Microphone Test
Dev tools
hardware testing utility
SHOW HN2023
5points
9comments
#2,837of 3,109 in 2023
Top 92%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Design: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean and simple, just works
From 1 comment
Nice I was using mictests.com and I like this its clean and simple just works !!
jimmySixDOF on HN
Objections
Browser layout bug with microphone button in Chrome and Safari, fixed by maker
From 2 comments
Nice! In Chrome (116) and Safari (16.5) on Mac the microphone button is shifted up and only the bottom of it is visible. Still works though.
perilunar on HNFixed; That explains a lot, what I get for only checking in Firefox.
nadermx on HN
Audio echoes on iOS, causing acoustic feedback
From 1 comment
Ha ha that was quick! Thanks. On iOS it is actually echoing which is just as useful BUT you get acoustic feedback.
quickthrower2 on HN
Requests
Play back a short recording to test speakers, mic quality and connection
From 1 comment
Thanks. I was tempted to build this since Windows has no decent microphone test (other than voice recorder!) and the other online ones are crappy. Here is my feature request: *…
quickthrower2 on HN
Alternatives named
mictests.com
From 1 comment
Nice I was using mictests.com and I like this its clean and simple just works !!
jimmySixDOF on HN
Windows Voice Recorder
From 1 comment
Thanks. I was tempted to build this since Windows has no decent microphone test (other than voice recorder!) and the other online ones are crappy. Here is my feature request: *…
quickthrower2 on HN