[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu By Default

2020-07-29 Thread Olivier Tilloy
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- 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 By

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-07-26 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
** Description changed: 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. + 20.04. On this very page, you should be able to have Firefox read it aloud by typing shift-ctrl-I and then

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-07-26 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
@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

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-07-26 Thread Kai Kasurinen
speech-dispatcher is not installed by default ** Project changed: kde-baseapps => kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) -- 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

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-07-26 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Kubuntu team, Can you please address this issue and add it to a checklist of testing for all future releases? Is there any way you'll be fixing this in Kubuntu 20.04 LTS? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-06-08 Thread Olivier Tilloy
I can confirm, this works in Ubuntu 20.04, but it doesn't in Kubuntu 20.04. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-06-03 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Can someone please confirm this bug. It's been 3 months and no one yet has taken the 30 seconds that's required reproduce it and confirm it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-03-15 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Here's another example that doesn't work in Kubuntu, but should: https://mdn.github.io/web-speech-api/speak-easy-synthesis/ -- 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

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-03-10 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
** Description changed: 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

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

2020-03-10 Thread Lonnie Lee Best
Another example: Here's a card trick I made, where the browser should speak during the trick: http://www.lonniebest.com/CardTrick/ 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