Hear your microphone before the call.
12 seconds per take · No sign-up · Audio stays in this tab
Stay quiet for 3 seconds, then read for 9.
Ready.
Read this at your usual speaking level.
Today I am testing this microphone at a steady speaking level. Please listen for clear words, background noise, and popping sounds.
Ready. The microphone is requested only when you start the test.
Listen first. A lower background number helps only if the voice stays clear.
Your first take will show up here.
Change noted: None
These facts describe this take. Listen before changing your setup.
Digital dBFS, not room loudness. A louder take is not a better microphone.
Browsers may ignore requested processing. Unknown means the browser did not report that setting.
Change one thing, then record take B.
Change noted: None
These facts describe this take. Listen before changing your setup.
Digital dBFS, not room loudness. A louder take is not a better microphone.
Browsers may ignore requested processing. Unknown means the browser did not report that setting.
Before the call
A moving wave shows a signal. Playback tells you whether it captured your voice. Use the same short test before a meeting, after connecting a headset, or when changing your recording setup.
Press Test my microphone, allow access, and follow the two recording prompts. Your microphone is released when the take finishes.
Stay quiet while the first section captures the background. Keep fans and other normal room sounds as they are.
Speak at your usual volume when the prompt changes. The wave shows the input reaching this browser.
Press play. Can you hear every word? Check for missing beginnings, loud background sound, pops or distortion.
Start with what you hear
You do not need to change every setting. Follow the symptom, make one change, then test again.
The useful second take
Take A is your reference. Move closer to the microphone, choose a different input, or try one processing change for take B. Read the same line at the same volume, then use Flip A ↔ B to hear the same moment in each take.
Listen on headphones at a steady volume. If both the room and your voice get quieter, that alone is not an improvement. The useful question is whether your words are easier to hear.
Compare a laptop and USB microphone · Make a fair listening comparison
No. Audio and results stay in this tab’s memory. Download a WAV or measurement receipt if you want to keep it. Clearing a take or leaving the page removes the local recording. See privacy.
It means you could record and hear that input in this browser. A calling app can use another input, mute state or processing setup. Finish with a test inside the app you will use.
You can compare how two setups sound to you. The digital measurements describe the captured samples, not a universal microphone grade or calibrated room loudness. Read how the measurements work.