AutoPTT
How to: Push-to-Talk, Push-to-Mute and Toggle Mute in Microsoft Teams
Whether you like it or not, Microsoft Teams is a widely used product and many use it for online meetings. Despite being a big product from a big company, the customization options it offers with regards to voice communication are severely lacking.
The default in Teams is Open Mic with a global keybind for toggle mute, CTRL-SHIFT-M, which you can’t change. It also has temporary unmute (ie. Push-to-Talk) bound to CTRL-SPACE, but it only works when the window is active (and not while you’re typing in the chat box).
Furthermore, unless the part of the Teams window that shows the mute state of the mic is visible, there is no way to know what the state is without bringing the window to the front.
AutoPTT trivially solves all of these problems. You can use whatever keybinds you like, and they work regardless of which window is active.
ATTENTION: Keep the mic unmuted in Teams and let AutoPTT handle its state instead.
Always see state of the mic
Use AutoPTT’s Overlay to stay informed on the state of the mic. Check out the sections below to see what the Overlay looks like.
Push-to-Talk (even if Teams is in the background)
For Push-to-Talk, you’ll want to use AutoPTT’s Open Mic to PTT activation mode. Your mic is muted when the Push-to-Talk key is not pressed, and unmuted when it is.
Here’s what you should do with a fresh installation of AutoPTT:
- Click on Audio in the left side menu
- Select your mic in the Device field
- Set Activation Mode to Open Mic to PTT
- Click on Hotkeys in the left side menu
- Add a hotkey for Push-to-Talk or Secondary PTT
Push-to-Talk only works with a single key. Secondary PTT works with key combinations, but it requires you to first add a Push-to-Talk key (which can be empty, though).
Toggle Mute (even if Teams is in the background)
Instructions:
- Click on Audio in the left side menu
- Select your mic in the Device field
- Set Activation Mode to Push-to-Talk
- Click on Hotkeys in the left side menu
- Add a hotkey for Toggle Mute (Global)
Push-to-Mute (even if Teams is in the background)
Instructions:
- Click on Audio in the left side menu
- Select your mic in the Device field
- Set Activation Mode to Push-to-Talk
- Click on Hotkeys in the left side menu
- Add a hotkey for Push-to-Mute (Global)