Hi pv7
Your problem with the speech recognition feature may be the same as mine.
This link is my question at MIT App Inventor "Bugs and Other Issues".
I also tried both the original SpeechRecognaizer function and the ScSpeechRecognizerV9_1.aix extension, but they did not work in Android 11.
ewpatton has dealt with this issue and it will be fixed in the next version update.
He also gave me a hint on how to get it working now if I want it to work now.
Since it is not an emergency for me, I did not use the old version of the companion and am looking forward to the new version to be released.
Please see the link for details.