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May 14

How to avoid echo in Skype meeting?

At work, I have to regularly attend Skype meetings as part of our team is in different countries. What annoys me to no end is the echo of my own voice over my headset. To clarify, it's one of those Internet meeting headsets with headphones and microphone. What can I do to avoid it? If I mute my headphones I won't hear everyone else. If I mute my microphone they won't hear me. Can I somehow just mute my own voice from my headphones? For what it's worth, they make me use Windows 10 at work. JIP | Talk 18:51, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming the echo is on your end, and not caused by people on the other end using too-loud speakers, you probably have a setting wrong.

Here's the first thing to try : Right click on the speaker icon in the task bar (next to your clock), and click on "Recording Devices". Double click on your microphone to bring up the options for that device. One of the tabs will probably say "Listen". Make sure "Listen to this device" is not checked.

ApLundell (talk) 00:35, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the above advice, but if the echo is delayed then it is most likely at the other end. Possibly someone has a loudspeaker that is being picked up by their microphone. If the problem is at your end then the delay will be very short. Dbfirs 17:32, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The echo is delayed, but only very shortly. I hear my own voice echoed in my skull immediately, but I hear the echo of my own voice over Skype with a delay of perhaps one-tenth of a second to half a second. JIP | Talk 22:18, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You can ask the other end to turn down the volume. These kinds of software will be trying hard already to stop echoes. But in my experience you just have to turn down the gain in the system a bit to stop it. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:45, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]