This made me do a double take: "The key board on Macs has artificial clacking?" but of course this actually mutes your microphone, not your keyboard.
I thought the same thing! :'D
Thanks for enlightening me
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#22This is genius but I usually mute myself before and after speaking. Great idea though for us mechanical switch folks.
Zoom makes this easy with spacebar as push-to-talk button
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360000510003-Push-...
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#23This made me do a double take: "The key board on Macs has artificial clacking?" but of course this actually mutes your microphone, not your keyboard.
I was very confused as well, since that's exactly what it sounded like.
That said, I wouldn't have been surprised at all. I was never more shocked that when I discovered that the trackpad on my MacBook Pro didn't actually buckle a millimeter, and was instead entirely simulated by the haptic feedback. Mind. Blown.
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#24You already have a mute button.. do you really want to deal with unplanned un-muting as opposed to planned muting?
A global keyboard shortcut to mute your mic would probably be best, but otherwise system mute is not easily accessible in MacOS. The Command+Shift+M shortcut for mute in WebEx/Team/Zoom requires focus, which you most likely won't have if you're typing something.
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#25Beautiful homepage, great app UX so far. Will give it a try on my next call. Thanks a lot OP!
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#26This made me do a double take: "The key board on Macs has artificial clacking?" but of course this actually mutes your microphone, not your keyboard.
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#28A solution like rtx voice seems a better way to go tbh. For those who don't know, it's an nvidia thing that uses a GPU accelerated (ofc, it's nvidia) neural network to denoise voice calls, from all kinds of noise, not just typing. It's really pretty impressive, here's a demo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWUHkCgslNE I wish it wasn't proprietary though (and worse, hardware specific). And windows only of course.
Krisp uses ML to remove background noises like dog barking, crispy chips and such. Comes with a subscription model for unlimited use though. https://krisp.ai/
Any open source models available v
Re: Show HN: Unclack – a macOS app that mutes your microphone while you type
#29This made me do a double take: "The key board on Macs has artificial clacking?" but of course this actually mutes your microphone, not your keyboard.
Certain model M keyboards have speakers in them, possibly for audio feedback for the otherwise quiet keyboard. /s