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Key bind to mute sound when pressed down

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by jake bartlett

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I use a voice-chat program called Ventrilo to talk with my friends, it's a great program, aside from one annoying thing.. sometimes, when somebody else is talking at the same time as me, their voice will travel from my speakers into my microphone while I have the talk button pushed down, and the result is an annoying echo that not only cannot be understood, but hurts everybody's ears too.

My question is, is there any program that can temporarily mute my speakers when I have a certain button pressed down, such as the key I use to turn on my mic so I can talk, because turning off my speaker every time is a pain, and I don't like using headphones all the time, the ability to listen to some light music and have game sounds out loud without drowning everyone else out in ventrilo would be great.

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by sgt_shultz

um, the microsoft media keyboard has a mute button that might work...i don't know of a keyboard combination

by jake bartlett

No, that's the thing, I cannot bind my talkm key to mute, and even if i could, the mute key works as an on/off switch, it doesn't just mute while you push down on it then unmute, I need a way to talk AND mute at the same time, but unmute and stop transmiting as soon as I take my finger away. Thanks anyway.

by geo.howard

Well, you have three options, but two are going to be the most practical...

1. Use software such as Teamspeak (TS) or Xfire. Primitive and meant for gamers, However, TS is very secure, you can run your own server at no charge, and each level can be password protected.

2. (more practical) There are SEVERAL internet phone, or VOIP programs out there, and the more whistles the more it costs. The majority do have a "hot key" that is used as a mute, and when the key is released you are live again.

The bad thing with choice 1 and 2 is that the person you are talking with generally have to use the same program...

the third choice is to have someone !proficient! in VB, or other software, and have them make you a Widget. Currently there are no mute Widgets that I am aware of. Google "widgets" to learn more.

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