# Access to microphone during onboarding

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/access-to-microphone-during-onboarding/10027>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/access-to-microphone-during-onboarding/10027 "2020-12-01T12:04:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mb0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mb0](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mb0)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/access-to-microphone-during-onboarding/10027/1 "2020-12-01T12:04:11Z")

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Greetings,

I’m getting warnings that microphone is being accessed during app onboarding. Blocking this terminates the app.

 ![Screenshot 2020-12-01 at 12.57.41](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/f3ddf8f7a50706090314d79cb66dbd00b6dd949c.jpeg)

Version: 3.55.0.606 (MacOS Beta)

Prerequisites:

- Any app / service that monitors microphone access (I’m using Oversight v1.2 from

Steps to repro:

- Start the app after a fresh install
- Follow on onboarding, and click mouse is being used.
- Wait for the video to start
- Observe that app reports access

Expected results: explain user why this is required for video playback.

Thanks,  
mb

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/access-to-microphone-during-onboarding/10027/2 "2020-12-01T14:44:35Z")

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Wow, that’s weird. We are not even using the microphone anywhere. Thanks for the report we will look into this.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/access-to-microphone-during-onboarding/10027/3 "2020-12-01T18:38:02Z")

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OK, so it’s apparently a bug in that tracking app. We are not accessing the microphone, just using the built in video player.