This is a known issue, which is being tracked in the upstream bug tracker: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729750
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #1729750 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729750 ** Also affects: firefox via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729750 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Summary changed: - Firefox Narrator stopped working after upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 + [snap] Firefox Narrator stopped working after upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 -- 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/1987979 Title: [snap] Firefox Narrator stopped working after upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I just noticed that the narrator feature, which reads articles out load with TTS in Firefox reading view stopped working after upgrading to 22.04. Another user reported the same problem on ask Ubuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418391/no-tts-voices-on- firefox-v102-0-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-22-04-lts Also, if you have no clue what this is about: https://askubuntu.com/questions/953509/how-can-i-change-the-voice- used-by-firefox-reader-view-narrator-in-ubuntu --- 1) $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS Release: 22.04 2) Firefox is a snap now, but I guess for the feature to work it needs to detect TTS which is packaged as deb. $ snap list firefox Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes firefox 104.0-3 1749 latest/stable mozilla✓ - $ apt-cache policy espeak speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng firefox espeak: Installed: 1.48.15+dfsg-3 Candidate: 1.48.15+dfsg-3 Version table: *** 1.48.15+dfsg-3 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng: Installed: 0.11.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.11.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.11.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.11.1-1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages firefox: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 Version table: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) open a website, enter reader mode, click the icon with sound waves and hear the text being read with TTS 4) the icon is missing --- Edit: I tested Firefox Flatpak and it is also affected, my best guess is that Firefox is not at fault. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1987979/+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