diff --git a/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java
index bc970b8cc8..6761586757 100644
--- a/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java
+++ b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/MWMActivity.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import com.mapswithme.maps.settings.SettingsActivity;
 import com.mapswithme.maps.settings.StoragePathManager;
 import com.mapswithme.maps.settings.StoragePathManager.MoveFilesListener;
 import com.mapswithme.maps.settings.UnitLocale;
+import com.mapswithme.maps.sound.TTSPlayer;
 import com.mapswithme.maps.widget.BottomButtonsLayout;
 import com.mapswithme.maps.widget.FadeView;
 import com.mapswithme.maps.widget.placepage.BasePlacePageAnimationController;
diff --git a/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/sound/TTSPlayer.java b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/sound/TTSPlayer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50bdbc8ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/com/mapswithme/maps/sound/TTSPlayer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package com.mapswithme.maps.sound;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+
+import com.mapswithme.maps.MWMApplication;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+
+public class TTSPlayer
+{
+  private static TTSPlayer ourInstance = null;
+
+  private Context mContext = null;
+  private TextToSpeech mTts = null;
+
+  private final static String TAG = "TTSPlayer";
+
+  private TTSPlayer()
+  {
+    mContext = MWMApplication.get().getApplicationContext();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void finalize() throws Throwable
+  {
+    if(mTts != null)
+      mTts.shutdown();
+    super.finalize();
+  }
+
+  public static TTSPlayer get()
+  {
+    if (ourInstance == null)
+      ourInstance = new TTSPlayer();
+    return ourInstance;
+  }
+
+  public void setLocaleIfAvailable(final Locale locale)
+  {
+    if (mTts != null && mTts.getLanguage().equals(locale))
+      return;
+
+    // @TODO Consider move TextToSpeech to a service:
+    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24712639/android-texttospeech-initialization-blocks-freezes-ui-thread
+    mTts = new TextToSpeech(mContext, new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public void onInit(int status)
+      {
+        if (status == TextToSpeech.ERROR)
+        {
+          Log.w(TAG, "Can't initialize TextToSpeech for locale " + locale.getLanguage() + " " + locale.getCountry());
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (mTts.setLanguage(locale) != TextToSpeech.LANG_AVAILABLE)
+          mTts.setLanguage(Locale.UK);  // Assuming that Locale.UK is always available.
+      }
+    });
+
+    final Locale loc = getLocale();
+    if (loc != null)
+      ;// Call native method to set locale for TTS (loc.getLanguage())
+  }
+
+  public Locale getLocale()
+  {
+    if (mTts == null)
+      return null;
+    return mTts.getLanguage();
+  }
+
+  public void speak(String textToSpeak)
+  {
+    if (mTts == null)
+    {
+      Log.e(TAG, "speakText is called while mTts == null");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    Toast.makeText(mContext, textToSpeak, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+    mTts.speak(textToSpeak, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);
+  }
+
+  public void stop()
+  {
+    if(mTts != null)
+      mTts.stop();
+  }
+
+  public boolean isEnabled()
+  {
+    // Call native method to check if TTS is set as enabled
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  public void enable(boolean enabled)
+  {
+    // Call native method to enable/disable TTS
+  }
+
+  public void setLengthUnits(int units)
+  {
+    // Call native method to set units for TTS
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/settings.hpp b/platform/settings.hpp
index a6852b2a53..47dbb1a2f3 100644
--- a/platform/settings.hpp
+++ b/platform/settings.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace Settings
     StringStorage::Instance().DeleteKeyAndValue(key);
   }
 
+  // @TODO(vbykoianko) For the time being two enums which are reflected length units are used.
+  // This enum should be replaced with enum class LengthUnits.
   enum Units { Metric = 0, Foot };
 
   /// Use this function for running some stuff once according to date.