You don’t need to sign up to NBC to listen to articles, even if you use Firefox on Android.

I updated this post with the steps shown in the video (since Firefox has to rely on Android, versus its swell UI on Windows):
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/03/your-browser-can-already-speak-a-page.html

It leans on TalkBack settings.

I find it frustrating that I can record the read-aloud TTS audio in Android’s screen recording feature, but still cannot record the TalkBack TTS audio using that same feature. Been broken since Android 11 with no signal it will get fixed (currently on Android 16).

#a11y #accessibility

@aardrian You sir, have to meet Scrcpy. It is da bomb! https://github.com/genymobile/scrcpy
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@mcourcel Am aware, but I need something that works on the device. Sadly, when Google broke it, that made it harder to test with random devices.

Tho Pat has a swell tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvnjA4HkR4I

Android screen recording with TalkBack audio

Mainly as a reminder for myself (as I return to this every year or so and forget this wrinkle), a quick look at the problem of trying to do screen recordings...

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@aardrian I am on Android 13 and recording of TalkBack TTS audio via the screen recording works 🤔

@vayiam On what device? And do you have a video?

Because I’ve reported it more than once with no fix: https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-request-to-google-on-accessibility.html#:~:text=When%20Android%2011%20dropped%20the%20ability%20to%20screen%20record%20audio%20from%20TalkBack

And it isn’t just me. But I’ve been on Pixel devices for the last… decade?

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