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As mentioned it seems to depend on what sort of context it has managed to build or infer. Most of the time it's okay, just this one instance caught my attention and it clearly read it back as Mr. Eleven  I had it repeat it and it kept repeating the same thing.
In other sentences in the same article however the name was pronounced correctly.
Thanks for the tip re: feedback.
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Does it read the ads and cookie consent popups, etc. as well? :P
- the modern web browsing experience can sometimes really suck.
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It won't, obviously, read any text that's actually part of an image. Lots of ads are designed in exactly that way, so it would skip over those. But, I also use Pi-hole as my ad blocker, so I get very few of them (relatively speaking).
For the most part, my news feed is from the BBC, and the Read Aloud function in Edge is somehow smart enough to immediately jump to the headline, then the content. Once it reaches the end, it starts going over the links at the bottom and right side of the page, but there's nothing of interest once it's reached that point, so that's when I just move onto the next article.
But it's entirely dependent on the page and how it's laid out, I suppose. All I know is that on the BBC's pages, it's not wasting any time, at the start, going over items that are not part of the main article itself.
modified 29-Nov-22 9:16am.
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that's pretty impressive actually
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I know, right?
It's so rare nowadays that I find some software feature that actually does save me time, in a real, measurable way.
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I (briefly) read up on accessibility and have to assume that BBC did a good job with their markup and design which the screen reader looks at to do its job.
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I have very little doubt that's true.
But then, even if the reader starts to go through completely irrelevant stuff like navigation menu items, you can just double-click on a word in a paragraph, and it'll immediately start reading from that point forward.
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You can use Read Aloud within the Immersive Reader feature (look for book with a speaker icon) - Immersive Reader strips out distractions from any webpage and just shows the main content in easily readable page themes. Using Read Aloud within this view will skip reading ads and other popups.
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It’s “now” or never for me, although often I would open an article, start reading through and then switch to something else leaving the article for later reading in a dormant tab
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Calin Negru wrote: leaving the article for later reading in a dormant tab
...and then the browser crashes, and when you restart it, it's one of those tabs that are mysteriously missing... 
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There is always the browser history option , but even so it’s not guaranteed you’ll track down your page if you forgot critical details and have no patience to check every single entry
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I tried this on your post.
You are right, it's very nice. Thanks for the suggestion. 
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Kate-X257 wrote: You are right, it's very nice. Thanks for the suggestion
Awesome. That's exactly why I felt compelled to share this. It's rare nowadays that you discover a feature that can truly save you time.
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The voice options are pretty cool as well. My first language is Afrikaans and you can usually hear when an Afrikaans person speaks English by the accent and they did a good job of capturing that. The same goes for the other accents too.
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Yeah, I played around with those options. I thought the Japanese reader reading english came through pretty much like the real thing.
And the articles from the feed I have it read are from the BBC, so I set it to use a UK accent. Brings it a bit of authenticity. 
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This thread was a good education. I'm glad you brought it up as the idea and possible uses would have escaped me. To be honest though, I was also checking to see if anyone would have mentioned the obvious. Putting text to speech to task reading this post.
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Thanks for your ❤️❤️ for Read Aloud in Microsoft Edge. Will this on to my team that works on learning tools in Edge.
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Right on.
I was just about to make a suggestion - a thought that just occurred to me, but I just found out it's already there.
I was going to suggest allowing the user to highlight a bunch of text, then on right-click, present an option to read only the selection...but I just saw that's actually there!
That'll work great for poorly authored web pages where the browser can't make the distinction between navigation items and the real content that the user probably is interested in. Nice to see you're on the ball.
You have a real opportunity to promote Edge here. This is a great feature, written I'm sure for accessibility reasons, but everyone can benefit from it. A real, tangible, time-saver.
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Conduct GUIDE
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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And why not 'I won' ? 
English helps me to go sooner into the grave  
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You seem… tense!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Use of present tense rather past tense: "I win" means "The game has ended, I am the winner"
"I won" means that the game ended some time ago and that I was the winner.
Technically in this case I could have used either since I didn't post the solution until nearly an hour after the game should have ended (four hours is the norm) but since I'd have taken your solution right up to the point where I pressed ENTER the game doesn't officially end until someone announces the solution and the present tense was correct.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Thank you  
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Any time!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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So I broke a tooth, went to the dentist, they referred me to an endodontist - fun, fun.
A few months ago, I came across an article where a very popular s/w package that is sold to doctor practices is collecting and selling your data. Since they get the info before it hits the practice IT system, it does not fall under HIPPA. For those of you not the US, HIPPA is short for "thou shalt not share medical information without the patient's consent." Theoretically, big trouble if you do share it. It applies to any medical profession.
Back to the endodontist site, so to fill out the form, I have to agree to 3 pages of such legalize that its absurd. If my data is misused, I have to agree to arbitration no law suit, and I have to do it in the courts of California, yada, yada, yada. Oh, and if the terms change, it's MY responsibility to periodically check back to see if any of the changes bother me. How can that be a valid contract/agreement?
It makes me wonder how many times we just "agree" to this crap and have no concept of what we are agreeing too.
OOO, just got off the phone with the endodontist office - lol. Pissed off. I'd be happy to fill out a piece of paper - oh we don't do that. Okay then, please cancel my appointment. Well, there is a charge for a missed appointment - sure, give it a shot. lol.
Reminds me - does it bother anyone else that medical/dental practices have all gotten happy with the missed appointment fees, but they are not responsible for their own tardiness?
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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