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Push-to-Talk, but works at Pulseaudio level, so it works on all apps at once. It has a single global "walkie-talkie button" that mutes and unmutes the microphon
by JetSpiegel 6y ago
Push-to-Talk, but works at Pulseaudio level, so it works on all apps at once. It has a single global "walkie-talkie button" that mutes and unmutes the microphone (I use the Windows key).
Very useful for remote work:
- you can type on mechanical keyboards during calls without annoying your co-workers
- if you move away from your computer for a while, the microphone will be muted, so you avoid background noise and embarrassing situations
- if you un-mute the microphone without touching the trigger key, it will remain un-muted. In case you want to have longer conversations. Touching the trigger key will mute it again
- idolaspecus 6y agoI can mute my headset using a switch on the headset itself. So this project turns a key on your keyboard into such a switch?
- choward 6y agoYou can meet just the microphone and not the headphones? If so, that's a cool feature to have.
- irishcoffee 6y agoI think it’s a pretty standard feature of the 5 or so headsets I’ve bought over the past 8-10 years. Price point: USD 25
- idolaspecus 6y agoThis is correct. Every headset I’ve purchased has had this feature, but I’ve only purchased gaming headsets. Edit: this is the headset https://www.astrogaming.com/en-us/products/headsets/a10-gen-1.html#tech-specs https://www.astrogaming.com/en-us/products/headsets/a10-gen-... Also, this is not an endorsement, I would actually not recommend this headset.
- curioussavage 6y agoyeah my gaming headset has that but I can't see the headset so there is a tone for mute and one for unmute. I can't remember at all what is what so I don't bother
- mongol 6y agoMaybe it is psychological but I really want to see current mute status visually to rely on it. Else I assume that I am not on mute. This is not really rational if the function works reliably ...
- chrissnell 6y agoAdd notifications to the app?
- JetSpiegel 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23168784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23168784 My Thinkpad also has microphone mute button with a LED, so I already have this. It's pretty simple to add notifications, just change this script to invoke a wrapper script that uses "notify-send" then runs "pulseaudio-ctl": notify-send "Muted: $1" pulseaudio-ctl mute-input "$1" https://gitlab.com/somini/inpulse-to-talk/-/blob/master/inpulse-to-talk https://gitlab.com/somini/inpulse-to-talk/-/blob/master/inpu...