Google chrome access the microphone

Google has a funny feature that we can access from Google chrome (work with the chromium build too). We pronounce a search query and Google make the search. But my question is how Chrome can access the microphone? (there is no flash here). If Google can listen what I said, what is done to prevent a malicious website to listen what is saif in the room?

That is a good question. I believe it uses HTML5 / javascript on top of Native Client. Native Client is designed to a alllow native code to to be safely run within the client or in this case web browser. Of course, people can create hacks of the ap which allows said hackers to listen to you from your microphone without your permission. Native Client of course makes this harder. I hope I explained it correctly.

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Regards.

First, back up all data immediately, as your boot drive might be failing.
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Reset the System Management Controller.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
Otherwise, take the steps below when you notice the problem.
Step 1
Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
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Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
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Select the System Memory tab. What values are shown in the bottom part of the window for Page outs and Swap used?
Next, select the Disk Activity tab. Post the approximate values shown for Reads in/sec and Writes out/sec (not Reads in and Writes out.)
Step 2
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Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some personal information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting. That should be easy to do if your extract is not too long.

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You'll be fine as long as you get it from Google.
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

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How can I access the microphone for talk to text feature?

I read previous solutions offered including choosing languages under settings, which is not there on my phone, or long clicking the "gear" icon next to the spacebar when in text, which is also not appearing.

GGTN,
We want you to be able to enjoy using the voice features on your keyboard. Were you able to see what software your iPhone 4S is running? Settings>General>About>Verison. Does your device have an available software update? Settings>General>Software Update If there is an available software update please update the device and let us know if the microphone appears.
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Oddly, I don't see a Reviews tab (I have Overview, In the box, Details/manuals, Accessories).
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Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
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Any difference?

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My Page has data more than one page, it has verticle scroll bar to view all data .
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Does the entire webpage appear in Print Preview? 
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Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Precision 340, Pentium 4, 2GB RAM, two GeForce MX4000 graphics cards, AVG Internet Security 2014. Broadband connection with download speeds up to about 27Mb/s.
I get the same symptoms on a homebuilt system with an almost identical spec.
Internet pages with any graphics at all load very slowly. Reliable websites like BBC News can take at least 30 seconds to open, making Firefox unusable for surfing.
Google Chrome, on the same PC, opens the same pages in about 4 seconds.
Firefox running under Ubuntu Studio 9, on the homebuilt PC, is also fine, so I don't think it's my internet connection.
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What's slowng down Firefox 30 on my Windows XP machines please?

Sorry you are having problems. Thanks for a good descriptive post. There is a testcase; see under; does the globe spin slowly ?
Just a hunch at the moment but maybe the problem described in this thread.
* ''Firefox is unbearably slow after updating to version 27'' [/questions/985969]
** summary [/questions/985969?page=3#answer-546599]
** my general comments [/questions/985969?page=3#answer-546520]
* Useful page as '''testcase''' globe should spin at 15 RPM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rotating_earth_%28large%29.gif
Not engineers have now started to investigate so there may be further news later in the week
There is a testcase as above.
Bugzilla used for bug tracking and reporting
*Please only vote though do not add comments unless it is brand new information, or it is something asked for in the bug.
** https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=voting.html
**https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html
**[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=973149 Bug 973149 - Animations cause CPU Kernel mode overhead]
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Does anyone have experience with Google Chrome on the new Macbook Pro with Retina display?
I'm tired of Safari running really slow videos.
Thanks for any help!
John

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I can open the web site (Chemistry) but the links within won't work, however they will in Google Chrome

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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
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"Remove the Cookies" from sites causing problems:
* Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
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Flash player lags bad with Firefox but not with google chrome,what is the problem ?

Every time i try to play any game using flash player with Firefox i have a lot of lag time. I have to stop playing and wait for things to catch up to play to play any more,I do not have this problem with google chrome playing the same games.I have updated all add ons and plugins.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== about a month ago

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Google Chrome locked and I can't remove it nor shiut down the computer

Are there any other ways to shut down the computer other than the power button?

Try OPTION+COMMAND+ESC and select Google Chrome from the menu. If no success, hold the power key down for 10+ seconds.
Ciao.

Right click on Captivate 8 compatible with Google Chrome ?

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Kind regards,
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Ok, the link that you have provided did not help me very much.
I needed to delete my profile on this machine, but after that I got stucked with error:
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bostjanc

Google chrome access the microphone

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