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Some environments are actually quiet, and even silent if you sample from a boom microphone that will pick up barely any ambient sounds. Not everyone is an idiot
by gomox 6y ago
Some environments are actually quiet, and even silent if you sample from a boom microphone that will pick up barely any ambient sounds. Not everyone is an idiot. Forcing people to use headsets is, in my experience, more bulletproof than forcing people to mute. Our company is considering making it a policy (just like "turn on your cameras").
- TeMPOraL 6y agoForcing people to use headsets protects everyone from feedback, not from ambient noise.
- gomox 6y agoHeadsets with boom microphones (specifically) capture virtually no ambient noise because the gain on the microphone is extremely low (the relative volume of your voice picked up 1 inch from your mouth is much higher than that of anything else at the same location). I can vacuum my house while on my bluetooth headset and people won't hear it on the other end.
- romwell 6y ago>Our company is considering making it a policy (just like "turn on your cameras"). Sounds like a horrible policy though.
- gwillen 6y agoAhh, but the key problem which leads me to swear and make generalizations is this: Not everyone is an idiot; but idiots don't know they're idiots. (Also, to be clear, I don't think that people who unknowingly transmit background noise on calls are idiots. Clueless, sure. Inconsiderate, sure, if someone's pointed it out and they're still doing it.)