"Click to speak" button stopped working Topic is solved

[EranBarLev]

In the Duolingo stories in conversation mode, the "click to speak" button stopped working for me. The button appears, but when I try to click it nothing happens. It doesn't respond. It did work for me until Sunday. I double checked in the settings page that the "speaking exercises" option is enabled. Has this happened to anyone else?

[trackerwannabe]

It hasn't been working for me for some time now. I'm at the point where I habitually click "Can't Speak Now."

If I try to use it, it immediately responds with «Hum... Ce n'est pas tout à fait ça. Essaie encore.» (It used to respond in English. I don't know why it's now responding in French. Maybe because I've been spending a lot of time on the French->English tree lately?)

This is on the android phone app. I haven't seen the feature on the web version.

Good to know I'm not alone in having problems with this feature.

[EranBarLev]

If I try to use it, it immediately responds with «Hum... Ce n'est pas tout à fait ça. Essaie encore.» (It used to respond in English. I don't know why it's now responding in French. Maybe because I've been spending a lot of time on the French->English tree lately?)

I don't even get that. It keeps saying "click to speak" no matter how many times I click it.

If you're doing English from French, Duo assumes your native language is French, so all your interface is supposed to be in French.

[trackerwannabe]

If you're doing English from French, Duo assumes your native language is French, so all your interface is supposed to be in French.

Yes, that's true. But I get that response (en français) even after I switch back to French from English.
I'm guessing it's a bug, but it's not one I care much about.

I don't even get that. It keeps saying "click to speak" no matter how many times I click it.

Do you even get the "Can't Speak Now" option?

[EranBarLev]

Do you even get the "Can't Speak Now" option?

Yes, I have it. But I'd rather just quit the lesson and do the deleted stories (not in conversation mode) until it's hopefully fixed.

[EranBarLev]

Update: It works now!

[trackerwannabe]

Sadly, it still doesn't work for me. I guess my issue is different.

[buho]

Sadly, it still doesn't work for me. I guess my issue is different.

it could be due to so many reasons. here are some i can think of, along with possible solutions:

• your device's speech-to-text not working: could be because Google(whose speech to text comes preinstalled on android) has made a breaking change, or maybe the URL for sending speech to their servers isn't resolving. For this, you can try updating speech-to-text(called speech services by google on play store). If it doesn't work, try clearing its app data and cache.

• it's a duolingo bug: try clearing app data (and/or cache) of Duolingo, or try updating it.

• Duolingo doesn't have permissions: allow voice permission in settings.

if all of above fails, then maybe try web version of Duolingo. Install it as a PWA(progressive web app) so that you get an almost native app experience.

else you can disable speaking exercises on Duolingo, and can say the sentences out loud by yourself. this is what i do.