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Aug 3, 2024, 3:42:09 PM8/3/24

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I use the "Speak Selection" function from the System Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content section in all throughout my day. I typically can highlight text, then using a shortcut key combination that I set up, it will just start reading the selected text out loud for me to hear. Before the update to macOS Sonoma 14.0, it was pretty quick to start--beginning to read immediately after pressing my custom shortcut key combination. Now, there is a pause of 2-5 seconds before the system will begin reading out loud. Over the course of a whole day of operating my macbook pro, this pause/lag is very impactful to my productivity.

(2) When you highlight a piece of text and run the Spoken Content > Speech > Start Speaking function WHILE a previous piece of text is being read out loud, The previous spoken content cuts off and the new spoken content is not run. Meaning, you unnecessarily have to run the function twice. This did not happen before the update.

(3) When you open System Settings and go to Spoken Content, Any changes to the speaking rate and volume are reset. Meaning, if you doubled the speaking rate and you opened the Spoken Content Settings then it would revert to the default speed and you would need to double it again. This did not happen before the update.

(The sliders would get reset but your previous adjustments would remain. What was nice about the old system is that you could increase the speaking rate beyond the set limit. But ideally, neither would reset).

When you highlight a piece of text that begins with a certain "intro," The speed of the spoken content dramatically slows down. For example, at least on my end, when a highlighted piece of text begins with a parenthesis "(" or ")" the highlighted content will be read out loud very slowly no matter your adjusted speaking rate. The "intro" that triggers this slow down is different depending on the voice you choose. For example, Siri vs Samantha. This slow down issue seems to be a lot more prevalent with Samantha. (Notably, it's possible that there are other causes/triggers besides particular "intros" to the highlighted text. This is just what I've personally identified through daily use).

I've noticed the same behavior in Sonoma. There is a significant amount of delay before the selected text is spoken. In earlier MacOS releases there was almost no lag between pressing the key combination and the selected text being spoken out loud.

I've also noticed in Sonoma that the content highlighting lags significantly behind the current word being spoken. On my MacBook the highlighting start several seconds after the system begins speaking, so the highlight is never on the correct word. I've also noticed that the content highlighting will often skip over multiple words entirely.

I've been using the "Speak Selection" function for years now on different Mac HW and macOS updates. As someone with Dyslexia who relies on my computer to read text for me, having this delay is very frustrating and disappointing. Apple, please correct this issue ASAP.

(3) When you highlight a piece of text and run the Spoken Content > Speech > Start Speaking function WHILE a previous piece of text is being read out loud, The previous spoken content cuts off and the new spoken content is not run. Meaning, you unnecessarily have to run the function twice. This did not happen before the update.

(4) When you open System Settings and go to Spoken Content, Any changes to the speaking rate and volume are reset. Meaning, if you doubled the speaking rate and you opened the Spoken Content Settings then it would revert to the default speed and you would need to double it again. This did not happen before the update.

When you highlight a piece of text that begins with a certain "intro," The speed of the spoken content dramatically slows down. For example, at least on my end, when a highlighted piece of text begins with a parenthesis "(" or ")" the highlighted content will be read out loud very slowly no matter your adjusted speaking rate. The "intros" that trigger this slow down are different depending on the voice you choose. For example, Siri vs Samantha. This slow down issue seems to be a lot more prevalent with Samantha. (Notably, it's possible that there are other causes/triggers besides particular "intros" to the highlighted text. This is just what I've personally identified through daily use).

I'm having this same issue with spoken content lag in the Sonoma update. I was eager to see improvements with accessibility features in Sonoma, so this setback is disappointing. It significantly impacts productivity.

Yup. I saw the lag for the first time today. Boo Hiss. After a few minutes of frustration I transferred the document to my iPad. Spoken text works great on my iPad. It's not a fix. It isn't even a true workaround. But it does solve the problem. Until MACOS14.2 comes out, I will do all my spoken content on my iPad. I'll bet you can also do it on your iPhone.

I am experiencing the same issue since I "upgraded" to MacOS Sonoma. My vision is impaired so I use this feature ALL THE TIME, and it's extremely frustrating to have this lag now. Apple, please fix this issue.

I have not found restarting my M1 Macbook Air to fix the issue. I've restarted my machine many times. Sometimes it works, other times my system still has significant lag when reading aloud. I never had this issue in previous versions of MacOS, on this computer, or previous Mac computers.

I've restarted my device ten times plus, and it doesn't make a difference. This was not an issue before the update. Now it's still super delayed, slow, and reads really choppy. I hope it gets fixed quickly. This issue is really screwing up my world!

pple seems to break all sorts of stuff when a new version of the OS comes out -- especially things like text to speech. NSSynthesizer has been broken forever now on Apple Silicon. I get the impression that any new ideas in programming are stopped dead by Apple. So only they can do text to speech natively. That leaves programmers with gTTs, for example. I never had any of these kinds of problems writing python programs for linux. On MacOS, it's nothing but problems. I really think Apple does this on purpose to stifle external development. Stop blocking your customers Apple! It's evil.

is a Technē-funded doctoral researcher at Loughborough University London. Her research explores spoken word poetry, the communities that are created around the art form and the social value it brings to participants.

Spoken word poetry events are far from your standard poetry reading. Many people today think of poetry as a silent, individual act but it actually started as an oral tradition. Before mass literacy, poems and stories were shared verbally and performed to the public. For example, during the medieval era, it was customary for texts to be performed by an entertainer, such as a minstrel, or the author themselves. In more modern times, mass media provided audiences with alternative means of entertainment and the art of storytelling declined. The recent and increasing popularity of spoken word (also known as performance poetry) is poetry returning to its oral roots.

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