[Bug 1866880] Re: Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu

[Lonnie Lee Best]

** Description changed:

  Modern web browsers, by spec, are supposed to support Speech Synthesis.
  Although Firefox does indeed support it, it doesn't work in Kubuntu
- 19.10.
+ 20.04.
  
  On this very page, you should be able to have Firefox 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 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 Kubuntu 19.10.
+ this, but it doesn't working Kubuntu 20.04.
  
- This works in Ubuntu 19.10 and Windows 10, but doesn't work in Kubuntu
- 19.10. I'm reporting this in hopes that it gets fixed before Kubuntu
- 20.04.
+ This works in Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10, but doesn't work in Kubuntu
+ 20.04. I'm reporting this in hopes that it gets fixed in a manner where
+ all Kubuntu user can enjoy Speech Synthesis by default.
+ 
+ Currently, to enable Speech Synthesis in Firefox, on Kubuntu 20.04, you
+ have to manually install speech-dispatcher and restart Firefox:
+ 
+ sudo apt install speech-dispatcher
+ 
+ The main purpose of this bug is to request that speech-dispatcher be
+ installed by default because Firefox needs it to be complaint with
+ modern web standards.
+ 
+ Additionally, the Kubuntu team should put this task into their release-
+ checklist, for all future builds of Kubuntu, so that the desktop's
+ speech-dispatcher is always there for the applications that expect its
+ availability.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
- Package: firefox 73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-40.32-generic 5.3.18
- Uname: Linux 5.3.0-40-generic x86_64
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
+ Package: firefox 78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
+ Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
- ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5
+ ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
  Architecture: amd64
- AudioDevicesInUse:
-  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
-  /dev/snd/controlC1:  lonnie     1850 F.... pulseaudio
-  /dev/snd/controlC0:  lonnie     1850 F.... pulseaudio
- BuildID: 20200217142647
+ BuildID: 20200708170202
+ CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Channel: Unavailable
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
- Date: Tue Mar 10 13:25:31 2020
+ Date: Sun Jul 26 03:51:21 2020
+ DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
+ DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
+ DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
+ DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:730
+ DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
  ForcedLayersAccel: False
- InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-03 (36 days ago)
- InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
- NoProfiles: True
+ InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (91 days ago)
+ InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm-256color
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm-256color
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+ Profile0Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
+ Profile0IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
+ Profile0Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
+ Profile0PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:730
+ Profile0PrefSources: prefs.js
+ Profile0Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
+ Profiles:
+  Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=None/None (Out of date)
+  Profile0 - LastVersion=78.0.2/20200708170202 (In use)
  RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/12/2017
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.05.04RSA5
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
  dmi.board.name: Bonobo WS
  dmi.board.vendor: System76
  dmi.board.version: bonw13
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: System76
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.05.04RSA5:bd12/12/2017:svnSystem76:pnBonoboWS:pvrbonw13:rvnSystem76:rnBonoboWS:rvrbonw13:cvnSystem76:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.family: Not Applicable
  dmi.product.name: Bonobo WS
  dmi.product.sku: Not Applicable
  dmi.product.version: bonw13
  dmi.sys.vendor: System76

** Summary changed:

- Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu
+ Firefox Speech Synthesis Not Working in Kubuntu By Default

** Tags added: groovy

** Changed in: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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