diff --git a/src/utils/tldraw/cc-base/cc-transcription/transcriptionService.tsx b/src/utils/tldraw/cc-base/cc-transcription/transcriptionService.tsx
index 31a0403..7e27112 100644
--- a/src/utils/tldraw/cc-base/cc-transcription/transcriptionService.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/tldraw/cc-base/cc-transcription/transcriptionService.tsx
@@ -26,28 +26,19 @@ export class TranscriptionService {
 
   async startTranscription(config: TranscriptionConfig = {}) {
     console.log('🎙️ Starting transcription service...');
-    
+
     try {
-      // Get default audio device if none selected
-      if (!this.selectedDeviceId) {
-        console.log('No device selected, getting default device...');
-        const devices = await navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices();
-        const audioDevice = devices.find(device => device.kind === 'audioinput');
-        if (audioDevice) {
-          this.selectedDeviceId = audioDevice.deviceId;
-          console.log('Found default audio device:', audioDevice.label);
-        }
-      }
+      logger.info('transcription-service', '🔊 Requesting microphone access...');
 
-      if (!this.selectedDeviceId) {
-        logger.error('transcription-service', '⚠️ No audio device available');
-        return;
-      }
+      // Call getUserMedia directly — this triggers the browser permission prompt.
+      // The old code called enumerateDevices() first to find a device ID, but
+      // without microphone permission deviceId is always "" (empty string, falsy),
+      // causing an early return that never prompted the user for permission.
+      const audioConstraints: MediaTrackConstraints = this.selectedDeviceId
+        ? { deviceId: { exact: this.selectedDeviceId } }
+        : { echoCancellation: true, noiseSuppression: true };
 
-      logger.info('transcription-service', '🔊 Accessing user media...');
-      this.stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
-        audio: { deviceId: this.selectedDeviceId },
-      });
+      this.stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: audioConstraints });
       console.log('Got audio stream');
 
       const uuid = crypto.randomUUID();