Reviews for Download Sound
Download Sound by BPS
72 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14181260, 6 years agoI actually like this add on, but it just updated, and now the download sound does not work. the speech and notification work, but the sound is gone, despite an uninstall and reinstall of it, and a computer reboot. it
was working before Today's update ! Options page did not help either.
And as usual, with anything Firefox, i can't seem to find an appropriate link to report it w/o having to go thru some oddball sign up. So, here we are !Developer response
posted 6 years agoThanks for your review. The support email address is DownloadSound@gmx.net and can be found on the add-on page https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-sound. Could you please tell me your Firefox and OS version by email? - Rated 3 out of 5by Pocket Knight, 6 years agoI great extension to have if you download files using a slower internet connection. I prefer to download files one at a time because of the slow connection, so the alert is nice to have some I can download the next ASAP.
v1.2 worked fine for me, but since upgrading to v1.4 (skipped v1.3), I can't choose the voice I want. It uses the same voice, regardless of what I have selected in the dropdown menu. Selecting the completion tone works as expected. Using FF62dev + OSX 10.10.5.
Update 1: I discovered that this is a problem only with the "en-US" voices... all en-US voicee use the default male voice (Alex), but when I choose another nationality, like Tessa (en-ZA), it does change the voice.
Update 2: Both the github and download sound addon have 64 voices on the drop down menu.Developer response
posted 6 years agoThanks for your review!
Could you please do me a favour and enter the following link in your Firefox browser?
http://mdn.github.io/web-speech-api/speak-easy-synthesis/
Is the number of available voices on that page equal to the number of voices in "Download Sound"? - Rated 4 out of 5by ander, 6 years agoIt's simple and it works. I'd give it a 5th star if it let you choose your own sound... It doesn't seem like that would be to difficult to add. ;?)
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13796258, 7 years agoCette extension est parfaite ! Il manque juste la possibilité de choisir un autre son...
Continuez comme cela ! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12325644, 7 years agothank you so much for this very helpfull addon....and i like it because at the last weeks (months) you update the addon with new functions!
keep up the good work!
regrads from berlin - Rated 4 out of 5by SaladGoat, 7 years agoMy previous review (for version 1.2): Does what it says, but would be nice to use my own sound - not a fan of the one included. Five stars for custom sound files. :)
Developer responds that Extensions cannot access local files.
I used to use Download Status Bar, which allowed use of custom sound files. But that's not an Extension and won't work in newer Firefox. So maybe not allowing access to local files is new in Extensions. If so, that sucks. If not, please keep trying! :)
I appreciate the new volume adjustment and other notification options.
Rarely, for reasons unknown, it will turn itself off. Simple and quick fix of Disable then Enable (no need to restart Firefox), so only a minor annoyance. Doesn't happen often though.
Otherwise, a great Extension!Developer response
posted 7 years agoThank you! I'm open for any tips regarding access to locally stored files from web extenstions because I'd really like to see the feature "Custom sound files" as well. - Rated 4 out of 5by Ryan Erwin, 7 years agoAwesome plugin. For anyone else using Firefox Quantum v60.0.1 under Linux, the "Save / Play Sound" button doesn't work for preview, but when you're download completes the sound does actually play just fine. That was a bit confusing for me. Some minor errors:
* The Sound "Save / Play Sound" button does not respond under Firefox Quantum v60.0.1 under Linux (Arch)
* Allow custom notification sound
* The Speech "Voice" dropdown is empty... not sure which TTS library is used, but would be good to make it work
* Make the icon link to the downloads page, right click the icon for properties...
* Special sound for failed downloadDeveloper response
posted 7 years agoThanks for your review!
* I've tested the extension under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and it works fine. Unfortunately, I don't have an Arch system for testing.
* It looks like it's not allowed for web extensions to access locally stored files which makes it difficult to implement an option for choosing a sound file. I'm open for any tips on this topic because I'd like to see this feature as well.
* Unfortunately, Firefox doesn't allow web extensions to open the about:downloads page at the moment.
* Since version 1.4 it's possible to setup a different text for failed downloads. Default is "Download failed". I'm thinking about adding a different sound for in the next version. - Rated 1 out of 5by glibglob, 7 years agousing firefox v58 i get no sound when using sound option but speech works. i just want a lil dink sound.
edit: the closest i get to a custom sound is; chose sound, speech output just the letter D, and voice hazel.Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for your tip. Version 1.3 has been released recently and fixes a bug regarding memory management. Maybe you'd like to give it a try. - Rated 4 out of 5by LeBaux, 7 years agoCan we please have a custom notification sound? It would improve this a TON. Thanks!
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posted 7 years agoThanks for your review. Unfortunately, it looks like it's not allowed for a web extension to access locally stored files which makes it difficult to implement an option for choosing any sound file. - Rated 5 out of 5by Tortino, 7 years agovery good extension, but may I ask a feature?
click on the icon and open in a new tab the about:downloads page. thank!Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for your review. Unfortunately, Firefox doesn't allow web extensions to open the about:downloads page at the moment. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12704281, 7 years agoIt does the job but I would suggest to use the extension "Navigational Sounds" which also comes with a sound for complete downloads and it's nicer than this extension.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12633311, 8 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12938081, 8 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12938081, 8 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by PERCE-NEIGE, 8 years agoWell working. Tested right now, and no problems.
We can change the text message, but I suggest that we could also change the sound, and make the voice less robotics. - Rated 1 out of 5by Kevin Brent, 8 years agoI am having to revert back to the older version. Each time I update to the new version, it works once. And, then never works again. This only began with the latest release. Never had an issue before.
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posted 7 years agoVersion 1.3 has been released recently and fixes a bug regarding memory management. Maybe you'd like to give it a try. Developer response
posted 8 years agoCould you please tell me which version of Firefox you are using?
With the last update the add-on requires at least version 48.0. If you are running an older version of Firefox, please install version 1.0.1 of "Download Sound" via version history.
I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused by the update.