Speech Recognition not working? Read this.

Our website uses speech recognition (also called Speech-to-Text, STT) to help you practise Hungarian by speaking.
It works directly in your browser — no app needed. Sometimes you just need to wait 1-2 second to get the page load properly.

If it doesn’t work for you, don’t worry. In most cases, it’s just a small setting on your device. Here’s what you can try:


✅ Quick checks

  • Make sure you are using Google Chrome — other browsers (like Safari or Firefox) often don’t support speech recognition properly.
  • Allow microphone access — check the little lock icon next to the website address and enable the microphone.
  • Test your microphone in other apps or websites to make sure it works.
  • Try refreshing the page or restarting your device.

✅ Settings for phones (especially Android)

1. Chrome language
If your Chrome is in English, speech recognition may not detect Hungarian properly.
Go to Chrome → 3 dots → SettingsLanguages, add Hungarian (Magyar), and set it as the main language.

2. Android Speech Recognition Language
Open SettingsGeneral management or System
Keyboard and input or Voice services
Google voice typingLanguages
Select Hungarian (Hungary) and turn off automatic language detection, if available.

3. Try a different browser
On Android, some users have better results with Samsung Internet.


Most of the time, these steps solve the problem.

Speech recognition usually works best on a computer, but it can work on phones too, with the right settings.



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