Public bug reported: The voice typing feature of google docs is a online speech-to-text converter. It can be found on any google docs document under Toosl>Voice Typing and it only runs with Chrome or Chromium.
However while I can use this feature using the google chromium.deb build. I cdoesn't work on the chromium snap. Instead the browser constantly opens and closes the access to the microphone, resulting in a flickering microphone icon in the top right of the screen. The fact that this works with the .deb but not with the snap make me think it is a snap related issue. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Release: 20.04 $ apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Version table: 1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages 80.0.3987.163-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages $ apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable google-chrome-stable: Installed: 85.0.4183.102-1 Candidate: 85.0.4183.102-1 Version table: *** 85.0.4183.102-1 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: snap -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1895821 Title: No voice typing with chromium snap at google docs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1895821/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs