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You can mute yourself if you do not wish to be heard.
You can do this by clicking the Microphone Mute icon
in the audio controls (or hitting CTRL + M on your
keyboard).
When another user has muted their microphone, the
icon next to their name in the Participants tab
changes to reflect this status:
Your microphone input level will automatically be adjusted by the system based on how loud or
quiet you speak. A good rule of thumb is to speak into your microphone in a normal tone of
voice, as if you were having the conversation with a person sitting in front of you.
To turn on/off the audio coming from ProtoSphere, click on the Speaker Mute icon. This can also
be done by hitting CTRL + S on your keyboard.
The Microphone icon that appears next to each person’s name may take on any of the
following statuses:
A microphone icon may appear disabled for a number of reasons including:
A moderator has chosen to mute the audio in a location
The individual is in a different private voice zone than you
The individual is in a private voice conversation with others
A loss of connectivity to the voice conference
If you are using your laptop’s
built-in microphone and
speakers, a good rule of thumb
is to keep yourself muted when
not speaking. Your laptop
microphone is capable of
picking up unwanted
background noise that could be
distracting for other people in
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