Does sayit work in Safari?

Yes, sayit works in Safari. It's one of four browsers named directly in sayit's own FAQ — "Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox on a laptop, desktop or phone" — with nothing to install and no separate setup beyond allowing microphone access the first time you record.

30-second version: Safari is officially supported, on Mac and iPhone both, right alongside Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Grant microphone access once and recording, scoring, and per-word feedback all work the same as in any other supported browser.

What actually happens in Safari

Recording, scoring, and feedback all run the same way in Safari as in any other supported browser — the microphone capture, the upload for analysis, and the per-word IPA verdicts aren't Chrome-specific. Safari is one browser sayit is built and tested against, not an unofficial fallback.

Where this is genuinely fine

• No extension, no plugin, no special setting — grant microphone permission once and you're recording.
• Works the same on macOS Safari and iOS Safari, so the experience carries over between a Mac and an iPhone.
• It's named in the same sentence as Chrome, Edge and Firefox in sayit's FAQ — not an afterthought.

Where it's worth a second look

• The Chrome/Edge browser extension is Chromium-only, so if you use the on-page selection toolbar to practise sentences on whatever you're reading, that specific feature isn't available in Safari — the main app is where Safari users should go.
• Like every browser sayit runs in, Safari still needs an internet connection: recording is local, but scoring happens on sayit's servers.
• Microphone permission prompts look a little different in Safari than in Chrome, but the underlying request is the same one-time grant — once you allow it for the site, you won't be asked again on that device.

What to check if recording doesn't start

If the microphone doesn't seem to pick up in Safari, the most common cause is a permission that was denied once and never revisited — Safari remembers that choice per site, so it's worth checking your site permissions in Safari's settings rather than assuming something's broken. This isn't a sayit-specific quirk; it's how every browser handles microphone access, and it applies identically whether you're on Chrome, Edge or Firefox.

Safari on Mac versus Safari on iPhone

Both count as fully supported, but they sit in slightly different places in sayit's roadmap. Safari on a Mac is simply one of the four named desktop-class browsers, on equal footing with Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Safari on an iPhone is currently the only way to use sayit on that device — there's no native iOS app yet, so the browser isn't a fallback there, it's the whole story, and it's the same full-fidelity recording and scoring engine either way.

Who should just use it

If you're on a Mac or an iPhone and don't want to install anything, Safari is a fully supported way to use sayit today — see does sayit work on iPhone? for the phone-specific picture, including what a future native app adds beyond the browser.

Try it

Open the app directly in Safari — no card needed for the first take.