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Narrator doesen't show up anymore in reader view. <about:config> details inside

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Luca
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Hi, I have 61.0.2 (64 bit windows 10)

Narrator doesn't show the icon ANYMORE. I used it daily, didn't change anything recently BUT only followed this guide to disable WebRTC

In short: 

   Enter "about:config" in the firefox address bar and press enter.
   Press the button "I'll be careful, I promise!"
   Search for "media.peerconnection.enabled"
   Double click the entry, the column "Value" should now be "false"
   Done. Do the WebRTC leak test again.

   media.peerconnection.turn.disable = true
   media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers = false
   media.peerconnection.video.enabled = false
   media.peerconnection.identity.timeout = 1

is this the reason, is this a good thing after all?

Hi, I have 61.0.2 (64 bit windows 10) Narrator doesn't show the icon ANYMORE. I used it daily, didn't change anything recently BUT only followed this guide to disable WebRTC In short: Enter "about:config" in the firefox address bar and press enter. Press the button "I'll be careful, I promise!" Search for "media.peerconnection.enabled" Double click the entry, the column "Value" should now be "false" Done. Do the WebRTC leak test again. media.peerconnection.turn.disable = true media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers = false media.peerconnection.video.enabled = false media.peerconnection.identity.timeout = 1 is this the reason, is this a good thing after all?

Chosen solution

THE PROBLEM WAS: 

privacy.resistFingerprinting = true


setting it back to " = false " RESTORED the NARRATOR

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Well, if you reverse those changes -- you can right-click > Reset to restore the default values -- does the narrator work again? You could try reversing one at a time to see which one is (or which ones are) the issue.

Here is a thread for VPN users about WebRTC leak prevention that may provide the protection you want without completely breaking things you don't need to break:

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/8hjh3h/google_voice_psa_if_you_have_been_recently_having/

Luca
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jscher2000 said

Well, if you reverse those changes -- you can right-click > Reset to restore the default values -- does the narrator work again? You could try reversing one at a time to see which one is (or which ones are) the issue. Here is a thread for VPN users about WebRTC leak prevention that may provide the protection you want without completely breaking things you don't need to break: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/8hjh3h/google_voice_psa_if_you_have_been_recently_having/

thank you, I did it already, this is why I asked here in the 1st place. I uploaded a 2nd immage to show the only modified strings in about:config : media.

anyway it was 

privacy.resistFingerprinting = true.

that caused the problem

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Chosen Solution

THE PROBLEM WAS: 

privacy.resistFingerprinting = true


setting it back to " = false " RESTORED the NARRATOR