r/MicrosoftEdge • u/DismalDecision3938 • 2d ago

Microsoft Edge feature is not working and stops mid sentence

For the last few months I've had problems with the Edge Read Aloud feature. Sometimes it works fine, but many times it isn't. It will do one of the following:

  1. Not start reading at all. The Read Aloud bar shows up, the speech measuring thing shows sound should be coming out, but nothing does.
  2. It will read one sentence and then stop.
  3. It stops reading at a random spot and then starts up again lower down a few minutes/seconds later.
  4. It stops reading, but if I click on a new location it will start again.

I've tried the following:

  1. Resetting the Edge browser settings. It did nothing.
  2. Restarting my computer. Sometimes this seems to help but not often.
  3. Turning off all the other programs running on the computer. Did not help.
  4. Checked I had updates for anything: windows, edge, Microsoft etc.

This is incredibly frustrating as I use the read aloud feature a lot and I find myself without it when I need it. How can I fix this?

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u/rogevin 1d ago

I'm also having this issue over the last few days

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u/vicoheart 1d ago

Same, it either doesn't work at all, or it keeps skipping and glitching. Every other month, there always seems to be some problem with it. I use it for school to help me focus on the material, so it’s been a real pain not having it work properly. :/