Choose Microphone Settings for Brain MAX
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Nora Hendrickson
Allow me to select the microphone used for Talk to Text in Brain MAX. I've tried adjusting the microphone in my Mac settings but this does not help. I have an external webcam that has a microphone and I'd like to use this since my macbook is closed. I've tried ~30 times using Talk to Text and Brain MAX does not pick up my voice with any microphone selected. The same error shows: "Brain couldn't hear you." I've tried using the Talk to Text keyboard shortcut and clicking the microphone on the Home screen of Brain MAX - nothing seems to work.
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Guy Mannerings
Simon Choi Could you revert the animation of the floating Brain indicator that tells you it's listening to your voice?
The last version animated as a reaction to what you were saying... so if you didn't say anything, it didn't move, and if you did, it reacted in line with how loud you were speaking. (Like how the settings screen does.)
I find the new one (which has the same animation no matter what you do) to be off-putting, because I don't KNOW it is hearing me. So I keep wondering if it's working.
With the one that reacted in time with your voice, I knew it was working.
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Simon Choi
Guy Mannerings: that’s odd. We didn’t change the animation just the volume calculation but that should be the same across floating window an settings. It would be super helpful if you could send us a short video what you are seeing.
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Guy Mannerings
Simon Choi I will try, but the floating icon sits above the recording pane! I can't even screenshot! 😂
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Simon Choi
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Simon Choi
We just released this. Please restart your app to update to v0.89
Guy Mannerings
Simon Choi Doesn't quite work properly. (Windows)
If you set to "Default" (which I assume is system default?), but then change the system default, then the setting still says the previous default.
I.e., System Default is mic 1, you change it to mic 2 in Windows, Brain Max still says mic 1 and it stops working.
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Simon Choi
Guy Mannerings: Is it only the settings page that is wrong or also Talk to Text stops working? Does the settings page correct itself if you switch to history and back to settings?
Guy Mannerings
Simon Choi Seems that it simply doesn't change the name of the input device, but it does actually work with the new mic.
Yes, if I navigate away and back, it changes.
So it's working, just visually it's not!
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Simon Choi
Guy Mannerings: Okay awesome thanks for confirming. We're aware of that :)
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Simon Choi
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We'll share an update for this very soon
Guy Mannerings
Yes, would like to set a different microphone to Windows default.
Ankit Mishra
Good news - this is currently in the works and should be available very soon!
Guy Mannerings
Ankit Mishra Great! Thanks!
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Chris Kantrowitz
There should be an option to use the microphone on my Mac while still listening to my Bluetooth earphones. So I can use the microphone on my Mac (for brainmax) while still listening to my Bluetooth earphones.
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Simon Choi
Chris Kantrowitz: Completely agree that’s already planned :)
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Simon Choi
Thanks for the report Nora. Currently we always use the microphone set as your system default. So an external mic should work (I use one myself). I’m not sure we tested external microphones built into a webcam however.
Do you have the same issue with your Mac open and the built in microphone selected as the system default?