Records voice automatically when editing a card

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When I try to edit a card, it automatically starts to record, even if I am not pressing anything. When I try to cancel the ongoing record, it wont cancel or close the tab. It just keeps on recording. I already tried on disabling the add -ons, editing preferences and reverting to older versions but the problem keeps on repeating.

Anki 25.09.2 (3890e12c) (ao)
Python 3.13.5 Qt 6.9.1 PyQt 6.9.1
Platform: Windows-11-10.0.26200-SP0

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles.venv\Lib\site-packages\aqt\taskman.py”, line 152, in raise_exception
raise exception
File “C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles.venv\Lib\site-packages\aqt\taskman.py”, line 148, in _on_closures_pending
closure()
~~~~~~~^^
File “C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles.venv\Lib\site-packages\aqt\taskman.py”, line 88, in
lambda future: self.run_on_main(lambda: on_done(future))
~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles.venv\Lib\site-packages\aqt\sound.py”, line 724, in and_then
Recorder.stop(self, on_done)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles.venv\Lib\site-packages\aqt\sound.py”, line 613, in stop
on_done(self.output_path)
~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\AnkiProgramFiles.venv\Lib\site-packages\aqt\sound.py”, line 851, in cleanup
os.unlink(out)
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: ‘C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\anki_temp\rec.wav’

===Add-ons (active)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
‘’ [‘anki-launcher’, 0, ‘None’, ‘’]

===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons===

===Add-ons (inactive)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
Always On Top V2 - permanently keep Anki as top Fixed by Shige [‘1045980020’, 2025-10-27T09:54, ‘None’, mod]
AnkiBrain AnkiChatGPT - GPT-4 GPT 35 with auto-cards and document analysis [‘1915225457’, 2025-05-25T22:30, ‘None’, ‘’]
Batch Editing [‘291119185’, 2023-10-26T08:38, ‘None’, ‘’]
Button Colours Good Again [‘2494384865’, 2022-09-27T18:18, ‘None’, ‘’]
Clickable Tags v20 [‘1739176371’, 2022-01-31T06:58, ‘None’, ‘’]
Countdown To Events and Exams [‘1143540799’, 2022-06-27T19:50, ‘None’, ‘’]
Custom Background Image and Gear Icon [‘1210908941’, 2025-06-22T21:27, ‘None’, mod]
High Yield Tags [‘1918380616’, 2023-01-11T03:14, ‘None’, ‘’]
Progress bar - Visualize reviewed cards and remaining Fixed by Shige [‘1708250053’, 2024-11-11T04:00, ‘None’, mod]
Quick tagging 21 [‘304770511’, 2020-02-11T14:17, ‘None’, ‘’]
Review Heatmap [‘1771074083’, 2022-06-30T09:43, ‘None’, ‘’]
Study Time Stats [‘1247171202’, 2024-02-25T00:59, ‘None’, ‘’]
extended editor for field for tables searchreplace [‘805891399’, 2025-07-06T18:41, ‘None’, mod]

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The main thing this sounds like is a keyboard shortcut that has gone rogue, possibly from an add-on, but possibly from something in your OS or a 3rd-party app that is managing shortcuts.

A few things you can clarify –

  1. Record-voice doesn’t ordinarily happen in a separate “tab.” Are you seeing something other than a small pop-up window that looks like this?

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  2. Is this happening when you edit notes in the Browse window? Or when you click Edit from the study screen and get the “Edit Current” note window? And is this only when editing – not happening in “Add” note window?

  3. What’s the exact sequence of what you’re doing – including what mouse clicks and keyboard shortcuts? Specifics like – what screen you are on before this, how you are getting to the editing window, what you do in the editing window before this starts, how you are trying to cancel/close it, etc.

  1. Have you tried everything else on the Troubleshooting Checklist – even the ones you don’t think are related?
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