diff --git a/presentation/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/presentation/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index e0b5e198..5840f75a 100644
--- a/presentation/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/presentation/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@
         <intent>
             <action android:name="android.intent.action.TTS_SERVICE" />
         </intent>
+        <intent>
+            <action android:name="android.speech.RecognitionService" />
+        </intent>
     </queries>
 
 </manifest>
diff --git a/presentation/src/main/java/com/moez/QKSMS/feature/compose/ComposeActivity.kt b/presentation/src/main/java/com/moez/QKSMS/feature/compose/ComposeActivity.kt
index 493d64f7..dbff1f91 100644
--- a/presentation/src/main/java/com/moez/QKSMS/feature/compose/ComposeActivity.kt
+++ b/presentation/src/main/java/com/moez/QKSMS/feature/compose/ComposeActivity.kt
@@ -566,11 +566,12 @@ class ComposeActivity : QkThemedActivity(), ComposeView {
         if (state.scheduling)
             scheduleAction.onNext(true)
 
-        if (prefs.showStt.get()) {
+        // if stt is available and preference is set to show stt button
+        if (isSpeechRecognitionAvailable() && prefs.showStt.get()) {
             speechToTextFrame.isVisible = true
 
-            var xPercent = prefs.showSttOffsetX.get()
-            var yPercent = prefs.showSttOffsetY.get()
+            val xPercent = prefs.showSttOffsetX.get()
+            val yPercent = prefs.showSttOffsetY.get()
 
             // if the stt icon has a custom position, move it
             if ((xPercent != Float.MAX_VALUE) && (yPercent != Float.MAX_VALUE)) {