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Firefox stops working when speech recognition is on

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ElTigre
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Firefox stops working when Windows 10 speech recognition is on. 

Interestingly, If I put speech recognition to sleep before I click into Firefox, Firefox Works OK (albeit without speech recognition).  However, if speech recognition is active when I click into Firefox, Firefox is unresponsive for 5 to 10 minutes.
Firefox stops working when Windows 10 speech recognition is on. Interestingly, If I put speech recognition to sleep before I click into Firefox, Firefox Works OK (albeit without speech recognition). However, if speech recognition is active when I click into Firefox, Firefox is unresponsive for 5 to 10 minutes.

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hi, thanks for reporting this. can you try if this change can workaround the performance problem?: go to the firefox menu ≡ > options > privacy & security panel and under permissions check the setting to prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser.

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philipp
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hi, thanks for reporting this. can you try if this change can workaround the performance problem?: go to the firefox menu ≡ > options > privacy & security panel and under permissions check the setting to prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser.

ElTigre
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Thank you Phillip ... It is working now! John