diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/chat.dart b/lib/pages/chat/chat.dart
index 5e6aa7362..830eaafec 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/chat.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/chat.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
+import 'package:async/async.dart' as async;
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:device_info_plus/device_info_plus.dart';
 import 'package:emoji_picker_flutter/emoji_picker_flutter.dart';
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/learning_settings/language_mismatch_repo.dart'
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/learning_settings/p_language_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/navigation/navigation_util.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/spaces/load_participants_builder.dart';
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/speech_to_text/audio_encoding_enum.dart';
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/speech_to_text/speech_to_text_repo.dart';
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/speech_to_text/speech_to_text_request_model.dart';
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/speech_to_text/speech_to_text_response_model.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/subscription/widgets/paywall_card.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/token_info_feedback/show_token_feedback_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/token_info_feedback/token_info_feedback_request.dart';
@@ -1207,7 +1212,11 @@ class ChatController extends State<ChatPageWithRoom>
     replyEvent.value = null;
     // Pangea#
 
-    room
+    // #Pangea
+    final transcriptFuture = _getVoiceMessageTranscript(file);
+    // room
+    final eventFuture = room
+        // Pangea#
         .sendFileEvent(
           file,
           // #Pangea
@@ -1229,7 +1238,6 @@ class ChatController extends State<ChatPageWithRoom>
           },
           // #Pangea
         )
-        .then(_sendVoiceMessageAnalytics)
         .catchError((e, s) {
           ErrorHandler.logError(
             e: e,
@@ -1247,6 +1255,39 @@ class ChatController extends State<ChatPageWithRoom>
     //   );
     //   return null;
     // });
+
+    Future.wait([eventFuture, transcriptFuture]).then((results) async {
+      final eventId = results[0] as String?;
+      final transcript = results[1] as async.Result<SpeechToTextResponseModel>;
+      if (eventId == null) {
+        ErrorHandler.logError(
+          e: Exception('eventID null in voiceMessageAction'),
+          s: StackTrace.current,
+          data: {'roomId': roomId},
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (transcript.result == null) return;
+      final stt = transcript.result!;
+      final event = await room.getEventById(eventId);
+      if (event == null) {
+        ErrorHandler.logError(
+          e: Exception('Event not found after sending voice message'),
+          s: StackTrace.current,
+          data: {'roomId': roomId},
+        );
+      } else {
+        final messageEvent = PangeaMessageEvent(
+          event: event,
+          timeline: timeline!,
+          ownMessage: true,
+        );
+        messageEvent.sendSttRepresentationEvent(stt);
+      }
+
+      _sendVoiceMessageAnalytics(eventId, stt);
+    });
     // Pangea#
     return;
   }
@@ -2191,39 +2232,11 @@ class ChatController extends State<ChatPageWithRoom>
     }
   }
 
-  Future<void> _sendVoiceMessageAnalytics(String? eventId) async {
-    if (eventId == null) {
-      ErrorHandler.logError(
-        e: Exception('eventID null in voiceMessageAction'),
-        s: StackTrace.current,
-        data: {'roomId': roomId},
-      );
-      return;
-    }
-
-    final event = await room.getEventById(eventId);
-    if (event == null) {
-      ErrorHandler.logError(
-        e: Exception('Event not found after sending voice message'),
-        s: StackTrace.current,
-        data: {'roomId': roomId},
-      );
-      return;
-    }
-
+  Future<void> _sendVoiceMessageAnalytics(
+    String eventId,
+    SpeechToTextResponseModel stt,
+  ) async {
     try {
-      final messageEvent = PangeaMessageEvent(
-        event: event,
-        timeline: timeline!,
-        ownMessage: true,
-      );
-
-      final stt = await messageEvent.requestSpeechToText(
-        MatrixState.pangeaController.userController.userL1?.langCodeShort ??
-            LanguageKeys.unknownLanguage,
-        MatrixState.pangeaController.userController.userL2?.langCodeShort ??
-            LanguageKeys.unknownLanguage,
-      );
       if (stt.transcript.sttTokens.isEmpty) return;
       final constructs = stt.constructs(roomId, eventId);
       if (constructs.isEmpty) return;
@@ -2241,6 +2254,35 @@ class ChatController extends State<ChatPageWithRoom>
     }
   }
 
+  Future<async.Result<SpeechToTextResponseModel>> _getVoiceMessageTranscript(
+    MatrixAudioFile file,
+  ) async {
+    return SpeechToTextRepo.get(
+      MatrixState.pangeaController.userController.accessToken,
+      SpeechToTextRequestModel(
+        audioContent: file.bytes,
+        config: SpeechToTextAudioConfigModel(
+          encoding: mimeTypeToAudioEncoding(file.mimeType),
+          sampleRateHertz: 22050,
+          userL1:
+              MatrixState
+                  .pangeaController
+                  .userController
+                  .userL1
+                  ?.langCodeShort ??
+              LanguageKeys.unknownLanguage,
+          userL2:
+              MatrixState
+                  .pangeaController
+                  .userController
+                  .userL2
+                  ?.langCodeShort ??
+              LanguageKeys.unknownLanguage,
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
   void showNextMatch() {
     MatrixState.pAnyState.closeOverlay();
     final match = choreographer.igcController.openMatches.firstOrNull;
diff --git a/lib/pangea/chat/widgets/pangea_chat_input_row.dart b/lib/pangea/chat/widgets/pangea_chat_input_row.dart
index 7dcb3981f..c7559d1f4 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/chat/widgets/pangea_chat_input_row.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/chat/widgets/pangea_chat_input_row.dart
@@ -327,17 +327,7 @@ class PangeaChatInputRow extends StatelessWidget {
                                       .value
                               ? IconButton(
                                   tooltip: L10n.of(context).voiceMessage,
-                                  onPressed: () => ScaffoldMessenger.of(context)
-                                      .showSnackBar(
-                                        SnackBar(
-                                          content: Text(
-                                            L10n.of(
-                                              context,
-                                            ).longPressToRecordVoiceMessage,
-                                          ),
-                                        ),
-                                      ),
-                                  onLongPress: () => recordingViewModel
+                                  onPressed: () => recordingViewModel
                                       .startRecording(controller.room),
                                   style: IconButton.styleFrom(
                                     backgroundColor: theme.bubbleColor,
diff --git a/lib/pangea/events/event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart b/lib/pangea/events/event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart
index 6f930464f..fb925bf91 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/events/event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/events/event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart
@@ -444,13 +444,13 @@ class PangeaMessageEvent {
     }
 
     if (sendEvent) {
-      _sendSttRepresentationEvent(result.result!);
+      sendSttRepresentationEvent(result.result!);
     }
 
     return result.result!;
   }
 
-  Future<Event?> _sendSttRepresentationEvent(
+  Future<Event?> sendSttRepresentationEvent(
     SpeechToTextResponseModel stt,
   ) async {
     final representation = PangeaRepresentation(
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class PangeaMessageEvent {
     SpeechToTextResponseModel? stt = rep?.content.speechToText;
     if (rep == null) {
       stt ??= await requestSpeechToText(l1Code, l2Code, sendEvent: false);
-      final repEvent = await _sendSttRepresentationEvent(stt);
+      final repEvent = await sendSttRepresentationEvent(stt);
       if (repEvent == null) {
         throw Exception("Failed to send representation event for STT");
       }