diff --git a/src/definitions/definitions.h.in b/src/definitions/definitions.h.in
index d8de778..2171ecc 100755
--- a/src/definitions/definitions.h.in
+++ b/src/definitions/definitions.h.in
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
 #define CERTIFICATE_PATH                "certificate.pem"
 #define KEY_PATH                        "key.pk8"
 //#define TTS_SERVICE_URL                 "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=%1"
-#define TTS_SERVICE_URL                 "http://mary.dfki.de:59125/process?INPUT_TEXT=%1&INPUT_TYPE=TEXT&OUTPUT_TYPE=AUDIO&AUDIO=WAVE_FILE&LOCALE=en_US"
+//#define TTS_SERVICE_URL                 "http://mary.dfki.de:59125/process?INPUT_TEXT=%1&INPUT_TYPE=TEXT&OUTPUT_TYPE=AUDIO&AUDIO=WAVE_FILE&LOCALE=en_US"
+#define TTS_SERVICE_URL                  "http://tts-api.com/tts.mp3?q=%1"
 
 #define STORE_API_KEY                   "BuildmLearnToolkit"
 #define STORE_ENDPOINT                  "http://croozeus.com/buildmlearn/api/v1/storeAPI.php"
diff --git a/src/miscellaneous/iofactory.cpp b/src/miscellaneous/iofactory.cpp
index 57821e3..d07c77d 100755
--- a/src/miscellaneous/iofactory.cpp
+++ b/src/miscellaneous/iofactory.cpp
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTextStream>
-
+#include <QUrl>
+  
 #if !defined(Q_OS_OS2)
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-#include <QSound>
+#include <QMediaPlayer>
 #else
 #include <MediaObject>
 #include <AudioOutput>
@@ -51,7 +52,10 @@ IOFactory::IOFactory() {
 
 void IOFactory::playWaveFile(const QString &file_path) {
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-  QSound::play(file_path);
+  QMediaPlayer *player = new QMediaPlayer();
+  player->setMedia(QUrl::fromLocalFile(file_path));
+  player->setVolume(100);
+  player->play();
 #elif !defined(Q_OS_OS2)
   Phonon::AudioOutput *out = new Phonon::AudioOutput(Phonon::MusicCategory, qApp);
   out->setVolume(100.0f);
diff --git a/src/templates/learnspellings/learnspellingssimulator.cpp b/src/templates/learnspellings/learnspellingssimulator.cpp
index 183fbe2..f525c73 100755
--- a/src/templates/learnspellings/learnspellingssimulator.cpp
+++ b/src/templates/learnspellings/learnspellingssimulator.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void LearnSpellingsSimulator::playWord() {
 
     // Store downloaded sound file.
     QString sound_file_name = qApp->templateManager()->tempDirectory() + QDir::separator() +
-                              "sound_" + QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("yyyy-MM-dd-hhmmss") + ".wav";
+                              "sound_" + QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("yyyy-MM-dd-hhmmss") + ".mp3";
     QFile sound_file(sound_file_name);
     sound_file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate | QIODevice::Unbuffered);
     sound_file.write(output);