Software >

https://github.com/iXab3r/MicSwitch

Allows one to set mic-specific or global push-to-talk, push-to-mute, or push-to-toggle hotkeys.

Settings to use backtick as push-to-talk

• 2023-05-13 – Killing; it’s buggy. Returning to Push To Talk
• 2023-04-19 – Replaces Push To Talk

• 2023-04-19 – 1.0.253 on Windows 11

2023-04-19 – 1.0.253 ∞

• Works great, but looks kinda bad.
• Lots of stupid sounds. Why are they even included?

• [Solution/Workaround] – Discord push to talk does not work

Usage and troubleshooting ∞

Use backtick ` as push-to-talk ∞

settings screenshot

[Solution/Workaround] – Discord push to talk does not work ∞

(Discord)

https://github.com/iXab3r/MicSwitch/issues/109

With MicSwitch 1.0.253, using Discord (latest version as of 2023-04-19), push to talk does not work; Discord remains muted.

Discord is itself set to perform push to talk with same key, in this case the ` (backtick) key.

The workaround is to have MicSwitch “suppress” disabled.

Three things work:

1. MicSwitch passes the ` key to Discord, and Discord is set to push-to-talk.
2. MicSwitch passes the ` key to Discord, and Discord is set to voice activity.
3. MicSwitch does not pass the push to talk key, and Discord is set to voice activity

I don’t know that MicSwitch can check for Discord and operate differently, so I’d say this is a documentation problem.

Alternatives ∞

• Push To Talk, although that’s abandoned (but works/worked on Windows 10 and Windows 11