Making Voice And Video Calls
Junovy Talk provides high-quality voice and video calling capabilities directly within your conversations. This guide explains how to start and join calls.
Starting a Call
To start a call from any conversation:
- Open the conversation you want to call
- Click the Start call button (green phone icon) in the top right corner
- Choose whether to join with video enabled or just audio
- The call will start, and other participants will be notified
Joining a Call
When someone starts a call in a conversation you're a member of:
- You'll receive a notification (if enabled)
- Click the notification or open the conversation
- Click Join call to enter the call
- Select your audio and video preferences before joining
Device Preview
Before joining a call, you can preview your camera and test your microphone:
- The device preview appears when you're about to join a call
- Check that your camera shows your video correctly
- Speak to test your microphone levels
- Adjust your camera and microphone selection if needed
You can also enable "Skip device preview before joining a call" in App Settings if you prefer to join calls directly.
In-Call Controls
During a call, you have access to several controls at the bottom of the screen:
- Camera (V key): Toggle your camera on or off
- Microphone (M key): Mute or unmute your microphone
- Screen share: Share your screen or a specific window
- Raise hand (R key): Raise or lower your virtual hand
- Reactions: Send emoji reactions during the call
- Chat: Access the conversation chat during the call
- Participants: View and manage call participants
- Settings: Adjust call settings
- Leave call: Exit the call
Push-to-Talk
Use push-to-talk for better control over your microphone:
- Keep your microphone muted
- Press and hold Space to unmute temporarily
- Release Space to mute again
This is useful in noisy environments or when you only need to speak occasionally.
Full Screen Mode
Enter full screen mode for a better call experience:
- Press F during a call to toggle full screen
- Press F again or Escape to exit full screen
Default Camera and Microphone Settings
You can set default behavior for your camera and microphone in App Settings:
- Turn camera and microphone off by default: Start calls with both disabled
- Blur camera background by default: Apply a blur effect to your background automatically
Screen Sharing
- Click the Screen share button
- Choose to share your entire screen, a specific window, or a browser tab
- Click Share to start sharing
- Click Stop sharing when done
Note: Screen sharing permissions depend on your browser and operating system settings.