Walkie Talkie Mic
Talk like a two-way radio: hold a key or a mouse button to key the microphone, and let go to go back on standby. Walkie Talkie Mic mutes the microphone itself, so it works in every app at once, from Discord and Teams to a game with no push to talk of its own. Any key, a combination or a side mouse button, a release delay so your last word gets through, and a TX light in the corner of your screen.
Hold the key to transmit, and let go to go back on standby.
See it in action
About Walkie Talkie Mic
Most voice apps have push to talk. Most of them only for themselves.
Walkie Talkie Mic works the way a two-way radio does. Hold the talk key and you are transmitting; let go and you are back on standby. It mutes the microphone at the Windows level, so the call, the game, the stream and the recorder all hear you only while the key is down.
Three ways to key it
Push to talk keeps you muted and opens the microphone while you hold the key. It is muted from the moment the app starts, so there is no stretch at the start of a call where you are live without knowing.
Push to mute is the other way round. You are live, and holding the key silences you for a cough, a sneeze or a word with someone in the room.
Toggle turns each tap into on or off, for longer stretches of talking.
Any key, or a mouse button
Click Change key under the radio and press the one you want: a single key, a combination with Ctrl, Alt or Win, or a Shift, Ctrl or Alt key on its own. Or click the middle, back or forward button on your mouse, which keeps your keyboard free for the game. The key is still passed on to whatever you are using, and the app tells you when the one you picked also types.
Your last Word gets through
A release delay of up to one second keeps the channel open a moment after you let go, so the end of a sentence is not clipped. Press again inside it and the channel simply stays open.
Know when you are on the air
The window is built around a handset. Its display reads TX in cobalt while you are transmitting and STBY when you are not, names the microphone it is keyed to, and shows your level as signal bars. You can hold its side key with the mouse, too.
With the window closed, a small TX light sits in the corner of the screen you are using, in whichever corner you choose, and clicks go straight through it. It can show STBY while you are muted as well. A soft click as you key up and a roger beep as you let go tell you the same thing without looking.
It gives your microphone back
Pause it from the notification area, or quit, and the microphone goes back to how the app found it. And if a program running as administrator or a sign-in prompt swallows the moment you let go, Walkie Talkie Mic checks and closes the microphone rather than leaving it live.
Where it lives
In the notification area, where the icon lights up while you transmit. Pick the microphone or let it follow the Windows default, set the input volume, start it with Windows, and it follows your light or dark theme.
Everything happens on this PC. No account is needed, nothing is uploaded unless you turn on backup, and it works with no connection at all.
Features
- Push to talk: muted until you hold the key, and muted from the moment it starts
- Push to mute: live until you hold the key, for a cough or an aside
- Toggle: each tap keys or unkeys the microphone
- Any key or combination, including a Shift, Ctrl or Alt key on its own
- Or the middle, back or forward mouse button
- A release delay of up to one second, so your last word is not cut off
- A soft click as you key up, and a roger beep as you let go
- A small TX transmit light in the screen corner you choose, which clicks pass through
- Hold the handset's own talk key with the mouse
- Pick the microphone or follow the Windows default, and set its input volume
- Hands the microphone back as it found it when you pause or quit
- Closes the microphone even if the key-up is lost to an administrator window
- Pause it from the notification area, and start it with Windows if you like
- Follows the Windows light and dark themes
- Works offline. No account needed, and nothing is uploaded unless you turn on backup
Details
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11
- Download
- About 2.6 MB
- Version
- 2.0.5, updated October 2026
- First released
- August 2023
- Price
- $3.49 once. No subscription.
- Category
- Utilities & tools
What's new in 2.0.5
- Fixed: the default Left Shift talk key did nothing
- Fixed: closing the window quit the app; it now keeps working from the notification area
- New: choose the talk key right on the main window, including combinations and the middle, back and forward mouse buttons
- New: push to talk, push to mute and toggle
- New: a release delay, a roger beep, and a TX light in the corner of the screen
- New: the microphone goes back to how it was found when you pause or quit
Questions
Anything else? Ask us
Which versions of Windows does it run on?
Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11.
Is it a subscription?
No. Walkie Talkie Mic is a one-time purchase of $3.49, and updates are included.
How do I get it?
EvlarSoft apps are moving to direct downloads from this site. Ask to be notified and we will email you as soon as Walkie Talkie Mic is ready to download.
