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Ask HN: Can we add a mute microphone multimedia key?

2 pointsby yomansatalmost 5 years ago
Hello guys,<p>While exploring the idea of making a big USB mute button, I found out OSs (Windows&#x2F;Mac at least) don&#x27;t easily support the ability to mute the microphone as it does with sound output.<p>Multimedia keyboards have a key even for launching your email client but we now more modern needs for having a physical button to un&#x2F;mute the Mic in any type of headset&#x2F;built-in microphone would greatly help avoid the daily &quot;sorry I was on mute&quot; or taking time to find the right conference-call window for mute-by-default types of calls.<p>Is there a body that governs this standard like with Emojis? How would we go about adding a new multimedia button as a standard?

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CamNhungDinhalmost 5 years ago
I think Lenovo has the mute media key that fits your needs. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;couponforless.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;lenovous.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;couponforless.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;lenovous.com</a>
verdvermalmost 5 years ago
Pixelbook Go has a mute media key. I believe my Lenovo does too, though I&#x27;d have to dig that one out of the boxes to double check
giantg2almost 5 years ago
HP laptops have a mute function tied to the F8 key.