Extension not reading anything on some websites

[andreagdipaolo]

I noticed that on many websites the extension is not working properly.

I tried, for example, the following:
https://www.odisseaquotidiana.com/2025/02/metro-d-patane-risponde.html
github
gmail

Reddit seems to work, along with ilpost.it, bluesky, google search and https://fibra.click/newsletter/

But if I try to read the read mode provided by Microsoft Edge it doesn't work.
The one whose URL starts with read://https_www.ilpost.it/
I use Edge on Linux. It doesn't natively support tts like the Windows version.

What do the not working pages have in common?
Thanks in advance

[moojing]

Hi,
I don't know why but all the websites you posted above seems to work for me.

However I do notice there's one situation that audio file generated on the contentScript is not allowed to play because of the content policy setting of the website.

Check you console and see if there's some problem like this:

you can read any pages of MDN Doc and you'll see error like that.

For this issue I am making a PR to fix it, hope this will fix your problem.

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Update: see the PR here

[andreagdipaolo]

The extension now works on the websites I listed before. But I did nothing, I just rebooted my pc and thus restarted the browser.
It still does not work in the Edge read mode. Have you noticed anything about that?
It does not produce any error in the console. Maybe it's a framework and not a real webpage?
Thanks for the update! It will surely make things better.

[moojing]

You mean you're using Edge Browser's Browser and it's not working on Linux?
Idk why but it works on my Mac though. (I've tried installing this extension on Edge Browser.)

As I know, the edge tts client we use will pretend to open an Edge browser and fetch the audio stream needed for the reading, but if the Edge Browser isn't natively support this feature maybe it won't work ? Not sure if I am correct so maybe we can ask @travisvn for advice.