Use your phone as a mic for a Linux PC

1. Create a virtual audio device
Other apps can't directly use AudioRelay as a source. We'll have to create a virtual audio device.
AudioRelay will send sound to this virtual audio device and other apps will listen to it as if it was a real microphone.
Create a temporary virtual audio device
Create a permanent virtual audio device (recommended)
Result in Volume control
What the result should look like in Volume control / pavucontrol
(Installed via sudo apt install pavucontrol
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2. Start AudioRelay on your phone
Go to the server tab
Click on the microphone source
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3. Start AudioRelay on your PC
Go to the player tab
Select Virtual-Mic-Sink as the audio device
Click on your phone in the server list
4. Start your communications app (Discord, Skype...)
Find the microphone settings
Select Virtual-Mic as an input device
Send anonymous feedback about AudioRelay here.

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