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why won't the text to speach add on work on my laptop?

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I've added the text to speach add on. When I click on the icon to read the highlighted text a window pops up that says speak it, baby with a paypal logo and a cursor moving through it. nothing plays or reads.

I've added the text to speach add on. When I click on the icon to read the highlighted text a window pops up that says speak it, baby with a paypal logo and a cursor moving through it. nothing plays or reads.

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What add-on are you using? Is there a Play button?


This will disable add-on signature enforcement; Enter about:config into your Firefox address bar Click the I'll be careful button Find xpinstall.signatures.required in the list Right click the preference Select Toggle until the value is false https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-signing-in-firefox

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/AddOns/Status/Updates#Exec_Summary “Currently targeting Signing with no pref to turn off in Firefox 47”