Запуск Android TTS в службе

Я пытаюсь запустить Android TTS внутри службы, но я не понимаю, почему он не работает, компилируется, не дает сбоев, но просто не работает.

Уведомление Toast работает.

package alarm.test;

import android.app.Service;
import com.google.tts.TextToSpeechBeta;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyAlarmService extends Service {

    private TextToSpeechBeta myTts;
    private TextToSpeechBeta.OnInitListener ttsInitListener = new TextToSpeechBeta.OnInitListener() {
        public void onInit( int arg0, int arg1 ) {
            myTts.speak("", 0, null);
        }
    };

@Override
public void onCreate() {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    myTts = new TextToSpeechBeta( this,
            ttsInitListener );

 Toast.makeText(this, "MyAlarmService.onCreate()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    myTts.speak("something is working", TextToSpeechBeta.QUEUE_FLUSH, null);
 Toast.makeText(this, "MyAlarmService.onBind()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 return null;
}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 super.onDestroy();
 Toast.makeText(this, "MyAlarmService.onDestroy()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

@Override
public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 super.onStart(intent, startId);
 Toast.makeText(this, "MyAlarmService.onStart()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

@Override
public boolean onUnbind(Intent intent) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 Toast.makeText(this, "MyAlarmService.onUnbind()", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 return super.onUnbind(intent);
}

}