# Speech block does not activate

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/speech-block-does-not-activate/3113469>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [July 25, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/speech-block-does-not-activate/3113469 "2024-07-25T18:06:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![anxirileyrhsuqv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@anxirileyrhsuqv](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anxirileyrhsuqv)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/speech-block-does-not-activate/3113469/1 "2024-07-25T18:06:44Z")

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these are the only blocks i am using for the speech block. when the speaker button is clicked, i should be able to hear the “Hello” in text to speech, but the block doesn’t seen to activate, so i don’t hear anything. i tested this on two different devices.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/d/a/da2584ac9cc07a4f1085f4368c210d39fc2a8fbe.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/4/4438391e81fa093a9518a5fbef3321638b3b28bf.png)

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/speech-block-does-not-activate/3113469/2 "2024-07-25T20:12:15Z")

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Hello @anxirileyrhsuqv  
I tried but I couldn’t replicate the issue.  
How did you test your app?

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**Author:** ![anxirileyrhsuqv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@anxirileyrhsuqv](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anxirileyrhsuqv)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/speech-block-does-not-activate/3113469/3 "2024-07-25T20:24:06Z")

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i’m testing the app using the thunkable live testing app on both an iphone and an emulator for android.  
i cant use the web preview to test the app because the screen width and height blocks are used for multiple screens, and that would cause the web preview to crash.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/speech-block-does-not-activate/3113469/4 "2024-07-26T11:18:51Z")

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Hi @anxirileyrhsuqv  
Could you please confirm the volume is turned up on your device or that the silent mode is turned off?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/speech-block-does-not-activate/3113469/5 "2024-10-24T11:18:52Z")

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