# Text to speech not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582 "2020-06-22T13:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/1 "2020-06-22T13:33:42Z")
i have a prayer app a list of prayers set to play from data source all other prayers play except for one on Android I don’t know how to fix this is it the length of the text the spacing? I don’t know Any ideas anyone ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/2 "2020-06-22T17:08:21Z")
I am using Airtable as a data source can someone plz let me know why tech to speech don’t work on Android for a couple of my prayers i am using free program do i need to upgrade airtable or something ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/3 "2020-06-22T17:58:20Z")
> [@kizzy](#): > > all other prayers play except for one on Android Hey @kizzy - in this case, is it playing all _except_ the first or the last one by any chance? It sounds like perhaps there might be an issue with the loop you’re using - can you share a screenshot of what blocks you’re currently using? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/4 "2020-06-22T19:02:41Z")
i figure out i may have too much text for android i am going cut the text in half seem to play that way. ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/5 "2020-06-22T21:21:58Z")
it such an annoyance to chop the text up in 3 different screens is there a way to increase the word count for text to speech to read in Android ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/6 "2020-06-22T23:39:19Z")
You won’t need multiple screens for this @kizzy - a list of paragraphs will take care of everything on s single screen. When the first paragraph finishes, move to the next paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/7 "2020-06-23T00:47:36Z")
My app has already been publish with thousands of user i did not feel like having to update the version to fix this but i might have to Also strange thing happen i deleted the airtable data base from project and it stop working in the published APP only started back working when i re ad the database how is that possible ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/8 "2020-06-25T10:02:50Z")
> [@kizzy](#): > > i did not feel like having to update the version to fix this but i might have to Updating your app is a pretty simple thing to do in both Google Play and on the App Store. It’s something you should do regularly to make sure that your users get the best possible version of your app. For example, we update our own app every week or two, so updating your app once a month or so shouldn’t be too big an ordeal. * * * > [@kizzy](#): > > Also strange thing happen i deleted the airtable data base from project and it stop working If you deleted you app’s database then I would fully expect your app to stop working. ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/9 "2020-06-25T18:00:28Z")
i deleted the database in the project why would that delete it in the published app ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/10 "2020-06-25T18:01:56Z")
> [@domhnallohanlon](#): > > Updating your app is a pretty simple thing to do in both Google Play and on the App Store. It’s something you should do regularly to make sure that your users get the best possible version of your app. For example, we update our own app every week or two, so updating your app once a month or so shouldn’t be too big an ordeal. As for updating i have to do 5 updates in 4 days the APP users is annoyed. hopeful i dont have to do anymore. ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/11 "2020-07-29T15:33:01Z")
Me again Text to speech not playing on ios test any app and see or is it just me ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/12 "2020-07-29T18:05:34Z")
@kizzy - i tried this on iOS live testing and it worked perfectly for me. ![Screenshot 2020-07-29 at 19.04.14](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/9/c93a186b3fdada63955eb91fc59c9110221eb2d1.png) Are you using a label to help you debug this? (I’m assuming that there’s some sort of issue getting the text that you are then sending to the TTS component) ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/13 "2020-07-29T18:13:30Z")
it’s working now ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-not-working/630582/14 "2024-11-08T11:25:26Z")