I’m a long time user of Duolingo and it’s the only application that has the below problem…
Duolingo has some speaking exercises in which you can speak instead of typing a sentence. When you select this type of exercise, Duolingo asks you to enable access to the microphone. When you give it such a permission, it goes on asking for it. I checked that microphone access is indeed included in the app’s permissions.
All the other applications that need to use the microphone run without any problem.
Anybody else facing this issue with /e/OS?
I’m using the latest version of /e/OS on Fairphone 5. Duolingo was working fine on the same device before I switched to /e/OS one year ago.
I have a similar issue with Duolingo. Initially it worked ok with the speaking excercises but for several months now it hasn’t presented me with any speaking excercises at all.
I don’t get any popups asking for permissions or anything though.
I am also using the latest version of /e/OS on Fairphone 5
I just found a post on reddit with someone having the same issue. They found that Duolingo depends on the Google App for microphone access. They re-enabled the Google App, restarted the phone and the speaking excercises returned.
I installed the Google App for AndroidAuto and then removed it a little while ago. That must be what broke mine, maybe it is the same for you?
Interesting! Duolingo probably needs the “Google” app for speech recognition.
I haven’t tried yet because it doesn’t look trivial to install the “Google” app (couldn’t find it in the defaut /e/OS app store), and because I’m more interested in the Google free experience than in speaking exercises
Hey there, i m new to /e/os. My previous old phone couldn’t handle speaking exercises and I was eager to use it on my new phone but I have the same problem here with my FP5.
Any solution ?
Hi, I found out which one is “the Google app”. It’s speech recognition and synthesis by Google. It can be found in the app store and can easily be installed, it is however a Google app. When installed you have to give it permission to use the microphone and be used through other apps then it works for me.
We need more clarity. Is the required Google voice app called Googlequicksearchbox from microG? And how do you grant permission for this app to be used in others? Duolingo settings doesn’t mention anything about requiring Google, and Google app’s permissions for “use in other apps” cannot be changed.
I guess it’s the app called “Speech Reconition & Synthesis” by Google LLC, which provides Speech-to-Text and vice versa.
Duolingo doesn’t mention it, because they just assume that you’re using an Android app on a Google-powered phone, because that is the standard. Many apps do that, actually.
