Are there any browsers that natively support speech to text?

[airborne]

Are there any browsers that natively support speech to text or can support it with an add-on?
First prize would be with Firefox because that's my main browser and I'm on Win 11.

I've got used to using speech to text to initiate web searches on my phone, it's a real time saver.

 

[airborne]

Anyone with ideas?

 

[Nod]

Addons:

Speechfire â Get this Extension for ð¦ Firefox (en-US)

Download Speechfire for Firefox. Speechfire is an extension that provides offline speech-to-text functionality into any focused text field.

addons.mozilla.org

Paid:

Helperbird for Firefox - Making the Web Accessible and Dyslexia-Friendly

Make your browsing experience more accessible with Helperbird for Firefox. Enjoy features like text-to-speech, high-contrast themes, dyslexia-friendly fonts, and more. Customize your web experience to fit your needs and browse with ease and comfort.

www.helperbird.com

Other solution (maybe):

Using the Web Speech API - Web APIs | MDN

The Web Speech API provides two distinct areas of functionality — speech recognition, and speech synthesis (also known as text to speech, or tts) — which open up interesting new possibilities for accessibility, and control mechanisms. This article provides a simple introduction to both areas...

developer.mozilla.org

 

[Nod]

There is also Win11's in-built dictation feature:

Use voice typing to talk instead of type on your PC | Microsoft Support

Use dictation to convert spoken words into text anywhere on your PC with Windows.

support.microsoft.com

 

[JamesBoy]

Some pages have the reader view available to the right of the address in which case it's built in:


Once toggled you'll be able to have it read aloud for you:

 

[SauRoNZA]

Some pages have the reader view available to the right of the address in which case it's built in:
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Once toggled you'll be able to have it read aloud for you:
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The request is the other way around, reading to the browser, not having the browser reading to you.

 

[skimread]

Anyone with ideas?

Edge does with its Read Aloud feature for text to speech
Use Windows 11 Voice Access app for voice to text

 

[airborne]

There is also Win11's in-built dictation feature:

Use voice typing to talk instead of type on your PC | Microsoft Support

Use dictation to convert spoken words into text anywhere on your PC with Windows.

support.microsoft.com

It does work but it's a bit clunky and needs to have its bar covering the top edge of the screen

 

[airborne]

There is also Win11's in-built dictation feature:

Use voice typing to talk instead of type on your PC | Microsoft Support

Use dictation to convert spoken words into text anywhere on your PC with Windows.

support.microsoft.com

I gave this another try and it works well, actually what I tried is not Voice typing its their new Voice access feature which can also insert typing. But they both need annoying things on the screen that get in the way, I wonder if there's a hack or reg edit to hide the bar?