diff --git a/app/recordings/recording_edit.php b/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
index 3216b5d982..ab76116937 100644
--- a/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
+++ b/app/recordings/recording_edit.php
@@ -42,13 +42,21 @@
 	$language = new text;
 	$text = $language->get();
 
+//set defaults
+	$recording_name = '';
+	$recording_message = '';
+	$recording_description = '';
+	$recording_uuid = '';
+
 //add the settings object
-	$settings = new settings(["domain_uuid" => $SESSION['domain_uuid']]);
-	$speech_enabled = $settings->get('ai', 'speech_enabled');
+	$settings = new settings(["domain_uuid" => $_SESSION['domain_uuid'], "user_uuid" => $_SESSION['user_uuid']]);
+	$speech_enabled = $settings->get('ai', 'speech_enabled', 'false');
+	$speech_engine = $settings->get('ai', 'speech_engine', '');
 	$transcribe_enabled = $settings->get('ai', 'transcribe_enabled');
+	$transcribe_engine = $settings->get('ai', 'transcribe_engine');
 
 //add the audio object and get the voices and languages arrays
-	if ($speech_enabled == 'true' || $transcribe_enabled == 'true') {
+	if (($speech_enabled == 'true' && !empty($speech_engine)) || ($transcribe_enabled == 'true' && !empty($transcribe_engine))) {
 		$ai = new ai($settings);
 		$voices = $ai->get_voices();
 		$translate_enabled = false;
diff --git a/app/recordings/recordings.php b/app/recordings/recordings.php
index 954a004334..daf22c6c2a 100644
--- a/app/recordings/recordings.php
+++ b/app/recordings/recordings.php
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+//set the default value for speech
+	$speech_enabled = !empty($_SESSION['ai']['speech_enabled']['boolean']) && !empty($_SESSION['ai']['speech_engine']['text']);
+
 //create token
 	$object = new token;
 	$token = $object->create($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
diff --git a/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_speech.php b/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_speech.php
index d3c65257cb..cda17125ad 100644
--- a/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_speech.php
+++ b/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_speech.php
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ if (!interface_exists('ai_speech')) {
 		public function set_format(string $audio_format);
 		public function set_voice(string $audio_voice);
 		public function set_message(string $audio_message);
+		public function get_voices() : array;
+		public function get_language_enabled() : bool;
+		public function set_language(string $audio_language);
+		public function get_languages() : array;
 		public function speech() : bool;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_transcribe.php b/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_transcribe.php
index ef16c4c99e..717ba0a0d4 100644
--- a/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_transcribe.php
+++ b/core/ai/resources/interfaces/ai_transcribe.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ if (!interface_exists('ai_transcribe')) {
 		public function set_path(string $audio_path);
 		public function set_filename(string $audio_filename);
 		public function transcribe() : string;
+		public function set_language(string $audio_language);
+		public function get_languages() : array;
 	}
 }