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I am using Bing for speech in botframework and when i deploy it the microphone is enabled only in Chrome and Edge, I read that its supported also in some other browser?

hSor
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  • Have you opened other browser and tested? – Nicolas R Jan 30 '18 at 07:55
  • Yes I tested with Firefox and safari as well but the mic button was disable? – hSor Jan 30 '18 at 08:00
  • Any error on their developer consoles? Can you add some code to show your chat implementation? – Nicolas R Jan 30 '18 at 08:01
  • Error Message is "This browser does not support speech recognition". I am using Bing speech options (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/bot-service-channel-connect-webchat-speech) – hSor Jan 30 '18 at 08:26
  • I cannot found a documentation stating exactly which browser is supported or not, I'm still interested in the answers you will got! – Nicolas R Jan 30 '18 at 12:04
  • If I open this [link](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/speech/) with Explorer I get this line "To try out the demo with your own voice using a microphone, please change to a different browser with WebRTC support, for example a recent version of Microsoft Edge, Firefox or Chrome." in speech recognition part so I assume this will work at least also in Firefox. The button "Start Recording" its visibile in firefox i tested it works but the mic of my chatbot is still disable. I coudnt find either a list of supported browser of Bing Speech. – hSor Jan 30 '18 at 12:38
  • @NicolasR Also is working in Opera. When I tried my bot in safari(using Windows 10 as OS)the mic is not showing but when i tried from my Iphone the mic is showing but i cant press on it ??!!! – hSor Jan 30 '18 at 13:02

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First, the error is triggered in this piece of the WebChat code (https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat/blob/master/src/SpeechModule.ts#L117)

Then, I guess that there is a combination of things.

Based on this page, the browser compatibility is:

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As you can read, it seems that recognition on Firefox Desktop is not yet available.

Also, this page shows speech (recognition and synthesis) support.

Then, not sure if the following will also apply to other browser, than Chrome, but maybe yes

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Ezequiel Jadib
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  • I am using Bing Speech service it said that is supported in multiple browsers.(I tested in chrome, edge and opera is working, it should work also in firefox) – hSor Jan 30 '18 at 13:44
  • One thing is the underlying service that you are using for Bing Spech and a different thing is if the webchat speech recognition capability is enabled or not in the browser – Ezequiel Jadib Jan 30 '18 at 15:36
  • @EzequielJadib I would say that the error comes from here https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat/blob/master/src/CognitiveServices/SpeechRecognition.ts#L65 as the OP is using Bing Speech (Cognitive Services), not the browser recognition. – Nicolas R Jan 30 '18 at 22:20