RadarWorks

Voice and the radio

Set up your microphone, hear the pilots and choose the frequencies you want to use.

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  1. Set up your headset
  2. Extra voices and radio sound
  3. Listen and transmit

Set up your headset

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  1. Open Settings, then Headset & transmit. Choose your microphone and output, and use Test microphone to check that the bars move when you speak.
  2. Choose your talk key. The default for speaking to pilots is . Save your choices.
  3. Open Recognition & voices. Download a speech recognition model and choose Use this model. Download pilot voices and turn on crews' voices if you want to hear them.
  4. Pilot voices also need eSpeak NG. Choose Get eSpeak NG, install it with its defaults, then restart RadarWorks.
  5. Use Hear it to listen to your voice choices before saving.

Extra voices and radio sound

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In Recognition & voices, download Extra voices if you want more pilot voices. Choose an Extra voice speed and a radio effect: Off, Light, Realistic or Heavy.

If your headset has separate Game and Chat outputs, Settings can help you switch to Game. Chat can sound poor while the microphone is in use.

Listen and transmit

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Use the Frequency screen or Radio to listen to positions RadarWorks works. Choose Selected frequencies in Radio or Settings and arm the frequencies you want to transmit on, or transmit on all your frequencies.

In a shared session, which is in testing, is the default key for talking to other controllers. Change it under Keys in Settings.