Honor the system default speech voice

2026-10-16 06:31:07 +02:00
parent db76289660
commit bf5ee88610
2 changed files with 12 additions and 5 deletions
@@ -233,9 +233,14 @@
      utterance.pitch = isNarrator ? 1 : Math.min(2, Math.max(0, Number(voiceOptions.pitch ?? profile.pitch ?? identityProfile.pitch) || 1));
      const requestedName = voiceOptions.voiceName || profile.voiceName || settings.voiceName;
      const voices = availableVoices();
-      utterance.voice = voices.find(voice => voice.name === requestedName)
-        || voices.find(voice => /^sv(-|$)/i.test(voice.lang))
-        || null;
+      // An empty selection means the operating system should choose its
+      // default voice for the requested language. Forcing the first voice
+      // returned by WebKit can select a voice that is listed but cannot speak.
+      utterance.voice = requestedName
+        ? voices.find(voice => voice.name === requestedName)
+          || voices.find(voice => /^sv(-|$)/i.test(voice.lang))
+          || null
+        : null;
      utterance.onstart = () => {
        if (token !== generation) return;
        if (speechStartTimer !== null) win.clearTimeout(speechStartTimer);