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I have a problem with Ubuntu 18.04 and chromium for some time. It also happens with Mint 19. In all applications or websites where I need to use the microphone (and that I could use before) such as dictation.io, or voice to text, when I press the microphone button to capture the sound, he always tells me "there is no Internet connection". I have Connection. Permissions to use the microphone too. And the microphone works well, because I can record with it. I do not know what it can be, but any help will be appreciated, because I have searched and searched for the same problem and possible solutions and I have not found anything. Thank you all for everything

Archisman Panigrahi
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Xavier Rossich Prades
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In recent versions of Ubuntu (19.10 and above, ref.), Chromium is installed in a snap. By default, snap isolation allows camera but not microphone.

You can change this graphically using similar to How do I give chromium permissions to read files of my /usr or /tmp folders? - Ask Ubuntu or via command line, ref. How can Snap permissions be viewed and modified? - Ask Ubuntu.

Command line access to graphical configuration:

sudo gnome-software

Full command line solution:

snap connections chromium  # to list existing permissions
sudo snap connect chromium:audio-record :audio-record  # to enable
Stéphane Gourichon
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Go to Ubuntu Software center and check Chromium permissions.

Currently it requires "Record Audio" and "Play and record sound" permissions for microphone in my Ubuntu 20.04 system.

chromium-permissions

Akif
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Install real Chrome instead of Chromium.

Flimzy
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gsb
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  • I've tried with Firefox and it says: " So Thanks!rry, your browser does not support speech recognition :(

    Please open dictation.io inside Google Chrome on your Windows PC or Mac OS to continue using Speech Recognition! "

     – Xavier Rossich Prades Jun 02 '19 at 14:26
  • Check out https://www.onlinemictest.com/microphone-settings/ubuntu/ – gsb Jun 02 '19 at 14:37
  • Or maybe check out https://askubuntu.com/questions/801282/how-to-fix-check-your-microphone-in-chrome-for-16-04 – gsb Jun 02 '19 at 14:39
  • I'va already done and eveything is working until I arrive to "Step 10: Open a terminal window (Ctrl+Alt+T) and then run the gstreamer-properties". When I try it, gstreamer-ptoperties is not a command, and if I try to install it, it doesn't appears – Xavier Rossich Prades Jun 02 '19 at 14:41
  • Another thing you could try is real chrome not chromium Linux version at https://itsfoss.com/install-chrome-ubuntu/ – gsb Jun 02 '19 at 14:42
  • The solution that says to uninstall pulseaudio-module-jack and pavucontrol can'0t work, because I have never installed – Xavier Rossich Prades Jun 02 '19 at 14:45
  • sudo apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-doc gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio – gsb Jun 02 '19 at 14:49
  • I've installed all, but when I type in terminaql "$ gstreamer-properties gstreamer-properties: orden no encontrada" (command not found) – Xavier Rossich Prades Jun 02 '19 at 14:58
  • Did you try real chrome like I suggested – gsb Jun 02 '19 at 15:06
  • Yes! Thank youvery much. I've installed the real chrome and it works fine!! Thank you very much for your help – Xavier Rossich Prades Jun 02 '19 at 15:13
  • Why did you downvote my anawe – gsb Jun 02 '19 at 15:31
  • I have upvoted!!! I'lll try to change it – Xavier Rossich Prades Jun 02 '19 at 22:03
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    When I try to vote up it says "Thanks for the feedback! Votes cast by those with less than 15 reputation are recorded, but do not change the publicly displayed post score." – Xavier Rossich Prades Jun 02 '19 at 22:05