Google Chrome	70.0.3538.7 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Firmware Version	Google_Caroline.7820.384.0

Non-corp account same result. Noted that when pressing search + s on highlighted text, earcon plays indicating that the selection was invalid. 

Checking older/newer versions of the OS.

67.0.3396.00 (Official Build)(64-bit)
Google_Eve.9584.107.0

Works as expected - text is read and highlighted in both scenarios 

68.0.3440.118 (Official Build)(64-bit)
Google_Eve.9584.151.0

Works as expected - text is read and highlighted in both scenarios 

69.0.3497.87 (Official Build)(64-bit)
Google_Eve.9584.160.0

Works partially:

Highlighting text and pressing search + s does nothing, plays earcon for invalid selection

Hold down search + drag around the text works as expected, text is read and highlighted

71.0.3544.0 (Official Build) canary (64-bit)
Google_Eve.9584.160.0

Works partially:

Highlighting text and pressing search + s does nothing, plays earcon for invalid selection

Hold down search + drag around the text works as expected, text is read and highlighted

Hi Laura, thanks for catching this! I've got a few clarifying questions:
* Do you have Braille mode on in Docs/Drive?
* Are you using the same version of Docs to test each version of Chrome?
* What do you mean by "works intermittently"? What's the #fail / #tested that you've observed?

With search+mouse or STS button + mouse, I can only reproduce this when I turn on Select-to-Speak *AFTER* loading the Google Docs page.

If I refresh the Google Docs after enabling Select-to-Speak, I find that it speaks as expected.

Laura, if you always refresh Google Docs after enabling Select-to-Speak, can you still reproduce this issue with search+mouse? Assigning to you for repro.

Note: I've split the search+S part into a separate bug.

I answered the question about braille mode on/off over in 882923. With braille mode enabled, the text is read but the focus ring is in the upper left corner. 

As for search + mouse, I can repro 100% if I turn STS on after loading the Doc. Great catch, that resolves the "intermittent" nature of this bug. I had only been able to repro 1/5 times - that's why. 

I'm going to resolve this bug and open a new one just for the STS after doc has loaded bug. 

The following revision refers to this bug:
  https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/160e72c59bf76034c90285bb612dc2b3ea7d74cd

commit 160e72c59bf76034c90285bb612dc2b3ea7d74cd
Author: Katie D <katie@chromium.org>
Date: Tue Sep 11 20:49:34 2018

Fix STS reading selected text in Docs with Search+S.

This was introduced in https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1136842.

Bug:  882868 , 882923 
Change-Id: I507ffe0d35dfe568276971ca1b6775fcc150896b
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1219930
Commit-Queue: Katie Dektar <katie@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: David Tseng <dtseng@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#590460}
[modify] https://crrev.com/160e72c59bf76034c90285bb612dc2b3ea7d74cd/chrome/browser/resources/chromeos/select_to_speak/input_handler.js
[modify] https://crrev.com/160e72c59bf76034c90285bb612dc2b3ea7d74cd/chrome/browser/resources/chromeos/select_to_speak/select_to_speak.js

The following revision refers to this bug:
  https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/62c87f30ec20f661827ba28b4c0d7f147175de6f

commit 62c87f30ec20f661827ba28b4c0d7f147175de6f
Author: Katie D <katie@chromium.org>
Date: Wed Sep 12 21:45:55 2018

Merge to M70: Fix STS reading selected text in Docs with Search+S.

This was introduced in https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1136842.

TBR=dtseng@chromium.org

Bug:  882868 , 882923 
Change-Id: I507ffe0d35dfe568276971ca1b6775fcc150896b
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1219930
Commit-Queue: Katie Dektar <katie@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: David Tseng <dtseng@chromium.org>
Cr-Original-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#590460}(cherry picked from commit 160e72c59bf76034c90285bb612dc2b3ea7d74cd)
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1222698
Reviewed-by: Katie Dektar <katie@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/branch-heads/3538@{#345}
Cr-Branched-From: 79f7c91a2b2a2932cd447fa6f865cb6662fa8fa6-refs/heads/master@{#587811}
[modify] https://crrev.com/62c87f30ec20f661827ba28b4c0d7f147175de6f/chrome/browser/resources/chromeos/select_to_speak/input_handler.js
[modify] https://crrev.com/62c87f30ec20f661827ba28b4c0d7f147175de6f/chrome/browser/resources/chromeos/select_to_speak/select_to_speak.js