Reinventing the wheel
Reinventing the wheel
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If my memory serves correctly, this is the thing that basically plays everything you say back to you with a 200ms delay that instantly makes you feel awkward.
Oh god. If I hear myself through people's speakers when on a call I cannot continue. It's super effective at making me confused and distracted. That's awful.
Was just gonna link that.
Yes! I was wondering if I'd find this video here.
Ah, a zoom emulator. Why didn't you say?
...ou say?
....ab....ou...ayb...oo....trousers?
Yeah, I'm guessing it was that, which won an IgNobel prize like a decade ago.
If you've ever worked in a call center, this kind of thing happens from time to time. After a couple times you learn to ignore it and push through.
Whenever I run into that problem I just pull the earpiece away from my ear when I’m talking. I can still kind of hear it, but it’s much easier to ignore.
I remember seeing this effect on QI. They tried it on Alan first and he just powered through and managed to keep talking!