@kia-kasurinen Thank you so much! sudo apt-get install speech-dispatcher
After the command above, and restarting Firefox, Speech Synthesis is working in Firefox. Please advocate getting this package into the default install of Kubuntu 20.04. The browser will use it if it is there, and other OS desktops make sure a speech-dispatcher is provided. Kubuntu should also. This will help all web developers who use speech synthesis and keep Kubuntu users from scratching their heads on web pages that are supposed to be speaking to them, but are not. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866880 Title: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in kubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Modern web browsers, by spec, are supposed to support Speech Synthesis. Although Firefox does indeed support it, it doesn't work in Kubuntu 19.10. On this very page, you should be able to have Firefox read it aloud by typing shift-ctrl-I and then entering this code-line into the console (and pressing enter): speechSynthesis.speak(new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].innerText)); Something shorter, that you could type into the console (for testing) is: speechSynthesis.speak(new SpeechSynthesisUtterance("testing 1, 2, 3"); You should be able to hear the browser say "testing 1, 2, 3" after doing this, but it doesn't working Kubuntu 19.10. This works in Ubuntu 19.10 and Windows 10, but doesn't work in Kubuntu 19.10. I'm reporting this in hopes that it gets fixed before Kubuntu 20.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: firefox 73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-40.32-generic 5.3.18 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: lonnie 1850 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: lonnie 1850 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20200217142647 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Mar 10 13:25:31 2020 ForcedLayersAccel: False InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-03 (36 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) NoProfiles: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/12/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.05.04RSA5 dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345 dmi.board.name: Bonobo WS dmi.board.vendor: System76 dmi.board.version: bonw13 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: System76 dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.05.04RSA5:bd12/12/2017:svnSystem76:pnBonoboWS:pvrbonw13:rvnSystem76:rnBonoboWS:rvrbonw13:cvnSystem76:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.family: Not Applicable dmi.product.name: Bonobo WS dmi.product.sku: Not Applicable dmi.product.version: bonw13 dmi.sys.vendor: System76 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1866880/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
