Public bug reported: Modern web browsers, by spec, are supposed to support Speech Synthesis: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/speechSynthesis
Although Chromium does indeed support it: https://caniuse.com/#feat=speech-synthesis It doesn't work in Ubuntu or Kubuntu 20.04. On this vary page, you should be able to have Chromium 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 browser-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 via the Chromium snap package for Ubuntu 20.04. Another example, is this Card Trick (it should speak to your during the trick): http://www.lonniebest.com/CardTrick/ (Try it in Windows 10 Chromium to hear what it is supposed to do) ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881953 Title: Speech API Doesn't Work Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Modern web browsers, by spec, are supposed to support Speech Synthesis: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/speechSynthesis Although Chromium does indeed support it: https://caniuse.com/#feat=speech-synthesis It doesn't work in Ubuntu or Kubuntu 20.04. On this vary page, you should be able to have Chromium 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 browser-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 via the Chromium snap package for Ubuntu 20.04. Another example, is this Card Trick (it should speak to your during the trick): http://www.lonniebest.com/CardTrick/ (Try it in Windows 10 Chromium to hear what it is supposed to do) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1881953/+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
