I know using a headset helps, but you’re still talking, so…Do you adjust the mic settings to pick up even as you speak quieter, or…?
How do you check to ensure you’re still audible enough to those on the other end if you do that?
Also this isn’t a shared room situation, so that helps, but I want to be sure I’m not being too loud.
Thanks for any advice!
Video call…sign language!
You ask the people on the call if they can hear you. If not, adjust volume. Repeat as needed.
Sign language and video only is an option as well.
Since y’all aren’t sharing a room, closing your door and speaking softly is usually sufficient. Make sure you have a mic that rests in front of your mouth, and isn’t setting far away on your desk. That way it can pick you up easily.
You don’t, don’t be an asshole and go somewhere else.
Hallway, stairwell, outside the building, in your parked car, things like that
edit: op is talking about gaming, I was thinking phone calls and stuff. I’m a dum dum
If you’re doing it loudly enough to be worried about people in complete other rooms, kinda yeah.
My question is coming more from the perspective of, “i think i’d like to try voice chatting but i really don’t want to be that roommate someone wants to strangle”
Some people are overly conscientious of people around them, and ask questions like these even though they are already being completely reasonable. It’s a huge jump to assume they must be being an asshole, yelling into their mic etc. Try asking next time: “are you concerned about it because you tend to get excited and loud while chatting? Or is it more just a normal phone-call conversation volume?”
Ask your roommate after talking for a few minutes if you’re being too loud
