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Serious question - what's the risk that someone with a high pitched, outside-the-norm voice will get denoised? If it filters out kids in the background, will kids no longer be able to use google meet?

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I haven't been able to confirm this, but I swear it happens to my mom on Zoom. When I video chat my family on Zoom and she isn't sitting directly in front of the laptop, her words rarely come through. I can see her lips moving, I can hear my dad grunting in agreement next to her--but she's silent. If they switch places, I can hear my dad without issue.

I don't know if it's a combination of her cheap hardware or what, but it's... odd.

EDIT: grammar

I think the key here is "in the background". I would assume if you're speaking close to the microphone, with no other voices going on, it will not filter anything.

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