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Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

CraftThatBlock wrote: post #38
spullara wrote: post #29

Just use NVIDIA Broadcast. Filters out everything but talking.

NVIDIA Broadcast is only available on Windows (but free and works very well if you have a RTX card). Use it if available! If using Discord, Krisp is built-in. On Windows/Mac, you can also install Krisp standalone. On Linux, I would recommend NoiseTorch or other similar software.

> and works very well if you have a RTX card

If you have a non-RTX nVidia GPU, you can use RTX Voice, which is the same functionality as the nVidia Broadcast noise removal, and doesn't require an RTX card despite the name.

I was using RTX Voice on my GTX 1070 just fine.

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by banana_giraffe »

tester756 wrote: post #48

Maybe if those "modern" video-conference apps had one, decades old option that was (and still is) avaliable in almost all gaming-oriented voice software (ventrilo, mumble, teamspeak, discord) called PUSH 2 TALK then this problem would be solved, same with the problem of kids/other people in the background (especially this) but yea, we need AI/Blockchain based solutions that require thousands of hours of engineering e…

Zoom at least has such a feature, I use it all the time.

There's some strange psychological thing getting some people to mute their side. I guess it's because some people are used to a ton of noise around them they assume others are ok with it too, but I'm probably reading way too much into things.

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

dbrower wrote: post #10

Cool! Windows please. Someone. Anyone.

If you have an RTX card, get nVidia Broadcast.

If you have a non-RTX card (like a GTX 1070), get RTX voice. Despite the name, it does not require an RTX card.

Seriously, nVidia's noise removal is absolute magic, as far as I'm concerned. https://youtu.be/uWUHkCgslNE

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by tester756 »

banana_giraffe wrote: post #52
tester756 wrote: post #48

Maybe if those "modern" video-conference apps had one, decades old option that was (and still is) avaliable in almost all gaming-oriented voice software (ventrilo, mumble, teamspeak, discord) called PUSH 2 TALK then this problem would be solved, same with the problem of kids/other people in the background (especially this) but yea, we need AI/Blockchain based solutions that require thousands of hours of engineering e…

Zoom at least has such a feature, I use it all the time. There's some strange psychological thing getting some people to mute their side. I guess it's because some people are used to a ton of noise around them they assume others are ok with it too, but I'm probably reading way too much into things.

>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

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by alkonaut »

dbrower wrote: post #10

Cool! Windows please. Someone. Anyone.

I actually tried writing a version of this for windows just an hour before this was written. Usually when I do this I find there is one already just as I finish it, but if not then I’ll put it on GitHub within a week. Will post another msg here if I do.

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by asutekku »

tester756 wrote: post #48

Maybe if those "modern" video-conference apps had one, decades old option that was (and still is) avaliable in almost all gaming-oriented voice software (ventrilo, mumble, teamspeak, discord) called PUSH 2 TALK then this problem would be solved, same with the problem of kids/other people in the background (especially this) but yea, we need AI/Blockchain based solutions that require thousands of hours of engineering e…

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 seconds for 10 minutes is much more inconvenient than just having the mic on all the time.

Note that I do not work as a programmer.

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by tester756 »

asutekku wrote: post #57
tester756 wrote: post #48

Maybe if those "modern" video-conference apps had one, decades old option that was (and still is) avaliable in almost all gaming-oriented voice software (ventrilo, mumble, teamspeak, discord) called PUSH 2 TALK then this problem would be solved, same with the problem of kids/other people in the background (especially this) but yea, we need AI/Blockchain based solutions that require thousands of hours of engineering e…

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…

>I prefer to not press my keyboard

Use your mouse then - e.g scroll button (on push, on scroll, whatever you want) or side buttons on modern / gaming mouses

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by goldbeck »

tester756 wrote: post #54
banana_giraffe wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zoom at least has such a feature, I use it all the time. There's some strange psychological thing getting some people to mute their side. I guess it's because some people are used to a ton of noise around them they assume others are ok with it too, but I'm probably reading way too much into things.

>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

Re: Mute Your Microphone While Typing with Hushboard

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Post by tester756 »

goldbeck wrote: post #59
tester756 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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

But you have to have zoom "on focus"?

e.g can you write code in your fancy IDE and hit space to unmute temporarily yourself?

edit:

Ok, I now see

>Though tbf, Zoom has to be in focus in order for that to work

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