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I don't think it allows any arbitrary website to record your sounds. Your browser is in charge of turning your sounds into text right?

without asking whether it was allowed to

I'd hope the mic icon and popup are part of chrome, rather than being something implemented by the web page. If that's the case then consent is implied by clicking on the mic icon.

I'm ok with it. Much in the same way I don't expect to be asked if it's ok to send data to their servers every time I do a normal text search.

In what way do you think it could be abused?

It's one of those web things, without a prompt it feels like any site ever could just recording through the mic and saving it.

Didn't you have to click the mic icon before it started recording anything?

Yes, but I don't know what the mic icon is. Does it just call a function? Is it a Chrome-provided icon that is always on top? Can the menu that is shown be edited by the website?

It calls a browser function, not a javascript function.