# Text-to-speech: SWAHILI and MALAGASY doesn't work (StP)

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-swahili-and-malagasy-doesnt-work-stp/2852410>\
**Category:** Issues / Bugs\
**Tags:** help\
**Created:** [February 23, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-swahili-and-malagasy-doesnt-work-stp/2852410 "2024-02-23T15:02:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dosantoss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dosantoss](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dosantoss)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-swahili-and-malagasy-doesnt-work-stp/2852410/1 "2024-02-23T15:02:09Z")

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Hello,

In the Snap-to-Place version of Thunkable, when I set “Text-to-speech” block to Malagasy or Swahili and ask it to speak a phrase in those respective languages, it doesn’t work on both online preview test and iOS device.

Everything is fine with other languages such as Hindi, Arabic, Finnish, etc…

Does anyone have a solution about this issue?

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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:** [February 23, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-swahili-and-malagasy-doesnt-work-stp/2852410/2 "2024-02-23T20:56:54Z")

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Hello @dosantoss  
I tried to replicate the issue but I couldn’t.  
Here is the project: [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/65d904337a4eec6ff12d68c8)

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**Author:** ![dosantoss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@dosantoss](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dosantoss)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-swahili-and-malagasy-doesnt-work-stp/2852410/3 "2024-02-26T16:12:41Z")

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Thank you,

I’ve tried with your project, but even if it can launch the action of reading, it’s neither spoken in Swahili nor in Malagasy (syllabus are pronounced like it’s still in French or English).

You can try with those sentences (which both mean “Enter your email”):

Swahili:  
Ingiza barua pepe yako

Malagasy:  
Ampidiro ny mailaka anao

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-swahili-and-malagasy-doesnt-work-stp/2852410/4 "2024-02-26T23:52:04Z")

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@ioannis

When I preview your project, I hear English pronunciation for the Swahili and Malagasy buttons. I added another button for Spanish and when I click that one, I do hear a Spanish pronunciation.

Here’s my project: [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/a101e6e5a8e608106b0a48d873b957d3)

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-to-speech-swahili-and-malagasy-doesnt-work-stp/2852410/5 "2024-02-27T15:25:50Z")

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Hello @dosantoss and @tatiang  
Thank you for reporting this issue. We have flagged it to our engineering team and will provide an update as soon as possible.