To record your own voice, no matter which recording mode you choose using our browser extensions or Desktop Apps, ensure that the Microphone option in our product is enabled.
Before recording, you can speak aloud to check if the indicator light turns green or blue. If it does, it indicates that the microphone is functioning properly. If the indicator light does not turn green or blue, it shows that the microphone is not working correctly. In such cases, please click the triangle next to the microphone icon to select another microphone source.
Please note that during the recoring process the microphone indicator does not change color.
1. On Windows
2. On macOS/Linux
On Windows
- For our extension/add-on available on Chrome, Edge, and other browsers that support Chrome extensions, if you choose the recording mode of Desktop-> Entire screen, please ensure that you have enabled the "Share system audio" option in order to record system audio which includes sounds from webpages, voices from others in online meetings or classrooms, as well as program and app sounds.
- If you select the recording mode of This Tab or Custom(This Tab), to record system audio, program sound, or voices from others in an online meeting, an online classroom, or a program, please make sure the Tab Sound is turned on.
- If you want to record a window with system audio, please use the Awesomescreenshot Windows Desktop App. If you select the recording mode of Desktop-> Window using our browser extensions/add-ons, there is no checkbox of "Share system audio" due to the limitation from browsers, so program sound or others' voices from the system audio cannot be included in a recording.
On macOS/Linux
We recommend using the AwesomeScreenshot Desktop App for Mac to record the system audio/program sound and your voice. You can select any recording mode to easily capture audio.
- If you use AwesomeScreenshot's extensions for different browsers such as Chrome on Mac or Linux, to record video calls with others (other persons' audio) or the sound from the computer program, please select the recording mode of This Tab or Custom (This Tab) and make sure the Tab Sound is turned on.
- Currently, our extensions for different browsers cannot record system audio due to system limitations of browsers on Mac or Linux, so if you select the recording mode of Desktop, the system audio/program sound cannot be recorded unless the option of Microphone is turned on, but the sound quality may not be very good.
Note:
- For our Firefox extension, due to the limitations in Firefox, it is not possible to select system audio sharing, so the system audio can only be recorded through your microphone. As a result, the sound quality in the recording is not good. We recommend using Awesomescreenshot Desktop App for Windows or AwesomeScreenshot Desktop App for Mac to capture system audio.
Relevant instructions:
What are the differences between system audio, microphone, and tab sound
What is a tab and what is a window in a browser
How to record system audio (others’ voices) in a Zoom meeting