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Rohkem teavet

Read Aloud stopped working correctly earlier this week.

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I love being able to high-light a paragraph or more, right click, then hit Read Aloud and it reads the selected text to me. Around Wednesday, October 19, 2022, I selected the text I wanted it to read and right clicked, and the option was gone.

I went to Settings and I do still have Read Aloud turned on and the icon is in the toolbar, but if I click on the icon on this page, it says "Missing host permission for the tab." I click the gear icon, and it has everything set correctly. If I select the text I want it to read and hit alt-p it starts reading, but stops before the end of the selection.

I did check the Update and it was last updated September 1, 2022, so I don't understand why/or how it changed.

Attached are two screen shots of what I'm getting and here is a link to a video of what is happening.

Video of issue with Read Aloud in Firefox

Thank you for any help you can give. I'd like for it to go back to the way it was before.

Mathis...

I love being able to high-light a paragraph or more, right click, then hit Read Aloud and it reads the selected text to me. Around Wednesday, October 19, 2022, I selected the text I wanted it to read and right clicked, and the option was gone. I went to Settings and I do still have Read Aloud turned on and the icon is in the toolbar, but if I click on the icon on this page, it says "Missing host permission for the tab." I click the gear icon, and it has everything set correctly. If I select the text I want it to read and hit alt-p it starts reading, but stops before the end of the selection. I did check the Update and it was last updated September 1, 2022, so I don't understand why/or how it changed. Attached are two screen shots of what I'm getting and here is a link to a video of what is happening. [https://www.loom.com/share/ff60189cb5f0402aa64a3f517c8d032a Video of issue with Read Aloud in Firefox] Thank you for any help you can give. I'd like for it to go back to the way it was before. Mathis...
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That is a Addon and you should contact Addon developer for support on their Addon issue of playback voice narration.

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Oh, Duh. I knew that.