I'm using chrome Version 55.0.2883.87 m (64-bit) on Windows 10. The following simple html file reproduces the problem and is extracted from my more complex app. It is supposed to speak the 3 words on page load. It works on MS Edge and Firefox but does not work on chrome. This code was working for me on Chrome no problem a couple weeks back. <html> <head> <script lang="javascript"> window.speechSyn