diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/KiwixTextToSpeech.java b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
index 9c39ccd48..0928ee237 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/KiwixTextToSpeech.java
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.CoreApp;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.R;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.utils.LanguageUtils;
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.reader.ZimReaderContainer;
+import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.extensions.ContextExtensionsKt;
 
 import static org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.utils.Constants.TAG_KIWIX;
 
@@ -133,6 +135,12 @@ public class KiwixTextToSpeech {
       } else {
         tts.setLanguage(locale);
 
+        if (getFeatures(tts, locale).contains(TextToSpeech.Engine.KEY_FEATURE_NOT_INSTALLED)) {
+          ContextExtensionsKt.toast(context, R.string.tts_lang_not_supported,
+            Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
+          return;
+        }
+
         if (requestAudioFocus()) {
           loadURL(webView);
         }
@@ -140,6 +148,12 @@ public class KiwixTextToSpeech {
     }
   }
 
+  @SuppressLint("NewApi")
+  private Set<String> getFeatures(TextToSpeech tts, Locale locale) {
+    return VERSION.SDK_INT < VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP ? tts.getFeatures(locale)
+      : tts.getVoice().getFeatures();
+  }
+
   private void loadURL(WebView webView) {
     // We use JavaScript to get the content of the page conveniently, earlier making some
     // changes in the page