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Emphatic Mute: Introducing a New Mute State for Use During a Video Conference

Lindmark, 2023

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4553253865217925203
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Lindmark S
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A technique is proposed for an emphatic mute feature for a participant within a video conference. The emphatic mute state can be a state a given user enables that is more emphatic than simply muting. The emphatic mute state can indicate that user is in …
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