diff --git a/jquery-turtle.js b/jquery-turtle.js
index 19ab9cb..9f4064d 100644
--- a/jquery-turtle.js
+++ b/jquery-turtle.js
@@ -6886,6 +6886,7 @@ var turtlefn = {
           var msg = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(words);
           msg.addEventListener('end', complete);
           msg.addEventListener('error', complete);
+          msg.lang = 'en-GB';
           speechSynthesis.speak(msg);
           pollTimer = setInterval(function() {
             // Chrome speech synthesis fails to deliver an 'end' event
@@ -9702,44 +9703,6 @@ function prepareInput(name, callback, type) {
       return false;
     }
   }
-  if (type == 'voice') {
-    var SR = global.SpeechRecognition || global.webkitSpeechRecognition;
-    if ('function' == typeof(SR)) {
-      try {
-        recognition = new SR();
-        recognition.continuous = false;
-        recognition.interimResults = true;
-        textbox.css({backgroundColor: 'lightyellow',
-          color: 'gray',
-          backgroundImage: "url(" + microphoneSvg + ")",
-          backgroundRepeat: 'no-repeat',
-          backgroundPosition: 'center'});
-        recognition.onspeechstart = function() {
-          textbox.css({background: 'lightgreen'});
-        };
-        recognition.onend = function() {
-          textbox.css({color: '', backgroundColor: '', backgroundImage: '',
-            backgroundRepeat: '', backgroundPosition: ''});
-          textbox.val(lastseen);
-          newval();
-        };
-        recognition.onresult = function(event) {
-          var text = event.results[0][0].transcript;
-          var confidence = event.results[0][0].confidence;
-          var shade = 128 - 128 * confidence;
-          if (event.results[0].isFinal) {
-            shade = 0;
-            lastseen = text;
-          }
-          textbox.css({color: componentColor('rgb', shade, shade, shade)});
-          textbox.val(text);
-        };
-        recognition.start();
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.log(e);
-      }
-    }
-  }
   textbox.on('keypress keydown', key);
   textbox.on('change', newval);
   return {
@@ -9755,6 +9718,44 @@ function prepareInput(name, callback, type) {
             marginwidth = textbox.outerWidth(true) - textbox.width();
         textbox.width(desiredwidth - marginwidth);
       }
+      if (type == 'voice') {
+        var SR = global.SpeechRecognition || global.webkitSpeechRecognition;
+        if ('function' == typeof(SR)) {
+          try {
+            recognition = new SR();
+            recognition.continuous = false;
+            recognition.interimResults = true;
+            textbox.css({backgroundColor: 'lightyellow',
+              color: 'gray',
+              backgroundImage: "url(" + microphoneSvg + ")",
+              backgroundRepeat: 'no-repeat',
+              backgroundPosition: 'center'});
+            recognition.onspeechstart = function() {
+              textbox.css({background: 'lightgreen'});
+            };
+            recognition.onend = function() {
+              textbox.css({color: '', backgroundColor: '', backgroundImage: '',
+                backgroundRepeat: '', backgroundPosition: ''});
+              textbox.val(lastseen);
+              newval();
+            };
+            recognition.onresult = function(event) {
+              var text = event.results[0][0].transcript;
+              var confidence = event.results[0][0].confidence;
+              var shade = 128 - 128 * confidence;
+              if (event.results[0].isFinal) {
+                shade = 0;
+                lastseen = text;
+              }
+              textbox.css({color: componentColor('rgb', shade, shade, shade)});
+              textbox.val(text);
+            };
+            recognition.start();
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.log(e);
+          }
+        }
+      }
       // Focus, but don't cause autoscroll to occur due to focus.
       undoScrollAfter(function() { textbox.focus(); });
     }