How to: Discord Priority Speaker with Voice Activation

This is a short guide on how to use AutoPTT to get voice-activated priority speaker on Discord, which currently requires Push-to-Talk.

A few things to note, beforehand:

• Priority Speaker only works when INPUT MODE in Discord is set to Push-to-Talk.
• By default, only server admins are allowed to use Priority Speaker. So if you want to use it on a server you don’t own, you’ll need to ask an admin to grant you permission.
• If Discord is running as admin, AutoPTT also needs to be run as admin.

With that out of the way, we can start setting things up.

1. Open the Discord settings.
2. Under APP SETTINGS, click on Voice & Video.
3. Under INPUT MODE, make sure that Push-to-Talk is selected.
4. Under APP SETTINGS click on Keybinds.
5. At the top, click on Add a Keybind.
6. In the added row, set Action to Push-to-Talk (Priority) and then click on Record Keybind.
7. Press the key you want to use for priority speaker. This should be a key you normally don’t use for anything, like F12.
8. In AutoPTT, click on Hotkeys in the left side menu and the add a hotkey for Push-to-Talk. Use the same key you used for Push-to-Talk (Priority) in Discord.
9. Click on Audio in the left side menu and then select your mic from the Device box.
10. Set Activation Mode to Voice Activity.
11. Adjust Activation Threshold so that the bar goes into the green when you speak, and into the red when you stop.