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Skype Is Evaluating Adding Typing Suppression Feature

Posted by timothy on from the well-that-sounds-awfully-soviet-of-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "At a press event in Stockholm, Sweden today, Skype confirmed it is evaluating the addition of a typing suppression feature to its desktop clients that will automatically filter the sound of your fingers hitting the keys. Unfortunately, the Microsoft-owned company isn't ready to ship the functionality yet, despite it being available in the company's enterprise-focused Lync tool."

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  1. Clicker by royallthefourth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's see how it deals with my IBM model M keyboard

    1. Re:Clicker by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

      No part of a computer 'deals with' a Model M. They are suffered to exist, by its grace; for it was forged in the ages before they were conceived of, and shall persist in the ages when they have been reduced to scrap.

  2. What's wrong with typing? by Hatta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The sound of typing tells you that the person on the other end is doing something. e.g. you call someone up with a question. They say "hold on, let me look that up". In this case, intermittant typing lets you know that something is happening. It's a lot better than dead air.

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    1. Re:What's wrong with typing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Also you can tell if they are dome key typing pussies or if they belong to the glorious Model-M toting master race.

    2. Re:What's wrong with typing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "There is literally zero reason to use VOIP and annoy the shit out of everyone playing"

      Sometimes annoing the shit out of everyone is its own reward.

  3. Won't work by Roadmaster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It'll just lead to a lot of head-scratching and "can you repeat that" over weird, distorted-for-no-apparent-reason audio. At least I hope it works better than Google+'s "looks like you're typing, so I auto-muted you" feature, that one was a disaster for collaboration since the speaker couldn't go anywhere near the keyboard while talking. At least there's a way to say "don't mute me" now.

  4. Re:Why not make keyboards quieter? by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

    And mouses too.

    Dude, are you still using one of the old fashioned steam powered mice with the big metal cogs or something? ;-)

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  5. Skype already filters cat purring by Hieronymus+Howard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Skype has been able to filter out the sound of cats purring for a long time now. I tell you that it's really useful when you're sitting in your island lair, plotting world domination, and issuing orders to your minions via Skype. The sound of the purring kitty on your lap is completely filtered by Skype. So when a suave British spy tries to infiltrate you, the minions can hear your voice loud and clear. I tell you, this is a great win for evil overlords everywhere.