Why doesn't the text-to-speech work in Eye-Able Assist?.

Text-to-Speech in Eye-Able® Assist

The text-to-speech feature of Eye-Able® Assist uses only the voices available in the operating system or browser.

Possible Causes for Issues

If the text-to-speech does not work, it is often because the corresponding voices are not installed on the system being used.

This issue can particularly occur on Linux systems, as the availability of voices strongly depends on the specific Linux distribution and its configuration.

Optional Solution: Cloud Voices

An optional solution is the possibility to use cloud voices for an additional fee, which work independently of the system and would bypass this issue.

Experience with Linux Usage

However, based on previous experience, Linux is used by only a very small portion of the affected users, so this limitation has little impact on overall accessibility.