push to talk
Hold to speak
Push to talk is a communication method where you press and hold a button to transmit your voice, then release to listen.
Common in walkie-talkies, two-way radios, and some phone apps, it allows only one person to speak at a time: Hold down the push-to-talk button when you're ready to respond.
Often abbreviated PTT.
- walkie-talkiePortable handheld radio transceiver
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- ham radioLicensed hobbyist broadcasting
- transmitTo send onward
- buttonDisc through a hole
press and hold · click · release · squelch · channel · static · broadcast · dispatch · trucker · CB · breaker breaker · mic · keying · come in · over · copy · roger · over and out
- buttonspower button, stop button, play button, pause button, mute button
- intercomsintercom, video intercom, base station, two-way audio, substation
- aviation radioVHF radio, pan-pan, copy, over, out
transmission activation method
push to talkopen mic
Unscreened public performance slot
voice-activated · hot mic · voice activation · always-on · open channel
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