Hi there,
I'm suprised that Google Docs and many other Google-based voice input services aren't allowing me to use built-in microphone over Firefox. I know Firefox has capability of accessing built-in microphone along with webcam for sure but i don't know why "voice typing" (speech to text) is unusable for Firefox?
Is it a limitation from Google or Firefox has limited capability of accessing microphone on certain sites?
Thanks in advance!
Google Docs "Voice Typing" support?
- jscher2000
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Re: Google Docs "Voice Typing" support?
Google Voice should work in Firefox now that it's an HTML5 application. Note that it does require WebRTC to be enabled (some VPN users disable it).
Other microphones, I don't know, what reason could there possibly be for Google services not supporting Firefox?
Other microphones, I don't know, what reason could there possibly be for Google services not supporting Firefox?
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Re: Google Docs "Voice Typing" support?
Have you checked your site permissions? Make sure that you authorize drive.google.com to access your microphone.
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Re: Google Docs "Voice Typing" support?
Yes i did that. I even granted access to microphone using Tools - Page Info - Microphone to "allow", even in drive.google.com and also in docs.google.com while the blank documents is loaded for the first time. "Voice Typing" is still grayed out.mgagnonlv wrote:Have you checked your site permissions? Make sure that you authorize drive.google.com to access your microphone.
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Re: Google Docs "Voice Typing" support?
Ditto.
Confirmed in Options > Privacy & Security > Microphone Settings > https://docs.google.com = ALLOW
Exited FF and relaunched. "Voice Typing" is still grayed out.
Any suggestions?
Confirmed in Options > Privacy & Security > Microphone Settings > https://docs.google.com = ALLOW
Exited FF and relaunched. "Voice Typing" is still grayed out.
Any suggestions?