# Voice chat indicator **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Feedback\ **Created:** [January 28, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116 "2020-01-28T14:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akaLuckyEye](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/akaluckyeye/32/8402_2.png) [@akaLuckyEye](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/akaLuckyEye)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/1 "2020-01-28T14:06:18Z")
Voice chat indicator iwould help a lot so you don’t have to ask who is speaking every time. ---
**Author:** ![hanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/898d66/32.png) [@hanzy](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/hanzy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/2 "2020-01-28T17:06:06Z")
Yes it sure would. This has been a requested “feature” since day one. ---
**Author:** ![Malacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Malacar](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Malacar)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/3 "2020-01-29T11:43:32Z")
As far as I understand, the game uses Steam API for voice chat, and it doesn’t support this feature. I think someone from Fatshark said a while ago that they can’t fix it on their side other than by implementing a completely different voice chat. ---
**Author:** ![akaLuckyEye](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/akaluckyeye/32/8402_2.png) [@akaLuckyEye](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/akaLuckyEye)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/4 "2020-01-29T18:05:08Z")
Ok, if that is the case it is not much to do about it. =) ---
**Author:** ![zaygr](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/zaygr/32/71131_2.png) [@zaygr](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/zaygr)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/5 "2020-01-30T07:20:25Z")
They could tie the voice chat indicator to the key bound to voice chat, they wouldn’t need to pull anything or do anything with the Steam Voice Chat API. For example: press V to have your voice chat indicator light up. Also press V to voice chat. ---
**Author:** ![spatnack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@spatnack](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/spatnack)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/6 "2020-01-30T07:51:28Z")
At the very least it would be nice to have an indicator on the player menu (tab) that the player has voice chat enabled. ---
**Author:** ![Malacar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Malacar](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Malacar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/7 "2020-01-30T14:48:59Z")
That is a good idea, but it won’t work with Voice Activation though. (But they could add a special icon if a player has Voice Activation on?) ---
**Author:** ![zaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zaru](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/zaru)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/8 "2020-01-30T15:06:41Z")
> [@zaygr](#): > > They could tie the voice chat indicator to the key bound to voice chat, they wouldn’t need to pull anything or do anything with the Steam Voice Chat API. > > For example: press V to have your voice chat indicator light up. Also press V to voice chat. Good idea. Way too often do I join a run where someone uses voice chat and I don’t know who is even talking. This would solve a lot of cases. ---
**Author:** ![geekhaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@geekhaven](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/geekhaven)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-indicator/38116/9 "2020-02-01T10:09:42Z")
You can’t even tell if your talking half the time. The voice system can be very inconsistent.