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How do i get natural voice in text-to-voice

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I have Firefox Quantum on Linux Mint. When I select text to be read to me (I have aphasia after a stroke), the voice has an android/automated tone to it. How can I change this to a more natural sounding voice as I have seen on line?

Thanks,

David Kane

I have Firefox Quantum on Linux Mint. When I select text to be read to me (I have aphasia after a stroke), the voice has an android/automated tone to it. How can I change this to a more natural sounding voice as I have seen on line? Thanks, David Kane

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Hi  !

Maybe you'd like to give this extension a try :

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chirpy/?src=external-t2vdescription

The reviews sound promising ......

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That extension is not compatible with Firefox Quantum... Thanks for the thought though.

David

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kanecomp said

That extension is not compatible with Firefox Quantum... Thanks for the thought though.

What makes you think 'Chirpy' isn't compatible with the current Firefox version  ?

'Text to Voice' is no longer compatible - that's when they came up with 'Chirpy' .....

See what it says here : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/text-to-voice/

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See attached photo..

My preference is to accomplish this native to Firefox without an add-on.

Thanks,

David

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David Kane said

See attached photo..

Your photo shows 'Text to Voice' - please, see my last post .

My preference is to accomplish this native to Firefox without an add-on.

I don't know if there is a way to make the built-in 'Read to me' feature sound more natural, but maybe somebody else does ....

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You can still try an extension to see how it works.

Native text to speech ( tts ) https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/native-text-to-speech-tts/

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cor-el said

You can still try an extension to see how it works.

Please see my earlier posts ......

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cor-el said

You can still try an extension to see how it works. Native text to speech ( tts ) https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/native-text-to-speech-tts/

I will give this a try. Thanks!