Keyboard shortcut for mute/unmute microphone
A setting to make use of a keyboard to fast mute/unmute your microphone, this is a very good quality of live feature
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Anonymous
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All the suggestions of space bar to mute/unmute. Wouldn't they still rely on Teams having the focus? If you are in Word and you press the space bar, well you get a space!
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David Gourde
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Same, this is a problem to me. I need a shortcut that works even when Teams is not the active/selected application on Windows.
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Oji
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Is it so hard to add a customizable mic mute key? Discord has it. Every online game has it. The options for push-to-talk or open mic should be standard in all kinds of communications.
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Christian Ronquillo
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Make the keyboard shortcut *simple* enough!
Ctrl-Shift-M is complicated enough to locate when you reaaally need to immediately speak. You end up fumbling on different keys with this.
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Pete Spreadborough
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Would definitely like this, but as a *global* hotkey. In a multi-monitor set-up having to focus the window before muting/unmuting is a real pain.
Example scenario: participating in a meeting you're also minuting. You want to be on mute and typing into a separate window, but also want to be able to unmute to contribute on the fly without then losing the ability to type. -
Anonymous
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Or a mute/unmute button always present (not on a toolbar that hides when there is no action on the screen), on both the mobile app and the desktop version
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Kate
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Spacebar works to mute/unmute
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Anonymous
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NOT the spacebar. Was in Zoom meeting got Teams call. I had to selectively unmute each while toggling back and forth between conversations. Using the spacebar for teams would unmute/mute both teams and Zoom at the same time.
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Jayanth
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+1 for Space to Unmute, this will also avoid unwanted background noise from participants.
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Praveen
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A Zoom like feature where pressing a spacebar temporarily unmutes one is the need of the hour!
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Jenny
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The keyboard shortcut ctrl+shift+m only works if teams mtg is the active application, defeats the purpose of having a keyboard shortcut for me. I need the keyboard shortcut because I am in a meeting, multi-tasking, have another window active and need to quickly unmute my mic to speak. With Skype I could press Windows+F4 and immediately unmute. Also, I could easily see if I was unmuted because when Skype was not the primary window, a small little status window displayed with who was talking and the status of my microphone. In teams i have to navigate to the teams window and then wait for the information bar to display to see if my mic is muted/unmuted before I talk - by that point the conversation has already moved on and I lost my chance to talk.
In summary - I would like a way to unmute my mic when in a team meeting, from my keyboard, that does not require teams to be the primary window. -
James
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a space bar to talk would be the best use case, they should implement this feature
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Rodolfo Norther
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CTRL+SHIFT+M should do the job.
CTRL+. will give you all the shortcuts on keyboard -
Dev Chooramun
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We should be able to use Start+F4 same as on Skype for Business to mute and unmute oneself.
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Andrew Quee
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I specifically got a headset with a mute switch, but I understand the need for this.
Alexander Watson's suggestion of 'push to unmute' is even better and exactly my preferred use. I only ever have minor input into conversations so I would prefer a default muting. This also stops background noise like telephones, rampant kids, howling cats and screeching cars taking over the mic. My personal opinion is that voice activated mics are a disgusting crime against humanity and should be launched into the heart of the sun.
I only ever use PTT (push to talk) in game and sparingly at that, it really should be the Teams default. With judicious use it even fills in the much-requested 'raise hand' option - you tap PTT and your icon flashes up indicating you'd like to speak/interrupt. That's exactly how it works in games and everyone understands it using just one button and a little respect.
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Anonymous
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And the keyboard shortcut should work even when MS Teams is not the active window... It should work "always", please...
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Anonymous
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Space to temporarily unmute is the expected shortcut now
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David
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People have been commenting on this unmute issue since November of 2019. Is it that difficult to change? +1 for space bar to unmute. Thank you!
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Anonymous
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Can I see visually if I'm muted/unmuted without having to move the mouse to wake up the status bar?
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Catherine
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How can I hide the bar in the middle of my screen that has the Mute, participants, camera, time.....etc....I cannot see the entire screen being shared.
