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The most annoying and least suspicious thing for me personally would be the person on the other end playing back my own audio with a delay, just like the echo o

The most annoying and least suspicious thing for me personally would be the person on the other end playing back my own audio with a delay, just like the echo of your own voice that you get sometimes on a bad phone connection. This way I would blame it on my connection, not the other person, who is actually causing it. In a team setting, it goes like "Oh, so we're all hearing our own echoes. We should quit and try again" If there is one person acting as reflector with the right delay (echo generator) for everyone else, that could work, in theory.

brokencode 6y ago
I’d attribute that to the other person playing the audio out of their computer speakers while using a mic that is not directional enough to filter it out.
- ghayes 6y ago
  I generally consider it rude to not use headphones in a meeting. The primary issue is you can't have simultaneous talking when someone isn't using headphones, since most applications auto-cancel audio input when they detect feedback. You then have to switch to turn-taking which isn't always suited for certain conversations.
  - closeparen 6y ago
    I dearly wish this could be an actual norm.
tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
Most meeting software I've seen shows talkers, making it very obvious who's causing the echo. I've never seen local echo on a video conference nor do I really see a realistic path that could reasonably cause this. Regular echo, on the other hand, is common.
Minor49er 6y ago
Most modern voice applications give a pretty clear visual indicator about who is making noise. I think in your scenario, the person echoing the audio would be quickly identified and told to mute themselves. If they were the only ones playing your audio back after a delay, people would suspect that they are the ones with the connection issue. However, this was pretty common for a prank, especially 10-15 years ago on services like Ventrilo which resulted in the then-popular Ventrilo Harassment series. Most of the people who got pranked in those didn't get a visual indicator of who was playing sound. The situation you describe can be seen in this video titled "Ventertainment - Nerd Confusion 3: The Ring": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AkIfgioA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AkIfgioA4
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  I worked at a radio station and would do this sometimes with a tape deck (Revox) that could record and playback at the same time. Was always fun to trip up the presenters, it's almost impossible to talk that way. I'd never do it on the air by the way, I'd use an aux bus while taking to them over the TalkBack while music was playing.
- jmb12686 6y ago
  This was a hilarious clip. Brought me back to 15 years ago, messing around with people on Ventrilo while playing World of Warcraft. Many, many lost nights and days playing that addictive game. Comic relief thru Ventrilo harassment was necessary...
  - a0-prw 6y ago
    "I've got baaallls of steel" https://youtu.be/FvL-WGcoBis https://youtu.be/FvL-WGcoBis
omoikane 6y ago
> playing back my own audio with a delay Sounds like this device: https://www.google.com/search?q=ig+nobel+speech+jammer https://www.google.com/search?q=ig+nobel+speech+jammer

brokencode 6y ago

I’d attribute that to the other person playing the audio out of their computer speakers while using a mic that is not directional enough to filter it out.

ghayes 6y ago
I generally consider it rude to not use headphones in a meeting. The primary issue is you can't have simultaneous talking when someone isn't using headphones, since most applications auto-cancel audio input when they detect feedback. You then have to switch to turn-taking which isn't always suited for certain conversations.
- closeparen 6y ago
  I dearly wish this could be an actual norm.

tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago

Most meeting software I've seen shows talkers, making it very obvious who's causing the echo. I've never seen local echo on a video conference nor do I really see a realistic path that could reasonably cause this. Regular echo, on the other hand, is common.

Minor49er 6y ago

Most modern voice applications give a pretty clear visual indicator about who is making noise. I think in your scenario, the person echoing the audio would be quickly identified and told to mute themselves. If they were the only ones playing your audio back after a delay, people would suspect that they are the ones with the connection issue. However, this was pretty common for a prank, especially 10-15 years ago on services like Ventrilo which resulted in the then-popular Ventrilo Harassment series. Most of the people who got pranked in those didn't get a visual indicator of who was playing sound. The situation you describe can be seen in this video titled "Ventertainment - Nerd Confusion 3: The Ring": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AkIfgioA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AkIfgioA4

GekkePrutser 6y ago
I worked at a radio station and would do this sometimes with a tape deck (Revox) that could record and playback at the same time. Was always fun to trip up the presenters, it's almost impossible to talk that way. I'd never do it on the air by the way, I'd use an aux bus while taking to them over the TalkBack while music was playing.
jmb12686 6y ago
This was a hilarious clip. Brought me back to 15 years ago, messing around with people on Ventrilo while playing World of Warcraft. Many, many lost nights and days playing that addictive game. Comic relief thru Ventrilo harassment was necessary...
- a0-prw 6y ago
  "I've got baaallls of steel" https://youtu.be/FvL-WGcoBis https://youtu.be/FvL-WGcoBis

omoikane 6y ago

> playing back my own audio with a delay Sounds like this device: https://www.google.com/search?q=ig+nobel+speech+jammer https://www.google.com/search?q=ig+nobel+speech+jammer