When using Voice chat programs do you use "Push to talk" ?

benjii · 8 Sep 2017 at 14:24

I've always used PTT and I have it on one of my mouse thumb buttons.

Gee · 8 Sep 2017 at 14:36

Swifty55 said:
Haha, I instantly change my reload key to my middle mouse button!

We need another rap battle again btw!

SkeeterUK · 8 Sep 2017 at 14:56

No I use voice activation, never got any complaints that I know of as I tested to see if mic activated when typing keys and it didn't so..I just could never get used to push to talk.

linktoinsanity · 8 Sep 2017 at 16:53

I use Push to Talk and use one of my extra mouse buttons to activate it. Works pretty well.

hughtrimble · 8 Sep 2017 at 17:07

Quite a few OcUKers on the Discord don't seem to use PTT or calibrate their mics properly - it's incredibly amusing how politely everyone approaches the issue!

Zefan · 8 Sep 2017 at 17:11

To be honest I think non-ptt is better, if only for the larger sense of enjoyment I get when being able to hear people laugh. That is unless you're like me and have become so used to the dynamic over the years that you ptt when laughing. Quite a bizarre thing to do, I know.

Hiijinx · 8 Sep 2017 at 22:36

ALWAYS Push to Talk ... do I really want people to hear my lunatic ravings when I think I'm alone? Good god no LOL.

Mynight · 9 Sep 2017 at 00:45

Zefan said:
To be honest I think non-ptt is better, if only for the larger sense of enjoyment I get when being able to hear people laugh. That is unless you're like me and have become so used to the dynamic over the years that you ptt when laughing. Quite a bizarre thing to do, I know.

Must admit I was thinking about that as well. Instinctively I push to laugh

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Cromulent · 9 Sep 2017 at 05:09

Death to people who don't use push to talk!

Seriously on my Discord servers I force people to use push to talk.

FlakGunna · 9 Sep 2017 at 06:10

Push to talk! I don't want to forget that I'm still broadcasting my voice and then start talking to myself and people hearing it!

RobDogDog · 9 Sep 2017 at 12:15

Push to talk here. I use caps lock as my PTT button.

meldarthx · 9 Sep 2017 at 12:50

Both - if I'm on teamspeak - ptt - discord voice.....I have things set up well......and awesome mic.....so I'm going to use it

nutsnut · 9 Sep 2017 at 14:46

I have push to talk bound to my side mouse button, easy to use and doesn't affect in game movements.

StarShock · 9 Sep 2017 at 14:51

I'm on the voice activated side on this, but I do have a mute handy should I need it.

Tealc · 9 Sep 2017 at 22:09

I've mostly gone with with push to talk, especially when the pc is in a room that others use. I find voice control a little bit and miss and strangely no one else wants to hear my wife nagging

I have used a mouse button in the past but more recently bought and use a usb foot switch that I press down when talking. It works really well.

TallPaul1878 · 9 Sep 2017 at 22:25

Voice activation. I have it dialled in very well now but other members of the group I usually play with will just play with no headset using the speakers and the mic from a webcam. I end up having to mute them sometimes and then they send a message asking why I've muted them.

I mostly play in the evening whilst the kids are in bed so I can't have it loud enough to bleed into the mic anyway.

If the wife comes in for a chat I just push the mix up to mute it

padcontrol · 10 Sep 2017 at 00:32

Always used push to talk. Otherwise you'd probably hear my wife screaming. Not good.