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

Reproducing in corp docs (same as non-corp). 

Screen magnification support on vs off: same result, search + s doesn't read, search + mouse does read

Braille mode enabled (checked): Text is read with search + s but the highlight is in the upper left corner. With search + mouse text is read and highlighted as expected. 

Braille mode not enabled (unchecked): Text is not read with search + s, with search + mouse text is read and highlighted as expected. 

This regression appears to have been introduced in M69:

68.0.3440.118 (Official Build)(64-bit)
Google_Eve.9584.151.0
Works as expected - text is read and highlighted regardless of braille mode

69.0.3497.87 (Official Build)(64-bit)
Google_Eve.9584.160.0
Highlighting text and pressing search + s does nothing, plays earcon for invalid selection (with braille mode disabled) 

Tracked internally at b/68974234 

I've got a change for this that I'll try to merge into M70 after it lands in M71. It's too late for 69.

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

Your change meets the bar and is auto-approved for M70. Please go ahead and merge the CL to branch 3538 manually. Please contact milestone owner if you have questions.
Owners: benmason@(Android), kariahda@(iOS), geohsu@(ChromeOS), abdulsyed@(Desktop)

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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

Hi Katie,

This change isn't in 70.0.3538.16 (Official Build) dev (64-bit), the bug still reproduces, with braille support off, highlighting text then pressing search + s does not read the text. 

I noted in the CL above that it was expected to land in 
MAJOR=70
MINOR=0
BUILD=3538
PATCH=16

Please let me know if I need to wait for a later version?

Could you try again? Looks like 3538.16 only branched on the 12th, so there's a good chance it didn't make it.

See timestamp here: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/70.0.3538.16

I'm not sure when it landed, but certainly by 3538.32: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+log/70.0.3538.32/chrome/browser/resources/chromeos/select_to_speak

Google Chrome	71.0.3567.0 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Firmware Version	Google_Caroline.7820.384.0

Verified as speaking with braille mode off. Text is not highlighted, highlight is still around the entire doc. This is working as expected after confirming behavior with katie@.