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I got many complaints from my wife that I'm speaking too loudly in online meetings, so I built a script in Python to warn me when I do speak too loudly.

• Wistar 4y ago
  Too loudly for your home environment, or too loudly for what she thinks is appropriate for the others in the meeting?
  • kelnos 4y ago
    If you read the article, it explains that he doesn't want to wake his young daughter when she's napping. (Pre-daughter, his wife was merely annoyed when he was speaking too loudly.)
    • Wistar 4y ago
      Ah, I didn't realize he was the author of the article. Whoops.
• brianjking 4y ago
  I actually love this. Unfortunately, I don't have admin access to my work machine. I wonder if I could hack together a way to have my personal computer that sits on the same desk listen even though it's not the same mic I'm speaking into.
  • mixmastamyk 4y ago
    There's usually a control panel or mixer app that can show you your mic levels.
  • andreareina 4y ago
    You need admin access to listen to the mic?
• fbdab103 4y ago
  I think this is genius and will adapt this to my own needs. I too have to fight a tendency to raise my volume during virtual calls. Is there a physiological reason why I do this? Is it because of the lack of perceptual feedback from the other party? Bad audio levels incoming (should be higher/lower?)?
  • peepee1982 4y ago
    If you can't hear the other people or yourself well enough, you'll speak louder to compensate. Make sure you feed your own voice back to you at a high volume.