Microphone very quiet on Teams

Anonymous
2020-03-27T09:28:13+00:00

Hello, 

My in built microphone on my laptop works well with other  and is good on the voice recorder but I cannot take part in audio conversations on Teams because others in the conversation cannot hear me. I have tried settings on Teams and on my laptop control panel but haven't been able to fix the problem. Can anyone help?

Thank you in advance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-01T16:44:09+00:00

    Hi All,

    I had this same problem and found a solution that works for me using windows 10 + teams.  In my case my microphone worked before, but was picking up very quietly in teams and fine in other applications. Please try this:

    1. Next to the start menu search box, search for "sound" >> Open "Sound Settings"
    2. Select sound from the left menu bar
    3. Scroll down to related settings and select "Sound control panel"
    4. Select "Recording" tab
    5. Click the device for your microphone, e.g. "microphone array"
    6. Click properties
    7. Select the "levels" tab
    8. Slide "Microphone boost" up to +20dB
    9. Hit ok and then try testing your microphone again.

    I just stumbled into this looking for the microphone settings so if it doesn't work try the other sliders in the levels tab as well.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-12T20:16:11+00:00

    Thanks for the advice, but it is a Teams problem, as a lot of people here (inlcuding myself) are saying that it works fine with other apps, such like Zoom, Meets, any voice recorder, so clearly is a problem bewteen Zoom and the mic.

    Is there a way to deactivate any noice cancelling that Teams is using?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-05T16:47:12+00:00

    I beat you to it (see my earlier post) and agree Microsoft have no answer to this problem and the only solution I have found which works all the time is an external USB mic.

    If only Microsoft would be a Big Company and admit it cannot solve and suggest this solution themselves then I would think more highly of them!

    Nick

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-26T12:31:28+00:00

    8 months later  nearly 500 "me too"s and no solution from MS.

    I wish I could say I was surprised

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-06-29T09:51:42+00:00

    I have a similar problem,

    Interestingly its when I share the same laptop with my husband in a Teams call or meeting. Once he speaks, Teams cuts my voice out.

    Its as if the background filter registers my voice as background noise. I have to speak in the very center of the laptop to be heard but it continues to cut out my voice intermittently. 

    This does not happen in other apps such as Skype for business or Zoom.

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