Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter
by hunter2_ on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:20PM
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Almost. The laptop of the person being interrupted is essentially muting its mic temporarily to avoid sending an echo of the interrupter. You could say it's prioritizing its speaker over its mic.
Basically, of all the ostensibly unmuted mics, only the one with the loudest human is truly unmuted.
It's closer to half-duplex than full-duplex. Full-duplex with no artifacts requires no echo cancellation which requires headphones.
Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter
by Cd00d on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:48PM
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What does the term "duck" mean in this context? I'm not sure what you mean.
Re:Higher quality audio makes people sound smarter
by tfigueroa on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:54PM
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“Ducking” refers to lowering volume so that other audio can play on top of it. When an announcer speaks over a song in the radio, or when Siri lowers your music so she can talk over it - that kind of thing.
Some people have a hard time realizing that they're interrupting someone else because that other person's audio is getting ducked while the laptop prioritizes mic input over speaker output - with the intent to reduce echo.