Skip to main content
Martin_Murray
Martin_Murray
February 20, 2024
Question

Spoken Content (Mac) Figma not working

  • February 20, 2024
  • 4 replies
  • 206 views

I use Mac’s Spoken Content feature a lot; it helps provide different dynamics when proofreading. It works once, if you restart Figma but not the second time… Basically, the Mac reads you back highlighted copy with a hotkey. Funnily enough, a few Adobe products have this problem as well.

Anyone have any ideas?

This topic has been closed for replies.

4 replies

ksn
Figmate
ksn
Community Support
February 21, 2024

Hey @Martin_Murray - I touched base with our accessibility team on this.

To start, only one text layer should be selected for spoken content to work correctly – if you’re selecting multiple layers, it will not function correctly (accessibility is aware of this).

Just for additional feedback context, is this when you use Figma via web browser? If so, which browser are you using?

Noel_Ng
Noel_Ng
New Member
August 29, 2024

Hi! I am doing the same. I use the spoken content a lot, and I need help to have the content read even with one layer; it will not read even when I select the text. I am using Macbook Pro as an application, not using browsers. Will love to see if there are otherways going about this.

    djv
    Figmate
    djv
    Community Support
    August 30, 2024

    Hey @Noel_Ng, thanks for following up and sorry to hear this!

    Is your desktop app up to date and what macOS are you using? With more details, we can flag this over to our accessibility team to investigate further.

      Noel_Ng
      Noel_Ng
      New Member
      August 30, 2024

      I have a MackbookPro, Chip Apple M3Max, Memory 36GB. I updated Figma, and it is working ok now! Thanks for getting back to me!

      Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement