From 88b3ef9b5f73130c29c4d9201377a92c48df5d38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:07:05 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about limitations of browsers --- manual/viewer.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/manual/viewer.rst b/manual/viewer.rst index 5af7a74d1a..6e04c1e836 100644 --- a/manual/viewer.rst +++ b/manual/viewer.rst @@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ the selection bar in the viewer preferences under :guilabel:`Selection behavior`. +.. note:: Support for text-to-speech in browsers is very incomplete and + bug-ridden so how well :guilabel:`Read aloud` will work in the in-browser + viewer is dependent on how well the underlying browser supports + text-to-speech. In particular, highlighting of current word does not work, + and changing speed or voice will cause reading to start again from the + beginning. + .. note:: On Linux, :guilabel:`Read aloud` requires `Speech Dispatcher `_ to be installed and working.