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Right. So what are you doing on a computer if not pressing keys on a keyboard all the time?
I actually use many meetings to get a break from the keyboard, so I understand where parent is coming from.
The new tech shouldn't be written off as a waste of money. The old school push-to-talk shouldn't be written off as archaic.
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Yep, that's exactly what I do in Zoom. It's the space bar, and not global (of course), but I stay muted 100% of the time, and press and hold the space bar while I'm talking, then let got when I'm done.
> not global (of course) That's not an "of course" thing (of course). All of the above mentioned apps (Discord etc.) support the PTT hotkeys being global. Windows and OSX support global hotkeys in apps.
The zoom app has lots of room for better features, for sure.
This (ahem) sounds fantastic. I’m currently doing VC off an iPad while sat in front of my Linux workstation. The workstation has no microphone. What kind of mic could I get for it, to migrate all my VC to the workstation?
USB microphones (that integrate the mic preamp and the A/D converter into one unit) are now very common. You just plug them in. In my experience they take zero effort to use with ubuntu or chromeos.
While for microphones (and other audio equipment) there's almost no limit to how expensive you can go, any halfway decent USB microphone should probably be good enough that you're bottlenecked by the application's codec/bitrate.
If you were willing to splurge a bit, you might look at the likes of the Blue Yeti, Rode NT-USB, AKG Lyra, Audio Technica AT2020 USB, or even Shure MV7 which range between $150 and $300.
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>There's some strange psychological thing getting some people to mute their side. I'm not sure whether we're at the same page here PUSH 2 TALK is not TURN ON / TURN OFF switch where you actually mute yourself, it is that you talk while having some button being pushed down e.g MOUSE SCROLL (MOUSE3) (for me it's probably one of the most practical choices) so in this case you're always muted unless you want to talk
Spacebar does that on Zoom :) Mute yourself and then hit spacebar. You'll be unmuted until you release Not sure if this is on by default, by the option for this behavior is in Preferences > Audio > Press and hold 'Space Key' to temporarily unmute Though tbf, Zoom has to be in focus in order for that to work
Is it possible this is an OS limitation? It wouldn't surprise me if macOS, for instance, had privacy restrictions on apps capturing the keyboard when they're out of focus. No idea if that's the case, just wondering.
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And it’s super inconvenient. I prefer to not press my keyboard every single time i need to speak, because otherwise i would be pressing my keyboard all the time. Edit: everyone suggesting me to use my mouse: i use a laptop without a mouse and sit on my sofa while in meetings. I prefer to unmute myself while there’s a discussion where I’m part of and mute myself when I’m not talking anymore. Push to talk every 10 seco…
What's even more inconvenient is you broadcasting all your background noise to everyone on the call, or worse, echoing the call itself due to not using a headset
I only wish the menu bar icon were more prominent somehow, or had the option to overlay a floating semi-transparent window that displayed mute status. I'm always paranoid about whether I'm actually muted and wish I could make it glaringly obvious to myself.
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Spacebar does that on Zoom :) Mute yourself and then hit spacebar. You'll be unmuted until you release Not sure if this is on by default, by the option for this behavior is in Preferences > Audio > Press and hold 'Space Key' to temporarily unmute Though tbf, Zoom has to be in focus in order for that to work
> Though tbf, Zoom has to be in focus in order for that to work. Is it possible this is an OS limitation? It wouldn't surprise me if macOS, for instance, had privacy restrictions on apps capturing the keyboard when they're out of focus. No idea if that's the case, just wondering.
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I actually use many meetings to get a break from the keyboard, so I understand where parent is coming from.
That's totally fair. Both tools should be available. The new tech shouldn't be written off as a waste of money. The old school push-to-talk shouldn't be written off as archaic.
Former PM at a videoconferencing company here - this is a great great great idea. You should consider integrating with Blue Jeans (guess where I was a PM at), Zoom, etc. If it works well and you can get in touch with some folks at the company, you could probably get some promotion in their app directories.
Isn't the better idea to simply remove the keyboard noise? I think a few services do this already...