As we continue to work-from-home, video conferencing has become a new way of life. Frankly, we’re all getting pretty tired of constantly being on camera, worried about our appearance and staring at a screen. Zoom fatigue is very real. I stumbled across a novel way to deal with video conference calls. The Verge reported on a website to helps you lessen your participation in video calls.

Zoom Escaper is a free web widget that provides audio excuses to leave a Zoom meeting. You download and install the free VB-Audio software, which routes your audio through the Zoom Escaper website. Don’t forget to change your microphone input to VB-Audio. There are several available audio effects to help you get out of meetings.

Urination
Construction
Man Weeping
Bad Connection
Echo
Wind
Dog
Upset Baby

Some effects are more believable than others. The Verge thinks the Upset Baby is the best excuse, but you do have to convince participants that you actually have a baby in the house. These audio effects may be a good addition to the filters and studio effects that are built into Zoom.

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