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Read Text Aloud - Improve shortcut for selection, variable reading delay, apply grammar tools always
YoraiLevi Welcome to the MSFT Edge Insider community! And yes, there is indeed someone here reading your feedback, so thank you for sharing it with us; we're always looking for ways to improve.
I'm glad to hear that you're liking the Read aloud voices and grammar functionality. I have a couple of clarifying questions about your feedback:
- In your ideal scenario, would you want the Ctrl+Shift+U shortcut to start reading wherever your highlight was, or would you want another shortcut key to do that?
- For the team members who aren't familiar with SPRITZ, can you tell us more about what parts of that you like and how it helps your reading experience?
- If you haven't yet, can you please submit this feedback through our secure in-browser feedback tool too? It helps the feature team keep all of their feedback together. (You can do that by holding down Shift+Alt+I from within Microsoft Edge on a PC, or going to the "..." menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback.)
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Sorry that I am replying late.
I had noticed this in my inbox only now.
regarding the shortcut, this is what I currently see happening:
1) if the reading mode isn't active edge will attempt to read from the beginning if the page.
2) if the reading mode is active it will read the selected text
3) if the context menu is used, regardless of if the reading mode is active the selected text will be read.
4) if reading mode is active the context menu doesn't suggest to read the selected text
By reading mode I mean the GUI that shows up on top that has the pause and language options.
Personally in my ahk script I use the alt+q or alt+w shortcuts the pause the already read text and start reading the selected one instead. I would appreciate some form similar to that, that just reads when pressed.
Now, spritz is a reading assistant tool designed for speed reading. the idea of spritz is to improve word recognition speed thus improving speed. to achieve that spritz shows 1 word at a time while highlighting in red 1 key letter of the word.
similar to edge's immersive reading mode that is capable of showing only 1-3 sentences thus decluttering the page spritz's decluttering assists in reading.
the highlighted letter and the decluttering helps a lot with reading. which makes me wonder how effecting just highlighting and shows 1-3 lines is.
I have searched a little and it seems like there are 2 extensions already capable somewhat both for reading and spritz
https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spe/nmpoeeoiinfjbokhiglialghhgphffah
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speedy-readie/aibmmfofaeipbiaocgabhobgedbfdiihYoraiLevi Thank you for that detailed response! The Spritz functionality sounds interesting, and I could see the value in that; I'll pass this feedback on to our Accessibility team.
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
