web-ext VS read-aloud

> I hope FF gets service workers going soon

As of October 2022, that’s “not planned”:

https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext/issues/2532

Yes, web-ext https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext does this.

Anyone used this and could compare/contrast with https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext ?

> On a side node, if anyone has resource about how to dev/debug userscript properly, I'm all ears. I found it super inconvenient and tedious when doing it myself, and I often have to manually copy paste stuff back and forth.

Develop it as an extension with the script as your content_script, and use web-ext [1] to run it. You can then develop in your regular editor, use your browser's extension debugging tools, and web-ext will automatically reload it when you change stuff.

Most of my extensions use a .user.js file as their content_script, which I can also publish directly to Greasy Fork.

[1] https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext#web-ext

https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext and web-ext-submit

The sole way is to use the official node.js* tool https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext

You should set up and use the tool web-ext by mozilla, so you can run it locally while developing.

I use the Read Aloud Firefox extension to read newspaper articles and the wandering inn stories. Works well for me. In the configuration there are free and premium voices. I enable Google Translate voice and increase the speed a bit.

Main repo (website there too, or search on Firefox extensions): https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud

I've already used this in the past, and it's been good: https://github.com/ken107/read-aloud Good luck!

I've tried many, but only Read Aloud competes—your input is appreciated all the same <3

Here is the discussion with the developer on GitHub who's doubling down on their agenda without addressing their deceptive practice.

I don't have a wide knowledge of FOSS speech synthesizers, but one related FOSS application I can recommend is Read Aloud. It is a browser extension for Chrome/Firefox that can use both FOSS synthesizers and external proprietary ones. You can expand voices by installing more local voices. You can for free use their "Basic" voices or pay a small fee for some of their Premium voices (if you pay for premium, as I did for 1 USD, you will get free additional characters every month. I am currently sitting with more characters than I started with). You can alternatively give API keys for Google Cloud, AWS, or IBM. If you want more quality voices.