The problem with using so many different apps for chats and recordings is that each of those apps has a different way to mute the microphone. And it’s not uncommon for family members to come into my home office while I’m chatting or recording. Other times the maintenance folks are performing the day’s noisiest tasks at the same time as my chat, right outside my office window. Sometimes it’s because I’m typing and I don’t want the clickety-clack of my keyboard to be audible on a podcast recording or to others in a meeting.
But I’m not always an active audio participant: I’m a heavy user of the Mute button in every one of those apps and services.
Between Google Hangout video conferences for work, Skype videos and calls for podcasts, and FaceTime chats with family and friends, I use AV-chat apps several times each week.
