title: TextToSpeech in JAPANESE language in Japan
body: <p>Knowing that the JAPANESE language is not supported by TextToSpeech on Android (Kotlin), I wonder if I missed something or <strong>how are Japanese developers doing?</strong></p>
  <p>I would be very grateful for any idea that will tell me the turn around so that I can use this language and TexteToSpeech and not in .mp3.</p>
  <pre><code>...
  if (status == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) {
              // set the language for tts
              val result = tts!!.setLanguage(Locale.JAPAN)
  
              if (result == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA
                  || result == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
                  showTheToast(&quot;Japanese not supported!&quot;)
                  Log.e(&quot;TTS&quot;, &quot;Japanese is not supported! :-(&quot;)
              } else {
                  tts!!.setSpeechRate(1.0f)
              }
          } else {
              showTheToast(&quot;The initialization failed!&quot;)
          }
  ...
  </code></pre>
  <p>Thanks for taking the time to read.</p>