How Meeting Ears hears the call
- Microphone (“You”): your Windows default microphone.
- System audio (“Others”): the sound your PC plays, which during a call is everyone else. Meeting Ears captures it from Windows, so it works with any call app without plugins.
Both switches are in the Listen tab. Turn one off if you don’t want it transcribed, for example the microphone when you only need the other side.
Use headphones
Without headphones your microphone also hears the other people through your speakers. Their words then appear twice, once as “Others” and once as “You”, and may be answered as if you had asked. Any wired or Bluetooth headset fixes this.
Set up the microphone
- Open Windows Settings → System → Sound and choose your headset microphone under Input. Meeting Ears uses this default microphone.
- In Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone, make sure Microphone access and Let desktop apps access your microphone are on.
- Muting yourself in Zoom or Teams does not mute Meeting Ears: it hears your microphone directly. Use the Microphone switch in Listen to stop it hearing you.
Set up the system audio
Meeting Ears hears what Windows plays. Make sure the call is audible on this PC: if you can hear the others in your headphones, Meeting Ears can too. Other sounds playing at the same time (music, videos) are heard as well, so pause them during the call.
Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and others
- Zoom and Teams (desktop apps): nothing to change. Join the call, then press Start listening.
- Google Meet or any call in a browser: the same; the browser’s sound is system audio.
- Phone calls: only if the call plays through your PC (for example a softphone or Phone Link).
Check it before an important call
Start listening for a minute while a video plays and while you speak. You should see “Others” and “You” lines in Live. The Listen tab also shows the lines, speakers and the last thing heard while you listen. If something is missing, see Troubleshooting.