![]() ![]() Your web browser isn’t giving the Discord web page permission to use your mic.Your computer has more than one microphone, and Discord or your computer are confused about which one is in use.You don’t have permission to talk in that channel.Or you’re using Discord in a browser while looking at another tab or window. Discord is in Push to Talk mode but you aren’t holding down a key, or you’re holding the wrong one.Discord is in Voice Activated mode but its sensitivity is too low.If you never see that border, it could be due to any of these causes: ![]() Troubleshootingĭiscord puts a green border around your chat panel when you’re sending sound to the channel. Sudden starts and trailed-off endings are tough for Voice Activation to follow. Regardless of your settings, you’ll need to speak clearly. If it’s too far left, you will broadcast every little cough and seat-shuffle. If sensitivity is too far to the right, your mic won’t pick up all your words. If it’s not offered or doesn’t work well, you’ll need to adjust the slider manually. If there’s an option for Automatic Sensitivity, try that first. If you’re using Voice Activation, you can (and should!) adjust the Input Sensitivity to fine-tune how much sound it takes to trigger your mic. You won’t be able to talk while looking at another tab or window. NOTE: The spacebar is the easiest key to use for Push to Talk, but if you need to do a lot of typing, a different key that’s more out of the way, like your Numpad “+” key, is better.ĪLSO NOTE: If you are using Discord through a browser, Push to Talk only works while the Discord web page has your computer’s attention. Click the keyboard icon (which will change to a “Record Keybind” button), push the key you want to use, then click the keyboard icon again. If you’re using Push to Talk, you will also need to set which key activates your mic. (The microphone and headphone icons work likewise.) Microphone Optionsīoth activation schemes have a couple of secondary settings. You can turn your camera off and on by clicking its icon. You don’t need a camera to join a voice chat channel, and if you do have one, you don’t have to use it. Side Note: Cameras are merely a suggestion! If you want to go back to an equal-sized grid view of everyone, you can either re-click the person you’re focused on or click the Grid View icon in the upper right. You can switch back and forth between focusing on one particular speaker and viewing everyone equally.Ĭlick directly on one person’s panel to lock your focus on them and keep their panel big. Even visiting another community or minimizing the Discord app may leave you connected. Likewise, once you’re connected to a voice chat, you need to explicitly disconnect (or go to another voice channel) to fully leave it. Clicking it once connects you to the conversation, but only in the background - you’ll hear everyone and you can speak, but you’ll only see one video panel off to the side while you remain browsing your current text. (Alas, it doesn’t let public channels mix both.) You can scroll through the list in straightforward fashion and click a channel to read and write or listen in.įor voice channels, you have to click twice to fully enter it. Voice chat channels are “sticky” in DiscordĪ Discord community will have some text-only channels and some voice-and-video channels. The digits after your username are part of it - don’t leave them out! Clicking the name automatically copies the whole thing (no need to highlight anything or press Control-C), so you can immediately paste it somewhere else. On the webpage and desktop programs, your username is displayed at the lower left, by your personal icon. Side Note: “What’s my Discord username?”įoolscap needs to know your Discord username so we know who to mark as a participating Member. Simply follow our invite link with the browser you normally use Discord in:Īlternately, you can log onto Discord the way you normally do, click the big green “+” icon below all the communities you’ve already joined (which may require scrolling down if you’ve joined a lot!), click “Join a Server” at the bottom of the popup that will appear, copy & paste in our invite link, and confirm. If you have already used Discord to attend previous conventions or join other online communities, you can join Foolscap’s community with your existing account. Side Note: “What if I’m already on Discord?” The Discord icon itself at the top left lets you access your direct, person-to-person messages. Once you’ve clicked a community, you can navigate through its individual channels via the second-leftmost panel. Clicking these icons switches which community you’re conversing with. Each one has its own channels and members. The far left column of icons shows which Discord communities you have joined. ![]()
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