diff --git a/ios/Podfile b/ios/Podfile
index 8623e160..2dff4172 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile
+++ b/ios/Podfile
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ post_install do |installer|
       project.targets.each do |target|
               target.build_configurations.each do |config|
                   config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '12.0'
+                  config.build_settings['GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS'] ||= [
+                          '$(inherited)',
+                          ## dart: PermissionGroup.microphone
+                          'PERMISSION_MICROPHONE=1',
+                        ]
               end
           end
       end
diff --git a/lib/views/widgets/sound/record_sound.dart b/lib/views/widgets/sound/record_sound.dart
index 5ca797e4..ea2be0ea 100644
--- a/lib/views/widgets/sound/record_sound.dart
+++ b/lib/views/widgets/sound/record_sound.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_sound/flutter_sound.dart';
+import 'package:fluttertoast/fluttertoast.dart';
 import 'package:permission_handler/permission_handler.dart';
 import 'package:rive/rive.dart';
 import 'package:test_sa/views/widgets/buttons/app_icon_button2.dart';
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ class _RecordSoundState extends State<RecordSound> {
     // await Permission.camera
     PermissionStatus status = await Permission.microphone.request();
     if (!status.isGranted) {
+      PermissionStatus status = await Permission.microphone.request();
+      Fluttertoast.showToast(msg: "Permission Denied");
       return;
     }
     _rive.addController(SimpleAnimation('recording'));
@@ -114,11 +117,11 @@ class _RecordSoundState extends State<RecordSound> {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Container(
-      padding: EdgeInsets.only(left: 12, right: 0),
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 12, right: 0),
       decoration: BoxDecoration(
-        color: Color(0xfff5f5f5),
+        color: const Color(0xfff5f5f5),
         border: Border.all(
-          color: Color(0xffefefef),
+          color: const Color(0xffefefef),
         ),
         borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppStyle.borderRadius * AppStyle.getScaleFactor(context)),
       ),
diff --git a/lib/views/widgets/speech_to_text/speech_to_text.dart b/lib/views/widgets/speech_to_text/speech_to_text.dart
index d1e8e12c..6ceb016f 100644
--- a/lib/views/widgets/speech_to_text/speech_to_text.dart
+++ b/lib/views/widgets/speech_to_text/speech_to_text.dart
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ class SpeechToTextButton extends StatefulWidget {
   const SpeechToTextButton({Key key, this.controller, this.mini = false}) : super(key: key);
 
   @override
-  _SpeechToTextButtonState createState() => _SpeechToTextButtonState();
+  SpeechToTextButtonState createState() => SpeechToTextButtonState();
 }
 
-class _SpeechToTextButtonState extends State<SpeechToTextButton> {
+class SpeechToTextButtonState extends State<SpeechToTextButton> {
   bool _speechEnabled = false;
   SettingProvider _settingProvider;
-  SpeechToText _speechToText = SpeechToText();
+  final SpeechToText _speechToText = SpeechToText();
 
   /// This has to happen only once per app
   void _initSpeech() async {
@@ -63,12 +63,15 @@ class _SpeechToTextButtonState extends State<SpeechToTextButton> {
   @override
   void initState() {
     _initSpeech();
+    widget.controller.addListener(() {
+      setState(() {});
+    });
     super.initState();
   }
 
   @override
   void setState(VoidCallback fn) {
-    if (!this.mounted) return;
+    if (!mounted) return;
     super.setState(fn);
   }
 
@@ -76,11 +79,11 @@ class _SpeechToTextButtonState extends State<SpeechToTextButton> {
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     _settingProvider = Provider.of<SettingProvider>(context);
     return Container(
-      padding: EdgeInsets.only(left: 12, right: 12),
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 12, right: 12),
       decoration: BoxDecoration(
-        color: Color(0xfff5f5f5),
+        color: const Color(0xfff5f5f5),
         border: Border.all(
-          color: Color(0xffefefef),
+          color: const Color(0xffefefef),
         ),
         borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppStyle.borderRadius * AppStyle.getScaleFactor(context)),
       ),
@@ -95,8 +98,8 @@ class _SpeechToTextButtonState extends State<SpeechToTextButton> {
                     setState(() {});
                   },
                 )
-              : SizedBox.shrink(),
-          Spacer(),
+              : const SizedBox.shrink(),
+          const Spacer(),
           TextButton(
               onPressed: () {
                 if (_speechToText.isListening) return;
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ class _SpeechToTextButtonState extends State<SpeechToTextButton> {
               child: Text(_settingProvider.speechToText)),
           GestureDetector(
             child: _speechToText.isListening
-                ? Icon(
+                ? const Icon(
                     Icons.fiber_manual_record,
                     color: Colors.red,
                   )
@@ -123,7 +126,11 @@ class _SpeechToTextButtonState extends State<SpeechToTextButton> {
                 Fluttertoast.showToast(msg: "microphone not available");
                 return;
               }
-              _startListening();
+              if (_speechToText.isListening) {
+                _stopListening();
+              } else {
+                _startListening();
+              }
             },
           ),
         ],