diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 1e9a076..b7864d0 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ android {
         sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
         targetCompatibility = '1.8'
     }
+    lintOptions {
+        checkReleaseBuilds false
+        // Or, if you prefer, you can continue to check for errors in release builds,
+        // but continue the build even when errors are found:
+//        abortOnError false
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/activity/RecordWorkoutActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/activity/RecordWorkoutActivity.java
index 84b7993..12a56f7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/activity/RecordWorkoutActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/activity/RecordWorkoutActivity.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.EditText;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
+
 import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
 
 import org.mapsforge.core.graphics.Paint;
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ public class RecordWorkoutActivity extends FitoTrackActivity implements Location
                     if(isResumed){
                         mHandler.post(this::updateDescription);
                     }
+                    mHandler.post(this::speechUpdate);
                 }
             }catch (InterruptedException e){
                 e.printStackTrace();
@@ -178,14 +181,41 @@ public class RecordWorkoutActivity extends FitoTrackActivity implements Location
         }).start();
     }
 
-    int i= 0;
+    private void speechUpdate() {
+        long duration = recorder.getDuration();
+        if (duration / interval == lastSpeechUpdate / interval)
+            return;
 
-    private void updateDescription(){
-        i++;
-        timeView.setText(UnitUtils.getHourMinuteSecondTime(recorder.getDuration()));
-        infoViews[0].setText(getString(R.string.workoutDistance), UnitUtils.getDistance(recorder.getDistance()));
+        timeView.setText(UnitUtils.getHourMinuteSecondTime(duration));
+        final String distanceCaption = getString(R.string.workoutDistance);
+        final String distance = UnitUtils.getDistance(recorder.getDistance());
+        final String avgSpeedCaption = getString(R.string.workoutAvgSpeed);
+        final String avgSpeed = UnitUtils.getSpeed(Math.min(100d, recorder.getAvgSpeed()));
+
+        tts = new TextToSpeech(this, (int status) -> {
+            if (status != TextToSpeech.SUCCESS) return;
+            final String text = distanceCaption + ": " + distance + ". "
+                    + avgSpeedCaption + ": " + avgSpeed;
+            tts.speak(text, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null, "updateDescription" + duration);
+        });
+
+        lastSpeechUpdate = duration;
+    }
+
+    TextToSpeech tts;
+    long lastSpeechUpdate = 0;
+    final long interval = 60 * 1000;
+
+    private void updateDescription() {
+        long duration = recorder.getDuration();
+        timeView.setText(UnitUtils.getHourMinuteSecondTime(duration));
+        final String distanceCaption = getString(R.string.workoutDistance);
+        final String distance = UnitUtils.getDistance(recorder.getDistance());
+        final String avgSpeedCaption = getString(R.string.workoutAvgSpeed);
+        final String avgSpeed = UnitUtils.getSpeed(Math.min(100d, recorder.getAvgSpeed()));
+        infoViews[0].setText(distanceCaption, distance);
         infoViews[1].setText(getString(R.string.workoutBurnedEnergy), recorder.getCalories() + " kcal");
-        infoViews[2].setText(getString(R.string.workoutAvgSpeed), UnitUtils.getSpeed(Math.min(100d, recorder.getAvgSpeed())));
+        infoViews[2].setText(avgSpeedCaption, avgSpeed);
         infoViews[3].setText(getString(R.string.workoutPauseDuration), UnitUtils.getHourMinuteSecondTime(recorder.getPauseDuration()));
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/recording/WorkoutRecorder.java b/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/recording/WorkoutRecorder.java
index 1346033..db2acfc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/recording/WorkoutRecorder.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/tadris/fitness/recording/WorkoutRecorder.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class WorkoutRecorder implements LocationListener.LocationChangeListener
         }
     }
 
-    private static final int PAUSE_TIME= 10000;
+    private static final int PAUSE_TIME= 1000*1000;
 
     /**
      * Time after which the workout is stopped and saved automatically because there is no activity anymore
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index bd74019..224ef85 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <string name="workoutPace">Pace</string>
     <string name="workoutRoute">Route</string>
     <string name="workoutSpeed">Speed</string>
-    <string name="workoutAvgSpeed">Avg. Speed</string>
+    <string name="workoutAvgSpeed">Average Speed</string>
     <string name="workoutTopSpeed">Top Speed</string>
     <string name="workoutBurnedEnergy">Burned Energy</string>
     <string name="workoutTotalEnergy">Total Energy</string>
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 795a6ec..75828ac 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildscript {
         
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.2'
         
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files