MicSwitch is a an open source audio tool that allows you to mute/unmute your microphone using a predefined hotkey.
There are dozens of different audio chat apps like Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo, Skype, in-game audio chats, etc. And all of them have DIFFERENT ways of handling push-to-talk and always-on microphone functionality. I bet many of you know how distracting it could be when someone forgets to turn off a microphone. I will try to explain what I mean using a feature matrix.
MicSwitch allows you to mute/unmute your system microphone using a predefined system-wide hotkey which will affect any program that uses microphone (no more heavy breathing during Skype conferences, hooray!) Also it supports configurable mute/unmute sounds(similar to TeamSpeak/Ventrilo) and a configurable overlay with scaling/transparency support. All these features allow you to seamlessly switch between chat apps and use THE SAME input system with overlay and notifications support.
Features:
- Multiple microphones support (useful for streamers) – ALL microphones in your system could be muted/unmuted by a single key press
- System-wide hotkeys (supports mouse XButtons)
- Always-on-top configurable (scale, transparency) Overlay – could be disable if not needed
- Mute/unmute audio notification (with custom audio files support)
- Customizable tray and overlay icons
- Multiple hotkeys support
- Auto-startup (could be Minimized by default)
- Three Audio modes: Push-to-talk, Push-to-mute and Toggle mute
- Overlay visibility could be linked to microphone state, i.e. it will be shown only when Muted/Unmuted
- Auto-updates via Github
For updated information about MicSwitch, you can click here.
