In-channel voice chat

Communicating with your colleagues during a session

October 23, 2023

Microphone permissions

You might be asked to allow microphone permissions when creating a session as a presenter if you have not visited the site before.

Please click “allow” if you would like to use this feature. Once you do that, you can still mute and unmute yourself with the microphone icon located under the stream player.

Unblocking the microphone

If you have blocked the microphone, you will see the following banner indicating that you need to unblock the microphone in your browser settings.

Chrome

To unblock this in Chrome, click the microphone icon in your URL bar and select Always allow and then hit the refresh button on your browser.

Firefox

To unblock this in Firefox, click the microphone icon in your URL bar, click the cross button on Blocked next to Use the Microphone, and then hit the refresh button on your browser. Once the page has refreshed, you will be asked to allow the microphone.

Select Allow and if you would also like Firefox to remember this decision, tick the box so you won’t be prompted again.

Voice chat settings

Presenters and viewers are able to access voice chat settings via the settings cog next to the mute button.

Speaker and microphone source

Here you can select the speaker and microphone source you would like to use. Please note that the Firefox browser blocks the speaker option, so you will need to adjust the speakers used from within your device system settings.

Microphone level

If you have a microphone, you can also see the Microphone level to indicate whether your microphone is working correctly and that you’ve selected the correct one.

Voice chat volume

This slider will allow you to adjust voice chat volume to any level you desire. It has no impact on the stream volume.

Test speakers

Clicking this will produce a test tone on the speakers you have chosen to use.

Muting yourself

To mute yourself, simply click the mute button underneath the stream player.

You can also mute yourself by hitting the m key on your keyboard. This is especially useful if you are using CVF in fullscreen mode.

Muting other participants

You have the option to mute another participant in the session, whether that’s the presenter or a viewer.

To do this, you need to click on a participant in the participant list:

Click on “Mute for everyone”.

If you want to mute the presenter the UI is slightly different, but the effect is the same. Go to the participant list as you did before, click on the presenter and click “Mute for Everyone”.

When you mute someone they will receive a popup to let them know they have been muted.