacity-0'
       } transition-opacity duration-300`}
     >
-      <div className="bg-base dark:bg-base rounded-full shadow-lg px-2 py-1 flex items-center space-x-2 relative">
+      <div className="bg-base dark:bg-base rounded-full shadow-lg px-4 py-1 flex items-center space-x-1 relative">
         <Button
           onClick={skipBackward}
           className="relative p-2 rounded-full text-foreground hover:bg-offbase data-[hover]:bg-offbase data-[active]:bg-offbase/80 transition-colors duration-200 focus:outline-none disabled:opacity-50"
@@ -55,6 +68,30 @@ export default function TTSPlayer() {
         >
           {isProcessing ? <LoadingSpinner /> : <SkipForwardIcon />}
         </Button>
+
+        <div className="relative">
+          <Listbox value={speed} onChange={setSpeedAndRestart}>
+            <ListboxButton className="flex items-center space-x-1 bg-transparent text-foreground text-sm focus:outline-none cursor-pointer hover:bg-offbase rounded pl-2 pr-1 py-1">
+              <span>{speed}x</span>
+              <ChevronUpDownIcon className="h-3 w-3" />
+            </ListboxButton>
+            <ListboxOptions className="absolute bottom-full mb-1 w-24 overflow-auto rounded-lg bg-base shadow-lg ring-1 ring-black ring-opacity-5 focus:outline-none">
+              {speedOptions.map((option) => (
+                <ListboxOption
+                  key={option.value}
+                  value={option.value}
+                  className={({ active, selected }) =>
+                    `relative cursor-pointer select-none py-2 px-3 ${
+                      active ? 'bg-offbase' : ''
+                    } ${selected ? 'font-medium' : ''}`
+                  }
+                >
+                  {option.label}
+                </ListboxOption>
+              ))}
+            </ListboxOptions>
+          </Listbox>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/icons/Icons.tsx b/src/components/icons/Icons.tsx
index 7095729..784906f 100644
--- a/src/components/icons/Icons.tsx
+++ b/src/components/icons/Icons.tsx
@@ -108,3 +108,23 @@ export const SkipBackwardIcon = () => (
     />
   </svg>
 );
+
+export function ChevronUpDownIcon(props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+      viewBox="0 0 20 20"
+      fill="currentColor"
+      className={props.className}
+      width={props.width || "1.5em"}
+      height={props.height || "1.5em"}
+      {...props}
+    >
+      <path
+        fillRule="evenodd"
+        d="M10 3a.75.75 0 01.55.24l3.25 3.5a.75.75 0 11-1.1 1.02L10 4.852 7.3 7.76a.75.75 0 01-1.1-1.02l3.25-3.5A.75.75 0 0110 3zm-3.76 9.2a.75.75 0 011.06.04l2.7 2.908 2.7-2.908a.75.75 0 111.1 1.02l-3.25 3.5a.75.75 0 01-1.1 0l-3.25-3.5a.75.75 0 01.04-1.06z"
+        clipRule="evenodd"
+      />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx b/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx
index 3f887a4..1790d1f 100644
--- a/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/TTSContext.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ interface TTSContextType {
   stopAndPlayFromIndex: (index: number) => void;
   sentences: string[];
   isProcessing: boolean;
+  speed: number;
+  setSpeed: (speed: number) => void;
+  setSpeedAndRestart: (speed: number) => void;
 }
 
 const TTSContext = createContext<TTSContextType | undefined>(undefined);
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ export function TTSProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   const skipTriggeredRef = useRef(false);
   const skipTimeoutRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null);
   const isPausingRef = useRef(false);
+  const [speed, setSpeed] = useState(1);
 
   // Create OpenAI instance
   const [openai] = useState(
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ export function TTSProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
       // Replace URLs with descriptive text including domain
       .replace(/\S*(?:https?:\/\/|www\.)([^\/\s]+)(?:\/\S*)?/gi, '- (link to $1) -')
       // Remove special characters except basic punctuation
-      .replace(/[^\w\s.,!?;:'"()-]/g, ' ')
+      //.replace(/[^\w\s.,!?;:'"()-]/g, ' ')
       // Fix hyphenated words at line breaks (word- word -> wordword)
       .replace(/(\w+)-\s+(\w+)/g, '$1$2')
       // Replace multiple spaces with single space
@@ -162,6 +166,7 @@ export function TTSProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
           model: 'tts-1',
           voice: 'alloy',
           input: cleanedSentence,
+          speed: speed,
         });
 
         const duration = Date.now() - startTime;
@@ -388,6 +393,7 @@ export function TTSProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
         model: 'tts-1',
         voice: 'alloy',
         input: sentence,
+        speed: speed,
       });
 
       const duration = Date.now() - startTime;
@@ -472,6 +478,22 @@ export function TTSProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
     skipTriggeredRef.current = false;
   }, [activeSource]);
 
+  const setSpeedAndRestart = useCallback((newSpeed: number) => {
+    setSpeed(newSpeed);
+    // Clear the audio cache since it contains audio at the old speed
+    audioCacheRef.current.clear();
+    
+    if (isPlaying) {
+      const currentIdx = currentIndex;
+      stop();
+      // Small delay to ensure audio is fully stopped
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        setCurrentIndex(currentIdx);
+        setIsPlaying(true);
+      }, 50);
+    }
+  }, [isPlaying, currentIndex, stop]);
+
   const value = {
     isPlaying,
     currentText,
@@ -487,6 +509,9 @@ export function TTSProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
     stopAndPlayFromIndex,
     sentences,
     isProcessing,
+    speed,
+    setSpeed,
+    setSpeedAndRestart,
   };
 
   return (