Add "Natural" TTS voices to Reader Mode

[blackdagor_28]

For those who use Firefox's Reader Mode, especially Text To Speech, I think it would be a good idea to add some "natural" voices to Reader Mode, and make the distinction between Offline and Online Voices, Offline Voices (system voices) are robotic and sometimes fails to speak words or to pronunciating them well, so, being a browser with 20+ years, Firefox needs to have more innovating features and not going backwards, it would be a good Usability and Accessiblity feature that other browsers like Edge has (the only browser which can be compared with Firefox in terms of features), and Audiobook listeners will be very thankful for this.

I appreciate anyone who could find this a good idea, thank you so much.

[Jon]

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[MintMain21]

The default options for TTS in reader mode is comically outdated. More modern equivalents would be most welcome.

[blackdagor_28]

@MintMain21 Thank you for adding Kudos to my idea, I'm deeply grateful for that.
Even if it were "Watson" type of Voices I would be happy, in fact, there is an addon ("Readability based Reader View")which has those voices, but sometimes it disconnects itself, I guess there are a lot of bugs around haha. 

[cascom]

Microsoft Edge has a much better feature that sounds so natural, and it is much more comfortable for article readings.

[dabartman7]

Online voices for reader

For those who try to use Firefox's Reader Mode, especially Text To Speech, I think it would be a good idea to add some "natural" voices to Reader Mode, like in Microsoft Edge.

Firefox reader has an unpleasant robotic voice, unlike Microsoft Edge browser reader. Firefox needs to update their list of voice features.

I appreciate anyone who could find this a good idea, thank you so much.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[KOM_A]

The "Daniel" voice is quite good, "Tessa" as well. But I have to admit, I was weirded out by the standard voice. (No idea if the voice list is the same for every user/OS)

But I have no idea why a "Cello" voice needs to be in there and a robot voice needs to be default.

[zenigmac]

I would like to request a feature for Firefox that would allow users to choose between legacy and natural voices for the Reader View. Currently, Windows offers new natural voices, but Firefox only shows the legacy voices, which sound robotic and unnatural. The natural voices are more pleasant and realistic, and they enhance the reading experience. I think this feature would benefit many users who use the Reader View frequently, especially those who have visual impairments or dyslexia. Thank you.

[Jon]

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[Jon]

Similar idea here: Add "Natural" TTS voices to Reader Mode 

[okay_okay]

+1 good idea

[hdfhjfsjd]

Yes

[DiabolicGod]

This is indeed something missing. By itself, the reader mode and tts works well, but the voices are just no good. Another improvement to the text-to-speech would also be to allow you to set from where it should start reading. Maybe per option in right-click or with double click. Putting it on and skipping a hundred paragraphs to get to where you want is a bit bothersome.

[clos3y]

+1 to this.

Found this post after looking up why the voices are so bad in reader.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)