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Text to speech / Speech synthesis broken on mobile Edge browser

Anonymous
2024-04-16T14:38:06+00:00

Describe the bug
Speech synthesis is broken. It used to work and find voices in past verions. At some point in time it stopped working - I can no lonver get voices and therefore not use speech synthesis / tts. Is this an intentional downgrade? Interesting fact: The "read out loud" function is working. But the browser tts api is not.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to any live demo, e.g.: EasySpeech - Cross browser Speech Synthesis with easy API (jankapunkt.github.io)
  2. Try to select a voice => not possible
  3. Try to speak any text => not possible due to no voice
  4. See error log on the right hand side and status

Expected behavior
Working speech synthesis on mobile Edge.
This might very well be a browser issue - maybe you have more insights on that?
All other tested browsers work just fine (Desktop Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Mobile Chrome, Firefox)

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Smartphone (please complete the following information):

  • Device: Samsung Galaxy A52
  • OS: One UI 6 / Android 14
  • Browser: Microsoft Edge on Android
  • Version: 123.0.2420.74

Additional context
Yes, I installed voices on Android system level.
Still, Edge does not resprect these settings.

I found at least one more reddit adressing the very same issue - it used to work in the past but is broken now:
https://www.reddit.com/r/edge/comments/1498gcn/any_idea_why_on_android_edge_the_voices_from/

I really hope to get more insights here since some of my customers rely on MS Edge. Thanks in advance!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-17T08:08:12+00:00

    Hello, JensBühl

    Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

    Thanks for visiting Microsoft Community.  Hello, as far as I know, you should be an experienced and professional user.

    I wish I could handle your problem, however, the issues on Mobile Speech Synthesis  is out of reach of the response support community. It is more suitable for publishing on Microsoft Learn (English only), you can click on "Ask a question", there are experts who can provide more professional solutions in that place. Here is a link to the forum where you can raise specific scenarios and share your idea to help solve the problem.  

    Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Q&A Sincerely hope that your question will be dealt with appropriately after contact the correct department. Thank you for your understanding!

    Additionally I've also taken this issue to feedback, if I have any new progress I'll keep you posted here, thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

    Thank you for your time and effort in resolving this issue.

    Best regards

    Bobhe | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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