Speech-to-Text for Textareas

Adds a microphone button to textareas for speech-to-text input

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Speech-to-Text for Textareas
// @namespace    http://yourdomain.example
// @version      1.0
// @description  Adds a microphone button to textareas for speech-to-text input
// @match        *://*/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    const SpeechRecognition = window.SpeechRecognition || window.webkitSpeechRecognition;
    if (!SpeechRecognition) return;

    function addMicButton(textarea) {
        if (textarea.nextSibling && textarea.nextSibling.className === 'stt-mic-btn') return;

        const btn = document.createElement('button');
        btn.textContent = '🎤';
        btn.className = 'stt-mic-btn';
        btn.style.marginLeft = '5px';
        btn.title = 'Click to start speech-to-text';

        btn.onclick = function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            const recognition = new SpeechRecognition();
            recognition.lang = 'en-US';
            recognition.interimResults = false;
            recognition.maxAlternatives = 1;

            recognition.onresult = function(event) {
                const transcript = event.results[0][0].transcript;
                textarea.value += (textarea.value ? ' ' : '') + transcript;
            };
            recognition.onerror = function(event) {
                alert('Speech recognition error: ' + event.error);
            };
            recognition.start();
        };

        textarea.parentNode.insertBefore(btn, textarea.nextSibling);
    }

    document.querySelectorAll('textarea').forEach(addMicButton);

    const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
        document.querySelectorAll('textarea').forEach(addMicButton);
    });
    observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
})();