I'm an autismo who can't control the volume of her voice or even tell when she's yelling, so this might actaully be useful
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gamers reinvent the stenomask
These should be mandatory for all men to wear in public.
Some Lemmy users might benefit from putting these on their hands, too
You can put them on your own ears and eyes if you can't handle being around people...
How do you type with boxing gloves on?
Why not using a throat mic? They are cheaper.
Voice damping is the main feature of the device, not the microphone.
With a throat mic you can talk without making a sound (if you train).
How? Can you whisper in a throat mic? (Genuine question)
They say you can. It works with the vibration of the throat, not the voice.
Huh, that's really neat!
conservative Americans be like
This would make a great gag gift!
😔
for valorant players
For most competitive anything players.
I don't speak on Voice chat though, mainly because many gamers online are racist (and sexist) pigs. Back in the day I did used to use TeamSpeak to talk to others in games and they both be racist toward me, and make fun of my voice saying I sound like a girl.
So, text only from now on, if reading is too hard especially with spelling mstakes if I'm doing it quickly in game, fuck them.
I do think this could have some use for me though, particularly with private calls which I'd prefer other people to not hear the other side of, though it's still very hard to justify it since it just looks way too silly.
I'm sorry that is your experience. I play overwatch and have met many people with similar experiences. I try to be a safe and fun person to play with specifically with people like you in mind. I hope you find friends to have with that you feel comfortable enough to chat and be friends with.
It took me years to find gaming buddies who aren't racist shitbags and we still have to punt the occasional edgelord who decides to get up in someone's face with that shit. Not a single one of my remaining discord communities is gaming focused, those all ended up being Superfund levels of toxic. Hobby and tech communities though? Plenty of good friends there that I play games with occasionally.
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My Teammates:
"Wtf is that sound?!"
"Kolanaki put oats in his gamer muzzle again..."
Me: munches on oats
Man, I hadn't ever noticed the "i" in your name. That changes things
Does the ℹ️ emoji not work for some people or is the i in that box just hard to read? 🤔 You're not the first to think my name was just "Kolanak."
It is readable and it shows for me correctly. I just didn't pay attention to it and thought it's like an information icon that's not specifically part of your name
who needs asmr when you can call kolanaki
And you can eat your favorite chaff at the same time!
It needs a port that you can attach your bag of caffeinated noodles to.
You can make the most vile, cynical, brainrotting product if you advertise it to Gamers™.
In 10 yearls you'll be slopping down on PowerNoods™, not even knowing how silly you looked here, smh.
We Gamers™ are on the cutting edge of humanity.
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Im not gonna fuckin lie, I looked into buying one of these FOR WEEKS cus of my college dorm.
250 something dollars. Im good.
That is way too expensive for a product like this, that also might not work for its intended use (if their nose isn't fully covered like in the picture, I'd expect the screaming to leak out quite a bit. Might've worked for my idea of using it for call privacy (speaking softly) but still that's way too much for something that'll probably only be useful for that niche use-case.
250 is ridiculous, just buy a lavalier mic and put a face mask on at that point
A regular facemask won't dampen sound much though.
This, Im impulsive as shit, so just "Shutting up" aint gonna work like that sadly. The only other option is soundproofing the shit outta my room.
Stuff 3 socks in mouth first.
Is there... Is there a matching blindfold? Asking for a friend.
It also comes with a gamer buttplug and cat ears.
For haptic feedback and headset weight distribution, of course
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I just wish someone put serious effort into a microphone that worked with a mask so people wearing masks were easier to understand.
There are a lot of people who speak at conferences who still wear masks. I get it, even if you weren't worried about COVID, in the pre-COVID times a lot of people were out for a week after going to a conference / convention because of all the germs being passed around.
But, even with professional speakers and professional microphones, the audio just sounds muddy when the speaker is wearing a mask.
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I mean it could be useful in dorms and shared room situations.
Just buy a gag, it makes saying a slur more difficult, saving yourself from bans
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