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Microsoft Edge Read aloud: Now with PDF support
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I tried it and it did not work. After some troubleshooting, I determined that setting the Site permissions/Media autoplay to "limit" prevented read aloud on pdfs from working.
I do not think this should happen. Most users think the media autoplay setting controls whether videos are allowed to autoplay on websites, not that it will somehow affect read aloud. Ironically, setting the media autoplay setting to "limit" does not stop websites from autoplaying video, which makes it the worst of both worlds--i.e., It does not work for its intended purpose and breaks read aloud on pdfs.
Anyway, those are my 2 cents.
BTW, I'm on Version 84.0.522.11 (Official build) beta (64-bit)
- Interesting, I have media autoplay set to limited as well and read aloud works great for me. But I'm on the latest Canary build, Version 85.0.535.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit). Have you tried it in a different build/channels to see if it only happens for certain channels?
Dennis5mileHmm, now I can change the media autoplay setting to "limit" and it still works. The method I used to troubleshoot the problem was open another profile where read aloud worked and set it side by side with my main profile where it wouldn't. After disabling extensions and not seeing any change, I started looking at settings that were different. The media autoplay setting was on "allow" on the profile where it worked and on "limit" on the profile where it would not work. I changed it to allow and read aloud started working, which is why I pegged it as the problem.
Now, if I change it back to "limit" it still works. I'm not sure what is going on.
dblagent007 Thanks for reporting that and sharing your updated findings. I looped our PDF team in, and they'll be looking into this shortly. And if you haven't had the chance yet, they'd appreciate it if you would submit diagnostic data through the browser (Shift+Alt+I).
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
