diff --git a/.idea/migrations.xml b/.idea/migrations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8051a6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/migrations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectMigrations">
+    <option name="MigrateToGradleLocalJavaHome">
+      <set>
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+      </set>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1761f192b..ad98f2481 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-android:5.8.0'
 
     androidTestUtil 'androidx.test:orchestrator:1.4.2'
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index c0b67324d..80ab72a04 100644
--- a/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
 
+
+
     <application
         android:name=".Startup"
         android:allowBackup="true"
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
+
         <activity
             android:name=".publicapi.StopRecording"
             android:exported="true"
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/TTSManager.java b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/TTSManager.java
index 2b3dc406d..392dd94d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/TTSManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/TTSManager.java
@@ -16,52 +16,83 @@
 
 package de.dennisguse.opentracks.services.announcement;
 
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.media.AudioAttributes;
-import android.media.AudioManager;
-import android.media.MediaPlayer;
-import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
-import android.speech.tts.UtteranceProgressListener;
-import android.text.Spannable;
-import android.util.Log;
+import android.content.Context; // Base class for interacting with the Android system
+import android.media.AudioAttributes; // Encapsulates the audio attributes of an audio stream
+import android.media.AudioManager; // Provides access to the system volume controls
+import android.media.MediaPlayer; // Provides a way to control playback of audio files/streams
+import android.os.Bundle;
 
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
 
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
+import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech; // Convert text to speech
+import android.speech.tts.UtteranceProgressListener; // Used to receive callbacks when the synthesis of an utterance starts/end or at an error
+import android.text.Spannable; //Mark up text with style information
+import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
+import android.util.Log; // Provides methods to log messages (debugging purposes)
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+import android.widget.Toast;
 
-import de.dennisguse.opentracks.R;
-import de.dennisguse.opentracks.settings.PreferencesUtils;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull; // Provides helper classes
+import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
 
+import com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton;
 
-public class TTSManager {
+import java.util.List; //Ordered collection of elements
+import java.util.Locale; // Represents a locale, which is a specific geographic, political, or cultural region
+
+import de.dennisguse.opentracks.R; // Generated by the Android build system. It contains references to all the resources in the application
+import de.dennisguse.opentracks.settings.PreferencesUtils; // A custom class that provides helper methods for working with user preferences
+
+
+public class TTSManager extends AppCompatActivity {
 
     public final static int AUDIO_STREAM = TextToSpeech.Engine.DEFAULT_STREAM;
+    // TextToSpeech: class part of the Android SDK used to convert tts
+    // Engine is an inner class of TextToSpeech
+    // DEFAULT_STREAM : static field of the 'Engine' class => specifies default stream of audio
 
+    // Adding log messages related to the TTSManager class
     private static final String TAG = TTSManager.class.getSimpleName();
 
+    //Super important : Context class provides access to system services & application resources
     private final Context context;
 
+    //AudioManager Class  : Manage audio focus on the device (audio playback & recording)
     private final AudioManager audioManager;
 
+    //AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener : Interface in Android SDK
+    // Monitors audio focus change and returns a LOG of the change
+
     private final AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener audioFocusChangeListener = new AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener() {
+
         @Override
-        public void onAudioFocusChange(int focusChange) {
-            Log.d(TAG, "Audio focus changed to " + focusChange);
+        public void onAudioFocusChange(int focusChange) { // Method implementation of interface AudioManager.OnAudioFocusChangeListener
+
+            Log.d(TAG, "Audio focus changed to " + focusChange); // Logging a message to the class
+
+            //Constants that can be returned by the AudioManager Class
+            // _LOSS : system lost audio focus and can no longer be used
+            // _LOSS_TRANSIENT : Temporary loss of audio focus
+            // ''_CAN_DUCK : Lowers the volume of the media player (if another app is playing for example)
 
             boolean stop = List.of(AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS, AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT, AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS_TRANSIENT_CAN_DUCK)
-                    .contains(focusChange);
+                    .contains(focusChange); // checking the state of 'focusChange' parameter
 
             if (stop && tts != null && tts.isSpeaking()) {
+
+                // Interrupts the current utterance (whether played or rendered to file) and discards other utterances in the queue.
+                // Returns ERROR or SUCCESS.
                 tts.stop();
                 Log.i(TAG, "Aborting current tts due to focus change " + focusChange);
             }
         }
     };
-
+    // 'UtteranceProgressListener' : interface & defines methods that can be called to monitor the progress of TTS utterance
     private final UtteranceProgressListener utteranceListener = new UtteranceProgressListener() {
+        // These methods can be really good for BackEnd to UI implementation
         @Override
-        public void onStart(String utteranceId) {
+        public void onStart(String utteranceId) { //when utterance begins
             int result = audioManager.requestAudioFocus(audioFocusChangeListener, AUDIO_STREAM, AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_GAIN_TRANSIENT_MAY_DUCK);
             if (result == AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED) {
                 Log.w(TAG, "Failed to request audio focus.");
@@ -69,7 +100,7 @@ public void onStart(String utteranceId) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onDone(String utteranceId) {
+        public void onDone(String utteranceId) { // when utterance has been successfully spoken
             int result = audioManager.abandonAudioFocus(audioFocusChangeListener);
             if (result == AudioManager.AUDIOFOCUS_REQUEST_FAILED) {
                 Log.w(TAG, "Failed to relinquish audio focus.");
@@ -77,35 +108,52 @@ public void onDone(String utteranceId) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onError(String utteranceId) {
+        public void onError(String utteranceId) { // Called if an error occurs during the utterance
             Log.e(TAG, "An error occurred for utteranceId " + utteranceId);
         }
     };
 
-    private TextToSpeech tts;
+    private TextToSpeech tts; //Conversion MY TTS OBJECT
     // Response from TTS after its initialization
-    private int ttsInitStatus = TextToSpeech.ERROR;
+    private int ttsInitStatus = TextToSpeech.ERROR; //Stores initialization status =>
+    // Can/will change to .SUCCESS or  .FAILED_SYNTHESIS
 
+    //    A boolean field that indicates whether the text-to-speech engine has been properly initialized
+//    and is ready to perform text-to-speech conversion.
+//    private boolean ttsReady = false;
     private boolean ttsReady = false;
 
     private MediaPlayer ttsFallback;
+//    MediaPlayer class: used to play a pre-recorded audio file as a fallback mechanism when
+//    the TTS engine is unable to perform the TTS conversion.
 
-    TTSManager(Context context) {
+    TTSManager(Context context) { // Constructor of the TTSManager class
         this.context = context;
         audioManager = (AudioManager) context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
+//        TTSManager constructor initializes audioManager by calling
+//        getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE) on the Context object, which returns an
+//        AudioManager object.
     }
 
-    public void start() {
+    public void start() { // Called in the VoiceAnnouncementManager Class
+
+
         Log.d(TAG, "Start");
 
         if (tts == null) {
+
             tts = new TextToSpeech(context, status -> {
                 Log.i(TAG, "TextToSpeech initialized with status " + status);
+
                 ttsInitStatus = status;
             });
         }
         if (ttsFallback == null) {
             ttsFallback = MediaPlayer.create(context, R.raw.tts_fallback);
+
+            // initialize a new instance of MediaPlayer & associates it with a sound file resource in the app's raw directory
+            //R.raw.tts_fallback : contains reference to the sound file
+
             if (ttsFallback == null) {
                 Log.w(TAG, "MediaPlayer for ttsFallback could not be created.");
             } else {
@@ -118,10 +166,14 @@ public void start() {
         }
     }
 
-    public void announce(@NonNull Spannable announcement) {
-        synchronized (this) {
-            if (!ttsReady) {
+    public void announce(@NonNull Spannable announcement) { // parameter cannot be null
+        synchronized (this) { // One announcement at a time
+
+            if (!ttsReady) { // checking if ready to make an announcement
                 ttsReady = ttsInitStatus == TextToSpeech.SUCCESS;
+                ;
+                Log.d(TAG, "TTS initialized successfully.");
+                // Update the UI to indicate that TTS is ready.
                 if (ttsReady) {
                     onTtsReady();
                 }
@@ -145,7 +197,7 @@ public void announce(@NonNull Spannable announcement) {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (announcement.length() > 0) {
+        if (announcement.length() > 0) { //Where it is gonna speak and start announcement / IMPORTANT
             // We don't care about the utterance id. It is supplied here to force onUtteranceCompleted to be called.
             tts.speak(announcement, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null, "not used");
         }
@@ -163,19 +215,91 @@ public void stop() {
         }
     }
 
-    private void onTtsReady() {
-        Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
-        int languageAvailability = tts.isLanguageAvailable(locale);
-        if (languageAvailability == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA || languageAvailability == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
-            Log.w(TAG, "Default locale not available, use English.");
-            locale = Locale.ENGLISH;
-            /*
-             * TODO: instead of using english, load the language if missing and show a toast if not supported.
-             *  Not able to change the resource strings to English.
-             */
+//    void onTtsReady() {
+//        Locale locale = Locale.getDefault(); // Get default geolocation / region etc
+//        int languageAvailability = tts.isLanguageAvailable(locale); //Method in the TTS class :
+//        // checks is the engine can speak specified language
+//        if (languageAvailability == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA || languageAvailability == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
+//            Log.w(TAG, "Default locale not available, use English.");
+//            locale = Locale.ENGLISH;
+//
+//
+//        }
+//        tts.setLanguage(locale);  //set method in android sdk
+//        tts.setSpeechRate(PreferencesUtils.getVoiceSpeedRate()); // Set speech rate output based on app preferences (set by user)
+//        // track the progress of the TTS utterance,and to perform certain actions
+//        // when specific events in the lifecycle of an utterance occur.
+//        tts.setOnUtteranceProgressListener(utteranceListener);
+//
+//
+//    }
+
+    //method is where you initialize your activity, set up the user interface,
+    // and perform any other necessary setup tasks.
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        // Call onTtsReady for initialization
+        onTtsReady();
+    }
+
+    void onTtsReady() {
+        //        setContentView(R.layout.track_stopped);
+        //        ImageView finish = findViewById(R.id.finish_button);
+
+
+// Set the content view of the activity to the layout defined in 'track_recording.xml'
+        setContentView(R.layout.track_recording);
+        // Find the FloatingActionButton with the id 'track_recording_fab_action' in the layout
+        FloatingActionButton run = findViewById(R.id.track_recording_fab_action);
+
+        if (run != null) {
+            // Initialize TextToSpeech instance with the application context
+            tts = new TextToSpeech(getApplicationContext(), new TextToSpeech.OnInitListener() {
+                @Override
+                public void onInit(int ttsInitStatus) {
+                    // Get the default locale of the device
+                    Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
+                    int languageAvailability = tts.isLanguageAvailable(locale);
+                    if (languageAvailability == TextToSpeech.LANG_MISSING_DATA || languageAvailability == TextToSpeech.LANG_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
+                        Log.w(TAG, "Default locale not available, use English.");
+                        // Set TextToSpeech language to English
+                        locale = Locale.ENGLISH;
+                        tts.setLanguage(locale);
+                        // Set speech rate according to user preferences
+                        tts.setSpeechRate(PreferencesUtils.getVoiceSpeedRate());
+                        tts.setOnUtteranceProgressListener(utteranceListener);
+
+                        // Set OnClickListener for FloatingActionButton 'run'
+                        run.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
+                            @Override
+                            public void onClick(View v) {
+
+                                //Triggers the speaking FloatingActionButton is clicked
+                                String speech = "Hello User!";
+                                tts.speak(speech, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null, null);
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }else {
+                        // If language other than English is selected, show a toast notification
+                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please note: Selected language may not be fully supported.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        } else {
+            //Log error if not found
+            Log.e(TAG, "FloatingActionButton not found");
         }
-        tts.setLanguage(locale);
-        tts.setSpeechRate(PreferencesUtils.getVoiceSpeedRate());
-        tts.setOnUtteranceProgressListener(utteranceListener);
+
+
+
+
+
     }
+
 }
+
+
+
+//Write a method that converts text to speech
+//
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementManager.java b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementManager.java
index 7b5a4d5b0..10d77ae7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.text.Spannable;
+import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public class VoiceAnnouncementManager implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPrefe
     private TTSManager voiceAnnouncement;
 
     private TrackStatistics trackStatistics;
+//    trackStatistics.toString(); to be done in the code
 
     private static final Distance DISTANCE_OFF = Distance.of(Double.MAX_VALUE);
     private Distance distanceFrequency = DISTANCE_OFF;
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ public VoiceAnnouncementManager(@NonNull Context context) {
 
     public void start(@Nullable TrackStatistics trackStatistics) {
         voiceAnnouncement = new TTSManager(context);
-        voiceAnnouncement.start();
+        voiceAnnouncement.start(); // instance of TTSManager to call the start method which initializes the TTS engine
         update(trackStatistics);
     }
 
@@ -87,6 +89,12 @@ void update(@Nullable TrackStatistics trackStatistics) {
         this.trackStatistics = trackStatistics;
         updateNextDuration();
         updateNextTaskDistance();
+// Create a Spannable object with the text from TrackStatistics.toString()
+//        if(trackStatistics !=null){
+//            Spannable announcement = new SpannableString(trackStatistics.toString());
+//            // Pass the Spannable object to the announce() method of TTSManager
+//            voiceAnnouncement.announce(announcement);
+        //}
     }
 
     private boolean shouldNotAnnounce() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementUtils.java b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementUtils.java
index 05179f1b7..c541d34cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/services/announcement/VoiceAnnouncementUtils.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.style.TtsSpan;
+import android.util.Log;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import de.dennisguse.opentracks.ui.intervals.IntervalStatistics;
 
 class VoiceAnnouncementUtils {
+    private static final String TAG2 = TTSManager.class.getSimpleName();
 
     private VoiceAnnouncementUtils() {
     }
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ static Spannable createStatistics(Context context, TrackStatistics trackStatisti
         double distanceInUnit = totalDistance.toKM_Miles(unitSystem);
 
         if (shouldVoiceAnnounceTotalDistance()) {
+           Log.d(TAG2, "in if statement");
             builder.append(context.getString(R.string.total_distance));
             // Units should always be english singular for TTS.
             // See https://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/style/TtsSpan?hl=en#TYPE_MEASURE
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/stats/TrackStatistics.java b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/stats/TrackStatistics.java
index 41fa6d8e7..d1fa17894 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/stats/TrackStatistics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/dennisguse/opentracks/stats/TrackStatistics.java
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ public TrackStatistics() {
      *
      * @param other another statistics data object to copy from
      */
-    public TrackStatistics(TrackStatistics other) {
+    public TrackStatistics(TrackStatistics other) { // Need to create objects of this in order to activate
+        //VoiceAnnouncementsManager
         startTime = other.startTime;
         stopTime = other.stopTime;
         totalDistance = other.totalDistance;
diff --git a/src/main/res/layout/track_stopped.xml b/src/main/res/layout/track_stopped.xml
index 4aca4c419..e18967c65 100644
--- a/src/main/res/layout/track_stopped.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/layout/track_stopped.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
                     android:orientation="vertical"
                     app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.5" />
 
-                <!-- TOOD Use MaterialDesign buttons instead of ImageView -->
+                <!-- TODO Use MaterialDesign buttons instead of ImageView -->
                 <ImageView
                     android:id="@+id/discard_button"
                     android:layout_width="32dp"