video conferencing tip: you can map mic mute/unmute to a global hotkey! pactl list-sources to find out the index of your mic. then
pactl set-source-mute <idx> toggle
this uses pulseaudio. you can also use the useless scroll lock LED as a muted status indicator. small bash script: https://gist.github.com/zoe1337/6053e7afa559a84815e62e0e0c52169c
you can bind it to a key with khotkeys for example (KDE)
I mapped this key to an otherwise useless mutlimedia key of my keyboard.
Ideally I'd like to have a push-to-talk functionality: unmute while I press a key. for this I need two events: key pressed and key released. but I don't know how to bind that.
then use shift-press to lock microphone status (muted or unmuted)
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