Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu By Default
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
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 20.04.
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
Something shorter, that you could type into the console (for testing) is:
speechSynthesis
You should be able to hear the browser say "testing 1, 2, 3" after doing this, but it doesn't working Kubuntu 20.04.
This works in Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10, but doesn't work in Kubuntu 20.04. I'm reporting this in hopes that it gets fixed in a manner where all Kubuntu user can enjoy Speech Synthesis by default.
Currently, to enable Speech Synthesis in Firefox, on Kubuntu 20.04, you have to manually install speech-dispatcher and restart Firefox:
sudo apt install speech-dispatcher
The main purpose of this bug is to request that speech-dispatcher be installed by default because Firefox needs it to be complaint with modern web standards.
Additionally, the Kubuntu team should put this task into their release-checklist, for all future builds of Kubuntu, so that the desktop's speech-dispatcher is always there for the applications that expect its availability.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: firefox 78.0.2+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
AddonCompatChec
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20200708170202
CasperMD5CheckR
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Jul 26 03:51:21 2020
DefaultProfileE
DefaultProfileI
DefaultProfileL
DefaultProfileP
DefaultProfileT
ForcedLayersAccel: False
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (91 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
Profile0Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile0Incompa
Profile0Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile0PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/
Profile0PrefSou
Profile0Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profiles:
Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=
Profile0 - LastVersion=
RunningIncompat
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.
dmi.board.name: Bonobo WS
dmi.board.vendor: System76
dmi.board.version: bonw13
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: System76
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.family: Not Applicable
dmi.product.name: Bonobo WS
dmi.product.sku: Not Applicable
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: System76
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu + Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu By Default |
tags: | added: groovy |
Changed in kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Another example:
Here's a card trick I made, where the browser should speak during the trick: www.lonniebest. com/CardTrick/
http://
This speaking can be heard in both Firefox and Chrome on Windows 10. It also works in Ubuntu Firefox. However, it does NOT work in Kubuntu 19.10 Firefox (you don't hear anything). Hopefully this will be fixed by Kubuntu 20.04 LTS.