two-way audio

Speak and hear

Two-way audio refers to a communication system that transmits sound in both directions, allowing people on each end to speak and listen.

The term appears most often with security cameras, baby monitors, and intercom systems: The doorbell camera has two-way audio, so I can talk to delivery drivers from my phone.

Distinguished from one-way audio, which only transmits sound in a single direction.

Opposites
communication directionality

two-way audioPA system

Amplified announcement network

public address · half-duplex · monologue · radio broadcast · push-to-talk

interactivity

two-way audiostreaming audio

Online sound transmission

passive listening · playback · background music

Family

audio, twos, ways, audios, twin, twofold, twenty, auditory, audition

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G