diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c51a8a5b..75c3581f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3137,9 +3137,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "speech-dispatcher"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "011a4f56750a1a31b41df25e27e55a4d46b3190bfa8f8d2f4c097446ad9702af"
+checksum = "fbab517fe176eb95d9bcc23c5ba75500fc5157d13a6978cfe135395fa149e151"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "speech-dispatcher-sys",
@@ -3488,9 +3488,9 @@ checksum = "c74c96594835e10fa545e2a51e8709f30b173a092bfd6036ef2cec53376244f3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tts"
-version = "0.21.1"
+version = "0.20.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cfadfd3f5873b676c615276bd386d5abb6890f6d2afcde82b41ce8d7a630d36c"
+checksum = "0f14cef4d39fc1b2a69d163772c9015d6e33d694a1f1e2047ec32274675a17cb"
 dependencies = [
  "cocoa-foundation",
  "dyn-clonable",
@@ -3504,7 +3504,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "web-sys",
- "windows 0.34.0",
+ "windows 0.33.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3513,7 +3513,7 @@ version = "1.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ee73e6e4924fe940354b8d4d98cad5231175d615cd855b758adc658c0aac6a0"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 0.1.10",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
@@ -3857,7 +3857,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc6a3cffdb686fbb24d9fb8f03a213803277ed2300f11026a3afe1f108dc021b"
 dependencies = [
  "jni",
- "ndk-glue 0.5.1",
+ "ndk-glue 0.6.1",
  "url",
  "web-sys",
  "widestring",
@@ -3970,15 +3970,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "45296b64204227616fdbf2614cefa4c236b98ee64dfaaaa435207ed99fe7829f"
+checksum = "0128fa8e65e0616e45033d68dc0b7fbd521080b7844e5cad3a4a4d201c4b2bd2"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.34.0",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.34.0",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.34.0",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.34.0",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.34.0",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.33.0",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.33.0",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.33.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.33.0",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.33.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4002,9 +4002,9 @@ checksum = "d8e92753b1c443191654ec532f14c199742964a061be25d77d7a96f09db20bf5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17cffbe740121affb56fad0fc0e421804adf0ae00891205213b5cecd30db881d"
+checksum = "cd761fd3eb9ab8cc1ed81e56e567f02dd82c4c837e48ac3b2181b9ffc5060807"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
@@ -4014,9 +4014,9 @@ checksum = "6a711c68811799e017b6038e0922cb27a5e2f43a2ddb609fe0b6f3eeda9de615"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2564fde759adb79129d9b4f54be42b32c89970c18ebf93124ca8870a498688ed"
+checksum = "cab0cf703a96bab2dc0c02c0fa748491294bf9b7feb27e1f4f96340f208ada0e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
@@ -4026,9 +4026,9 @@ checksum = "146c11bb1a02615db74680b32a68e2d61f553cc24c4eb5b4ca10311740e44172"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cd9d32ba70453522332c14d38814bceeb747d80b3958676007acadd7e166956"
+checksum = "8cfdbe89cc9ad7ce618ba34abc34bbb6c36d99e96cae2245b7943cd75ee773d0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
@@ -4038,9 +4038,9 @@ checksum = "c912b12f7454c6620635bbff3450962753834be2a594819bd5e945af18ec64bc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cfce6deae227ee8d356d19effc141a509cc503dfd1f850622ec4b0f84428e1f4"
+checksum = "b4dd9b0c0e9ece7bb22e84d70d01b71c6d6248b81a3c60d11869451b4cb24784"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
@@ -4050,9 +4050,9 @@ checksum = "504a2476202769977a040c6364301a3f65d0cc9e3fb08600b2bda150a0488316"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d19538ccc21819d01deaf88d6a17eae6596a12e9aafdbb97916fb49896d89de9"
+checksum = "ff1e4aa646495048ec7f3ffddc411e1d829c026a2ec62b39da15c1055e406eaa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winit"
diff --git a/eframe/Cargo.toml b/eframe/Cargo.toml
index 11efeb41..1a65525d 100644
--- a/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -127,4 +127,5 @@ web-sys = { version = "0.3.52", features = [
 ] }
 
 # optional:
-tts = { version = "0.21", optional = true } # feature screen_reader
+# feature screen_reader
+tts = { version = "0.20", optional = true } # stuck on old version due to compilation problems on linux
diff --git a/egui-winit/Cargo.toml b/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
index 04d1de87..e94c514f 100644
--- a/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 webbrowser = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 
 # feature screen_reader
-tts = { version = "0.21", optional = true }
+tts = { version = "0.20", optional = true } # stuck on old version due to compilation problems on linux