diff --git a/extensions/whisper_stt/script.js b/extensions/whisper_stt/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fff2b297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/whisper_stt/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+var recButton = document.getElementsByClassName("record-button")[0].cloneNode(true);
+var generate_button = document.getElementById("Generate");
+generate_button.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", recButton);
+
+recButton.style.setProperty("margin-left", "-10px");
+recButton.innerText = "Rec.";
+
+
+recButton.addEventListener("click", function() {
+  var originalRecordButton = document.getElementsByClassName("record-button")[1];
+  originalRecordButton.click();
+
+  var stopRecordButtons = document.getElementsByClassName("stop-button");
+  if (stopRecordButtons.length > 1) generate_button.parentElement.removeChild(stopRecordButtons[0]);
+  var stopRecordButton = document.getElementsByClassName("stop-button")[0];
+  generate_button.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", stopRecordButton);
+
+  //stopRecordButton.style.setProperty("margin-left", "-10px");
+  stopRecordButton.style.setProperty("padding-right", "10px");
+  recButton.style.display = "none";
+
+  stopRecordButton.addEventListener("click", function() {
+    recButton.style.display = "flex";
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/extensions/whisper_stt/script.py b/extensions/whisper_stt/script.py
index efc62f41..f52d2542 100644
--- a/extensions/whisper_stt/script.py
+++ b/extensions/whisper_stt/script.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import gradio as gr
 import speech_recognition as sr
+import numpy as np
 
 from modules import shared
 
@@ -45,6 +48,11 @@ def do_stt(audio, whipser_model, whipser_language):
 def auto_transcribe(audio, auto_submit, whipser_model, whipser_language):
     if audio is None:
         return "", ""
+    sample_rate, audio_data = audio
+    if not isinstance(audio_data[0], np.ndarray):      # workaround for chrome audio. Mono?
+        # Convert to 2 channels, so each sample s_i consists of the same value in both channels [val_i, val_i]
+        audio_data = np.column_stack((audio_data, audio_data))
+        audio = (sample_rate, audio_data)
     transcription = do_stt(audio, whipser_model, whipser_language)
     if auto_submit:
         input_hijack.update({"state": True, "value": [transcription, transcription]})
@@ -55,7 +63,7 @@ def auto_transcribe(audio, auto_submit, whipser_model, whipser_language):
 def ui():
     with gr.Accordion("Whisper STT", open=True):
         with gr.Row():
-            audio = gr.Audio(source="microphone")
+            audio = gr.Audio(source="microphone", type="numpy")
         with gr.Row():
             with gr.Accordion("Settings", open=False):
                 auto_submit = gr.Checkbox(label='Submit the transcribed audio automatically', value=params['auto_submit'])
@@ -69,3 +77,13 @@ def ui():
     whipser_model.change(lambda x: params.update({"whipser_model": x}), whipser_model, None)
     whipser_language.change(lambda x: params.update({"whipser_language": x}), whipser_language, None)
     auto_submit.change(lambda x: params.update({"auto_submit": x}), auto_submit, None)
+
+
+def custom_js():
+    """
+    Returns custom javascript as a string. It is applied whenever the web UI is
+    loaded.
+    :return:
+    """
+    with open(Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / "script.js", "r") as f:
+        return f.read()