Google translate microphone (voice) input does not work - gives network error

kiboy6 · July 9, 2021, 10:08am

https://translate.google.com/

When i click on the microphone icon i get “can’t connect to network error”.

Using Brave Beta
Version 1.27.96 Chromium: 91.0.4472.124 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)

Translate mic works fine in Chrome.

Hope you can fix this

Mattches · July 9, 2021, 8:28pm

@kiboy6,
This is a long-standing issue that the team is still addressing:

github.com/brave/brave-browser

Unable to use microphone (affects Duolingo, Google Translate, and other sites)

opened 03:02AM - 15 Mar 19 UTC

MGRussell

OS/Desktop audio blocked priority/P4 privacy privacy/connect webcompat

## Latest status (this comment edited by @bsclifton) This feature relies on a S…peech API key that we would need to create and pay for on a per-use basis. [As captured below](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3725#issuecomment-506915890), @tomlowenthal has looked at this. At the moment, this is on hold. We have some other features requiring this speech to text API also. But we haven't taken any action as creating a token and installing will have a cost associated with it. ## Original issue details by @MGRussell This issue was previously opened in the browser-laptop repo [here](https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/4476) and was archived without resolution with numerous OS/versions chiming in. I am reopening it here, and reporting with Windows 7 with Brave Version 0.61.51 Chromium: 73.0.3683.75 (Official Build) (64-bit). [This](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/2802) may be a related issue which mentions that Webspeech API is disabled within Brave. ## Description The browser does not function properly with Duolingo. The site asks for permission to use the microphone and everything seems to work fine, but it seems no input is ever being sent from brave to the site. The site only officially supports chrome and so this is something that would need to be remedied on Brave's end, if the browser is to be capable of using Duolingo. ## Steps to Reproduce The browser fails on any tests from Duolingo that asks the user to send voice data, 100% of the time. ### Website problems only: The issue does not resolve when disabling brave shields. This issue is not present on the latest version of Chrome.

Topic		Replies	Views
Google Translate in Brave: “Can’t connect to network” error Desktop Support windows	1	3552	August 15, 2022
Google translate (voice problem) Web Compatibility	1	977	December 3, 2021
Window11 Mic doesn't work	1	313	July 29, 2023
Google translation via voice not working Web Compatibility bug	3	2797	August 23, 2021
:sos: I can't use the micro in google translate Brave Browser macos	4	2655	September 15, 2022
Can't use the microphone to search on google.com Desktop Support windows	4	7792	January 21, 2020
Microphone not working on google and g.ai Desktop Support windows	1	187	January 8, 2026
When I hit the microphone on the Google Translator get a “no internet connection” error! Desktop Support windows , bug , browser	1	764	December 5, 2024

Google translate microphone (voice) input does not work - gives network error

Related topics