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How To Use Your Phone As a Microphone

How To Use Your Phone As a Microphone

How To Use Your Phone As a Microphone

It would interest you to know that you can use your phone as a microphone. This article will teach you how to do so using either a downloaded application or a built-in feature. There are lots of apps available for download that can help you use your phone as a microphone on your computer system.

Using your phone as a microphone on windows:
Steps:

1.Download and install the WO Mic app for mobile phone( android and IOS) and also download the WO Mic Computer client app alongside. The Computer client app works on only Windows or Linux computer. You can easily find the WO Mic app on the Google play store and apple store ( for IOS devices) for free.
You will also need to install WO Mic device driver packages for Windows.

How To Use Your Phone As a Microphone

2. Open the newly installed WO Mic app on both your phone and Computer;
The app looks like a microphone icon and will display on your home screen on your mobile phone. You can find the WO Mic app on the start menu on your computer.

3. On the right side of the screen on your phone when you open the app on the phone, you should see a “settings” icon.

4. Click “Transport” and select a transport mode.  After this, a menu will pop up and you can tap to select to connect via USB, WiFi, or Bluetooth. Connecting via USB is the most suggested as it is the most robust and has the highest bit rate.

  • If you’re using USB, you’ll need to connect your phone via USB to your computer, then enable USB Debugging Mode (Android only) by going to Settings > About > Developer Options.
How To Use Your Phone As a Microphone
  • If you’re using a wireless connection (Wi-Fi), ensure your phone sees your computer’s wireless network and is connected. There will almost always be a small WiFi icon on your phone’s home screen that shows your connection to a network.
  • If you’re using Bluetooth, ensure that Bluetooth is turned on on your device. You can usually turn Bluetooth on or off in your phone’s “Settings” menu. You’ll have to enable Bluetooth on your computer through the Control Panel or your wireless connections menu. Then wait for the device to pair with your computer.

5. Return to the main screen of the mobile app. You can use the navigation buttons on your screen to go back and close the menu. You can also close the app and reopen it.

6. On the top right corner of the screen, click the “start” icon on your mobile phone. This will restart the server. Now, you can keep your phone and switch to your computer.

7. In the left corner of the client window on your computer, click the “connection” Tab

8. Then click ‘connect’.

9 . On the left side of the window, you’ll see a panel of options. From the list, select a connection type. The connection type has to be the same as earlier.

10. In the details pane, choose the information. You’ll need to specify certain parameters for the connection before you can continue unless you’re using USB, which means you don’t need to add any specific information.

11. You’ll see “connect” at the bottom of the window, click on it. You should see your connection status ( either connected or Disconnected) and type of connection, either bluet, USB or WiFi in the panels at the bottom of the Client window. When the connection is established, any sound picked up by your phone will be transmitted to your computer. You can hear the sound by going to “options> play in speaker on your WO Mic Computer client.

You can stop your phone from recording by clicking “connection>disconnect on your computer or the stop button on your phone to end connection and recording.

Reference; Wikihow

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