# VoiceIME Speech Input

> Speech input everywhere! Voice Input Speech input Google Speech to text STT

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/voiceime](https://chrome-stats.com/d/voiceime)

## Overview

- **ID:** `voiceime`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** FoxRefire
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 144
- **Weekly downloads:** 36
- **Rating:** 2.50 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-09
- **First published:** 2025-08-29
- **Size:** 370 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-28
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/voiceime/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/FoxRefire/VoiceIME](https://github.com/FoxRefire/VoiceIME)

## Description

Firefox does not have a built-in voice input API like Chrome does, so voice input is not possible by default.

This extension uses Google's API to enable voice input in Firefox.

## Rankings

- #9,945 — Overall
- #3 — input
- #14 — speech
- #38 — text to speech
- #40 — speech to text
- #127 — ai tech

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/voiceime)