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Even where it works, speakers are much worse microphones that dedicated microphones, and so the amount of data that can be gathered is low. Why bother when you probably have a microphone on the same PC that can capture far more sound?

>>bluGil+(OP)
I think there was a long period where a proper PC would frequently have only the cheap stereo speakers which are small enough to far outperform raw microphone leads. But I'm not sure this works that well in >=HDMI even if some monitor speakers might otherwise be ideal.

>>bluGil+(OP)
This isn't about audio fidelity, this just about getting audible spoken words, which is definitely possible even with the worst microphone.