How do I make my microphone work?

[katholt2001]

I have the microphone enabled in the duolingo settings and I know I have a microphone in my computer (I have a macbook)- I checked the settings under google chrome voice commands and it seems to be configured ok. I don't think the little 'adobe flash player' box has ever popped up for me during the set up.
I have a macbook (about 1.5 years old), use google chrome, and popups, cookies & javascript are all enabled in my google chrome settings.
Thanks!

[singlespace]

It's a terrible Flash bug that Adobe never bothered to fix. Here's the work around: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tyHV_cz5gA