Push to Talk

Question

Whenever we have a Microsoft Teams call, it's incredibly loud with an onslaught of background noise. Is there a push to talk?

Answer 1

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18837436-allow-users-to-enable-push-to-talk-in-group-meetin

It does not exist, but is "in the backlog".

Answer 2

It is ridiculous, that Microsoft haven't implemented push to talk yet. Their product owner must be stupid. It is not about background noise, but about other people in the same room talking.

Answer 3

Anyone who wants push to talk functionality can use this auto hot key script.

The below script re-maps your middle mouse button to un-mute teams when pressed and re-mute teams on release.

You can configure it to work with any keyboard or mouse button.

---

setKeyDelay, 50, 50

setMouseDelay, 50

$~MButton::

Send, ^+{M}

while (getKeyState("MButton", "P"))

{

sleep, 100

}

Send, ^+{M}

return

Answer 4

is there a release data already for the push to talk functionality? The walkie talkie feature?

it is very useful now when everyone works from home during the covid19 lockdowns.

Answer 5

This PTT feature needs to be added soon.  now that alot of people including schools are using teams for meetings, its too hard to manage the microphones of 20+ people.  its especially frustrating if the little toast pops up stating that your microphone is off, and then those people that are causing the noise think they need to turn it back on.  

Im in an online school for french, trying to explain that their microphone is making too much noise in 3 different languages to people all trying to learn french is a real hassle. because some people just dont understand that they are being a hindrance to the class. 

allow the organizer (teacher) to speak without limit.  but set the rest of the people in the group as PTT. or allow the organizer to set PTT on certain people in the group. to help manage the disruptions and noise.