You can also use the headphone jacks on your computer to play audio from another device, listen to it from the built-in speakers, and also connect external speakers and listen through it. Many users aren’t aware of this feature. This feature is available in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
How to hear yourself on mic in Windows 10
Listening to oneself through a speaker can help you with a speech, and how you may sound like to others. More importantly, it is a quick and easy method to check if your microphone and your speakers are working or not. Here is how you can use the PC’s built-in hardware to hear yourself through the mic. You should now be able to hear the jitter that your microphone is picking up. You can also speak into the microphone to listen to your own voice through the system speakers. The same method can be applied if you are using headphones, and want to listen to your voice through the headset using its mic. The only difference would be that Windows would have automatically selected the headphones as its default audio device, and you would be setting them up, rather than the built-in system speakers.
How to play music from an external audio device on PC speakers in Windows 10
Do you not have a playlist on your PC? No problem! You can connect an external audio device, such as your phone, iPod, and mp3 player, and listen to your songs through the PC speakers. This, however, is only possible if your device has two separate 3.5mm headphone jacks, one for mic and one for speakers, like the ones in the image below. This will also require an auxiliary (aux) cable. An aux cable is a male-to-male audio-playing cable that is inserted into the 3.5 mm audio jack. Here is how you can listen to audio from an external device on your system’s speakers. Note that the steps are identical to listening to your own voice through a microphone or playing audio from an external device. This is because the logic behind both is the same, and only the input devices are different. Similarly, you can use your computer running Windows 10 to play audio to external speakers by plugging them into the 3.5 mm speaker jack. This way, the computer would only act as an intermittent device connecting both the audio (external player or mic) source and its playback device (the speakers).
How to stop hearing your own voice on the microphone
If you are on a virtual call and hear your own voice playing back through the speakers/headset, it is probably because the sound setting configuration needs to be changed. Follow the steps below to revert to the settings or stop hearing your own voice through the microphone.
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The steps included in turning on and off the playback for your own microphone might be small, but its advantages are big. People can use this small utility in Windows 10 to listen, prepare, and improve their speeches by listening to them themselves. It will let them know how they sound on speakers and how they can make an effort to make it better before the actual event. In the case of laptops, it also acts as loud, portable speaker to play sounds right off your iPod or mp3 player. Moreover, if you do not have Skype on your computer to test your input and output audio devices, you can use this trick to check them directly from the OS. Also see:
5 Ways To Change Sound/Audio Output Device In Windows 11How To Improve Sound Quality On Windows PCHow To Increase Mic Volume In Windows 10How To Close Your Laptop Lid And Use an External Monitor on Windows 11 / 10How To Use Different Audio Devices For Different Applications In Windows
