If you wonder whether there is any noise in your environment and if Krisp detects and cancels it, the widget will give you the insight. You will also see during which part of the current meeting you have been talking.
Note: To benefit from the feature, make sure to have Krisp version 1.27.12 or higher on Mac.
Using the widget before the call
You can use the widget before the call for these two purposes:
- see if your voice is being captured by Krisp microphone,
- see if there is any noise in your environment.
Open the widget. You will see the "Not used" indication showing the Krisp Microphone is not being used at that moment. The moving soundbar indicates that your voice is being captured.
When the Remove noise toggle is disabled, and the bar goes red, it means there is noise present. Toggle on to see that the bar goes green. This means the noise will be canceled during the call.
Using the widget during the call
Once the Krisp Microphone is used in a communication app, it will be considered as the start of the call. The widget will show the following real-time information:
- The In use duration, indicating the duration of the call. The counter will stop when the call ends.
- Your Talk time, indicating how long you have been talking during the call.
- The Talk ratio, telling which part of the overall call your Talk time makes. The metric is presented in percentage.
- Which app/apps use the Krisp Microphone at the moment.
Read more about the Talk time, In use duration, and Talk ratio.
Turn on the Remove Noise toggle for Krisp microphone from inside the widget to have the noise canceled. You will see that the soundbar turns green.
Muting the Krisp microphone from the widget
You can mute and unmute yourself directly from the widget. For that, you simply need to click on the microphone button in the widget.
Showing and hiding the widget
The widget can open up in two ways:
- manually >>> with the Show widget button in the Krisp app.
- automatically >>> when a call starts. For that,
- go to the Preferences,
- make sure to have the Show widget when call starts box checked.
You can close the widget in two ways:
- click on the minimize button,
- click on the Hide widget link in the app.
