diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
index 90d42f2d..015aedcd 100644
--- a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/SpeechSynthesis.java
@@ -345,59 +345,6 @@ public class SpeechSynthesis {
         void onSynthDataComplete();
     }
 
-    public static class VoiceVariant {
-        public final String variant;
-        public final int gender;
-        public final int age;
-
-        protected VoiceVariant(String variant, int age) {
-            if (variant.equals("male")) {
-                this.variant = null;
-                this.gender = GENDER_MALE;
-            } else if (variant.equals("female")) {
-                this.variant = null;
-                this.gender = GENDER_FEMALE;
-            } else {
-                this.variant = variant;
-                this.gender = GENDER_UNSPECIFIED;
-            }
-            this.age = age;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            final String ret;
-            if (gender == GENDER_MALE) {
-                ret = "male";
-            } else if (gender == GENDER_FEMALE) {
-                ret = "female";
-            } else {
-                ret = variant;
-            }
-            if (age == AGE_YOUNG) {
-                return ret + "-young";
-            } else if (age == AGE_OLD) {
-                return ret + "-old";
-            }
-            return ret;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static VoiceVariant parseVoiceVariant(String value) {
-        String[] parts = value.split("-");
-        int age = AGE_ANY;
-        switch (parts.length) {
-        case 1: // variant
-            break;
-        case 2: // variant-age
-            age = parts[1].equals("young") ? AGE_YOUNG : AGE_OLD;
-            break;
-        default:
-            return null;
-        }
-        return new VoiceVariant(parts[0], age);
-    }
-
     public class Voice {
         public final String name;
         public final String identifier;
diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
index 05edb755..808e14e7 100644
--- a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/TtsService.java
@@ -217,16 +217,16 @@ public class TtsService extends TextToSpeechService {
 
         final SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
         final String variantString = prefs.getString("espeak_variant", null);
-        final SpeechSynthesis.VoiceVariant variant;
+        final VoiceVariant variant;
         if (variantString == null) {
             final int gender = getPreferenceValue(prefs, "default_gender", SpeechSynthesis.GENDER_MALE);
             if (gender == SpeechSynthesis.GENDER_FEMALE) {
-                variant = SpeechSynthesis.parseVoiceVariant("default-female");
+                variant = VoiceVariant.parseVoiceVariant("default-female");
             } else {
-                variant = SpeechSynthesis.parseVoiceVariant("default-male");
+                variant = VoiceVariant.parseVoiceVariant("default-male");
             }
         } else {
-            variant = SpeechSynthesis.parseVoiceVariant(variantString);
+            variant = VoiceVariant.parseVoiceVariant(variantString);
         }
 
         int rate = getPreferenceValue(prefs, "espeak_rate", Integer.MIN_VALUE);
diff --git a/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/VoiceVariant.java b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/VoiceVariant.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0debe09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/com/reecedunn/espeak/VoiceVariant.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Reece H. Dunn
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.reecedunn.espeak;
+
+public class VoiceVariant {
+    public final String variant;
+    public final int gender;
+    public final int age;
+
+    protected VoiceVariant(String variant, int age) {
+        if (variant.equals("male")) {
+            this.variant = null;
+            this.gender = SpeechSynthesis.GENDER_MALE;
+        } else if (variant.equals("female")) {
+            this.variant = null;
+            this.gender = SpeechSynthesis.GENDER_FEMALE;
+        } else {
+            this.variant = variant;
+            this.gender = SpeechSynthesis.GENDER_UNSPECIFIED;
+        }
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        final String ret;
+        if (gender == SpeechSynthesis.GENDER_MALE) {
+            ret = "male";
+        } else if (gender == SpeechSynthesis.GENDER_FEMALE) {
+            ret = "female";
+        } else {
+            ret = variant;
+        }
+        if (age == SpeechSynthesis.AGE_YOUNG) {
+            return ret + "-young";
+        } else if (age == SpeechSynthesis.AGE_OLD) {
+            return ret + "-old";
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public static VoiceVariant parseVoiceVariant(String value) {
+        String[] parts = value.split("-");
+        int age = SpeechSynthesis.AGE_ANY;
+        switch (parts.length) {
+        case 1: // variant
+            break;
+        case 2: // variant-age
+            age = parts[1].equals("young") ? SpeechSynthesis.AGE_YOUNG : SpeechSynthesis.AGE_OLD;
+            break;
+        default:
+            return null;
+        }
+        return new VoiceVariant(parts[0], age);
+    }
+}
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