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How to fix Accessibility settings issue leading to Browser Crashes on Sonoma?

Lately, I have been having many issues, such as several of my browsers crashing when trying to visit sites I have visited for a long time. Sites like Amazon, Best Buy, PNC Bank, and many others. It isn't just one browser that has this problem. I have the same issues on Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Duck Duck Go, and Edge. Some sites will crash in one browser but not another. From the crash logs, the issue mostly deals with the Dispatch queue: create-voices-avspeech


I have been trying to find this issue on the web to no avail. I have found that it might have something to do with Accessibility in settings specifically related to Spoken Content. I get this error: Extension process Accessibility(32872) exited, and Live Speech, I get this error: Extension process Accessibility(32996) exited.


I have tried finding more information, but these IDs change every time I visit them.


I'm in desperate need of a solution to this problem. If anyone has any insights or potential fixes, I would greatly appreciate your assistance.


I am running on macOS Sonoma V 14.5


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iMac 27″, macOS 14.5

Posted on May 22, 2024 10:13 AM

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Posted on May 24, 2024 9:42 AM

Slightly easier fix:


I had essentially the same problem. Web pages making every browser crash.

System settings crashing on Accessibility-> Spoken Content and Live Speech

I went into preferences and found that the only recently changed pref was:


com.apple.SpeakSelection.plist


So I deleted that and System Settings Accessibility-> Spoken Content and Live Speech immediately began to work again and web pages began to display without crashing.

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How to fix Accessibility settings issue leading to Browser Crashes on Sonoma?

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