OSX Accessibility - speaking selected text in the Sublime window instead speaks the window title

[phkn]

Summary

OSX Accessibility - speaking selected text in the Sublime window instead speaks the window title

Expected behavior

The selected text in the window should be sent to the speech synthesis server / TTS engine

Actual behavior

The actual text in the editor window is ignored, and the title of the file or window is sent to the speech synthesis server / TTS engine instead

Steps to reproduce

1. Enter OSX System Preferences, select Accessibility, then Speech.
2. Check the box "Speak selected text when the key is pressed"
3. Click "Change key" to assign a key (e.g. Command+Option+Control+S)
4. Enter some text into a new Sublime window or open an existing file. Select some or all text.
5. Press the chosen hot key. The window title is spoken instead.
6. Compare this to the behavior in nearly all other OSX apps -- Textpad, Stickies, Word, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Emacs...

Environment

• Operating system and version:
  • Windows ...
  • Mac OS: Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, and most likely earlier releases
  • Linux ...
• Sublime Text:
  • Build 3126

[fabswt]

+1

[PhDeviate]

Several months later I would like to say, yes, please! This functionality would keep me from having to switch from Sublime to another text editor for certain tasks...

[keith-hall]

possible duplicate of #545

[keith-hall]

related: #3392 (comment)

[mrgrieves4]

Any possibility that this might get some attention? I'm a little horrified to see that this was raised in 2016.