Outbound & Virtual Microphone

Inbound translation (hearing the other person) works on its own. To let the other side hear you translated, Omivo sends its outbound audio into a virtual microphone, and you select that virtual mic as your microphone inside the meeting app.

Why a virtual microphone

Meeting apps can only send one microphone into a call. To inject translated speech, Omivo needs a microphone-shaped audio device the meeting app can pick. A virtual audio cable provides exactly that: Omivo plays into one end, and the meeting app listens on the other.

One-time setup

1. Install a virtual audio device. On Windows, Omivo guides you through installing VB-CABLE. Run the installer and reboot if prompted.
2. Point Omivo's output at the virtual device. In Omivo's outbound settings, select the virtual cable as the output for translated speech.
3. Select the virtual device as your mic in the meeting app. In Zoom / Meet / Teams audio settings, choose the virtual cable as your Microphone.

Once configured, the other side hears the translated voice whenever you speak.

Translated voice vs. original voice

By default, outbound always sends the translated voice. If you need the other side to hear your real voice for a moment — to read something aloud, or when a name doesn't translate well — you can switch outbound to original voice passthrough.

• Passthrough reuses the same virtual-mic path; only the audio source changes.
• The switch is live and in-memory — it is not remembered between sessions, so each session starts back on translated voice.

Verifying it works

• Use the meeting app's mic test, or ask the other side what they hear.
• If the meeting shows no input on the virtual mic, see Troubleshooting.