diff --git a/plugins/stt/watson-stt/__init__.py b/plugins/stt/watson-stt/__init__.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from .watson import IBMWatsonSTTPlugin
diff --git a/plugins/stt/watson-stt/plugin.info b/plugins/stt/watson-stt/plugin.info
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+[Plugin]
+Name = watson-stt
+Version = 1.0.0
+License = MIT
+URL = http://jasperproject.github.io/
+Description = Speech-To-Text implementation which relies on the IBM Watson Speech-To-Text API.
+
+[Author]
+Name = Jasper Project
+URL = http://jasperproject.github.io/
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diff --git a/plugins/stt/watson-stt/watson.py b/plugins/stt/watson-stt/watson.py
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+import logging
+import wave
+import requests
+from jasper import plugin
+
+
+class IBMWatsonSTTPlugin(plugin.STTPlugin):
+    """
+    Speech-To-Text implementation which relies on the IBM Watson Speech To Text API.
+
+    This implementation requires an IBM Cloud Speech-To-Text API key to be present in profile.yml
+
+    To obtain an API key:
+    1. Sign up for a free IBM Cloud Account:
+       https://console.bluemix.net/registration/
+    2. Create a Speech-To-Text Instance through the IBM Cloud console:
+       https://console.bluemix.net/catalog/services/speech-to-text
+    3. Select your Speech-To-Text Instance and Click Service Credentials.
+    4. Click New Credential. Name Credential "Jasper Credential" or appropriate.
+    5. Add your credential username/password to your profile.yml. Add a 'watson_stt' entry
+       section and set your 'username' and 'password'.
+    6. Set the value of the 'stt_engine' key in your profile.yml to 'watson'
+
+    Excerpt from sample profile.yml:
+
+        ...
+        timezone: US/Pacific
+        stt_engine: watson
+        watson_stt:
+            username: $YOUR_API_USERNAME
+            password: $YOUR_API_PASSWORD
+            model: en-US_BroadbandModel
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        plugin.STTPlugin.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        # FIXME: get init args from config
+
+        self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self._endpoint_url = 'https://stream.watsonplatform.net/speech-to-text/api/v1/recognize'
+        self._username = None
+        self._password = None
+        self._model = 'en-US_BroadbandModel'
+        self._http = requests.Session()
+
+        self.username = self.profile['watson_stt']['username']
+        self.password = self.profile['watson_stt']['password']
+
+    @property
+    def endpoint_url(self):
+        return self._endpoint_url
+
+    @property
+    def model(self):
+        return self._model
+
+    @model.setter
+    def model(self, value):
+        self._model = value
+
+    @property
+    def username(self):
+        return self._username
+
+    @username.setter
+    def username(self, value):
+        self._username = value
+
+    @property
+    def password(self):
+        return self._password
+
+    @password.setter
+    def password(self, value):
+        self._password = value
+
+    def transcribe(self, fp):
+        """
+        Performs STT via the IBM Watson Speech-To-Text API, transcribing an audio
+        file and returning an English string.
+
+        Arguments:
+        audio_file_path -- the path to the .wav file to be transcribed
+        """
+
+        if not self.username:
+            self._logger.critical('API username missing, transcription request aborted.')
+            return []
+        elif not self.password:
+            self._logger.critical('API password missing, transcription request aborted.')
+            return []
+
+        wav = wave.open(fp, 'rb')
+        frame_rate = wav.getframerate()
+        wav.close()
+        data = fp.read()
+
+        auth = (self.username, self.password)
+        params = {'inactivity_timeout': 30}
+        headers = {'Content-Type': 'audio/l16; rate=%s' % frame_rate}
+        r = self._http.post(
+            self.endpoint_url,
+            data=data,
+            params=params,
+            headers=headers,
+            auth=auth
+        )
+        try:
+            r.raise_for_status()
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
+            self._logger.critical('Request failed with http status %d', r.status_code)
+            if r.status_code == requests.codes['forbidden']:
+                self._logger.warning('Status 403 is probably caused by ' +
+                                     'invalid IBM Cloud API credentials.')
+            return []
+        r.encoding = 'utf-8'
+        try:
+            response = r.json()
+            if len(response['results']) == 0:
+                # Response result is empty
+                raise ValueError('Nothing has been transcribed.')
+            results = [result['alternatives'][0]['transcript'] for result in response['results']]
+        except ValueError as e:
+            self._logger.warning('Empty response: %s', e.args[0])
+            results = []
+        except (KeyError, IndexError):
+            self._logger.warning('Cannot parse response.', exc_info=True)
+            results = []
+        else:
+            # Convert all results to uppercase
+            results = tuple(result.upper() for result in results)
+            self._logger.info('Transcribed: %r', results)
+        return results
diff --git a/plugins/tts/watson-tts/__init__.py b/plugins/tts/watson-tts/__init__.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from .watson import IBMWatsonTTSPlugin
diff --git a/plugins/tts/watson-tts/plugin.info b/plugins/tts/watson-tts/plugin.info
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+[Plugin]
+Name = watson-tts
+Version = 1.0.0
+License = MIT
+URL = http://jasperproject.github.io/
+Description = IBM Watson TTS Online translator
+
+[Author]
+Name = Jasper Project
+URL = http://jasperproject.github.io/
diff --git a/plugins/tts/watson-tts/watson.py b/plugins/tts/watson-tts/watson.py
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+import json
+import tempfile
+import logging
+import requests
+from jasper import plugin
+
+
+class IBMWatsonTTSPlugin(plugin.TTSPlugin):
+    """
+        Text-To-Speech implementation which relies on the IBM Watson Text To Speech API.
+
+        This implementation requires an IBM Cloud Text-To-Speech API key to be present in profile.yml
+
+        To obtain an API key:
+        1. Sign up for a free IBM Cloud Account:
+           https://console.bluemix.net/registration/
+        2. Create a Text-To-Speech Instance through the IBM Cloud console:
+           https://console.bluemix.net/catalog/services/text-to-speech
+        3. Select your Text-To-Speech Instance and Click Service Credentials.
+        4. Click New Credential. Name Credential "Jasper Credential" or appropriate.
+        5. Add your credential username/password to your profile.yml. Add a 'watson_stt' entry
+           section and set your 'username' and 'password'.
+        6. Set the value of the 'tts_engine' key in your profile.yml to 'watson'
+
+        Excerpt from sample profile.yml:
+
+            ...
+            timezone: US/Pacific
+            tts_engine: watson
+            watson_tts:
+                username: $YOUR_API_USERNAME
+                password: $YOUR_API_PASSWORD
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        plugin.TTSPlugin.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        # FIXME: get init args from config
+
+        self._logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self._endpoint_url = 'https://stream.watsonplatform.net/text-to-speech/api/v1/synthesize'
+        self._username = None
+        self._password = None
+        self._voice = 'en-US_MichaelVoice'
+        self._http = requests.Session()
+
+        self.username = self.profile['watson_tts']['username']
+        self.password = self.profile['watson_tts']['password']
+
+    @property
+    def endpoint_url(self):
+        return self._endpoint_url
+
+    @property
+    def voice(self):
+        return self._voice
+
+    @voice.setter
+    def voice(self, value):
+        self._voice = value
+
+    @property
+    def username(self):
+        return self._username
+
+    @username.setter
+    def username(self, value):
+        self._username = value
+
+    @property
+    def password(self):
+        return self._password
+
+    @password.setter
+    def password(self, value):
+        self._password = value
+
+    def say(self, phrase):
+        """
+            Performs TTS via the IBM Watson Text-To-Speech API, synthesizing voice audio
+            and returning an audio file.
+
+            Arguments:
+            phrase -- the text to synthesize into audio
+        """
+
+        if not self.username:
+            self._logger.critical('API username missing, synthesize request aborted.')
+            return []
+        elif not self.password:
+            self._logger.critical('API password missing, synthesize request aborted.')
+            return []
+
+        auth = (self.username, self.password)
+        params = {'voice': self.voice}
+        payload = {'text': phrase}
+        headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'accept': 'audio/wav;rate=48000'}
+        r = self._http.post(
+            self.endpoint_url,
+            data=json.dumps(payload),
+            params=params,
+            headers=headers,
+            auth=auth
+        )
+        try:
+            r.raise_for_status()
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
+            self._logger.critical('Request failed with http status %d: %s', r.status_code, r.text)
+            if r.status_code == requests.codes['forbidden']:
+                self._logger.warning('Status 403 is probably caused by ' +
+                                     'invalid IBM Cloud API credentials.')
+
+        data = None
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.mp3', delete=False) as f:
+            for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
+                if chunk:  # filter out keep-alive new chunks
+                    f.write(chunk)
+            f.seek(0)
+            data = f.read()
+
+        return data