Noscript blocks Automatik Text Reader

Thanks for report, Mike.
I've considered the problem but unfortunately there's no facility in Firefox's API to allow for a solution be developed by my side of the binomial ATR/NoScript incompatibility.

As per specification, prosed here, web scripts and content scripts are two set of scripts designed to be insulated from each other. Web scripts are those scripts provided by a website when a page is downloaded, while content scripts are those provided by installed add-ons.
As NoScript appears to be blocking content scripts too, it is crossing the intended insulation border, authoritatively preventing other add-ons from executing their own content scripts. This insulation is only suggested by the specification but is not enforced by Firefox, so add-ons are allowed to interact — or interfere — with each other.

It is possible that other add-ons remain functional with NoScript active, because NoScript is not allowed to block main scripts and worker scripts upon which other add-ons may suffice for their functionality; only content scripts may be blocked, on which ATR depends upon, and NoScript appears to be blocking them. The problem should be discussed with Giorgio Maone, developer of NoScript.

EDIT: as a workaround, since ATR 1.8 right clicking on selected text provides a context menu with an option to synthesize the selection. This should still work even if the content script is blocked.