Would they block conversations from people in an open office setting?
1329832
They don't block anything else, don't know why they would block conversation. These do not work well in my opinion. I returned them and spent the money to get a set of Bose that really do work.
1329833
They will not block them completely but will lower the volume of it significantly.
1329834
With the ear buds well seated in both ears and music playing fairly loudly, most of the sound of conversations should be blocked out. The softer the music, the more conversations can be heard, although somewhat muffled(like wearing ear plugs)
2100026
I don't believe so (don't recall seeing a mute button). What are you trying to do?
770971
I'm curious about the noise level in a quiet office environment too. I'm sure it wouldn't interrupt anyone, but would everyone in the vicinity hear the sounds it makes while operating?
628197
We are on a replacement headset now, so it's more simple, but I believe that "privacy" is like the mute button. The mute button prevents the caller from hearing you, even though you can hear them. My husband uses this often when he's on conference calls. He leaves mute on until he needs to speak. This way, the other people on the conference call aren't bothered by the background noise going on in our house. We also use it when we need to call loudly to the kids to tell them the phone is for them - that way the caller doesn't hear us shouting in their ear! lol! Good luck...
50132
I'm not sure what you call a "privacy button", but, according to the phone's manual, there is "privacy mode". When this mode is "On", the unit prevents other users from joining your conversation with outside callers. There is no special button that controls this feature, it's being done using the phone's menu.
258611
Yes. These work very well for that. I work in an over crowded office environment and these work well to block out noise around me, and work well to talk on the phone. If listening to music, it does not escape to bother anyone around me. Hope this helps.
1999361
I have a home office - I have been told that people can hear me typing if I am not on mute. When I call into a conference line and announce myself, and hear myself entering the call, my voice is not crystal clear, but I can be heard and understood. I would say about 80% quality but not much noise cancellation.
1975664
Yes if you are looking for privacy from prying eyes while holding a conversation.
2036906
Absolutely. I use it at work in my cubicle And it runs silent. It does not disturb anyone.
1911107
No. These rely on other hardware (often a desk phone) to mute the microphone.
1690500
no. Only control is a mute button that can be held down to prevent other person from hearing you, mute turns off when you stop depressing the button
684299
It is noisy inside and can make conversation tough, but if you aren't trying to talk to people it can work inside.
2177919
I use the headset in an airplane, where it reduces the surrounding noise (engine and wind noises) to an amazing degree.I doubt it would suppress intermittent noise (office conversations) as I don't believe that is what it is designed to do.
749567
I would think that I you were in a cubbie, you might be okay. But in my opinion the noise level wouldn't disturbed someone that was having a normal conversation. The most distracting part would be the circling motion of your wrist, curiosity may get the better of the less focused. But the answer would be "no". Again no more than an annoying habit with no useful purpose.
149779
You wouldn't want to use them in office. My colleagues complained about the'escaping' sound
88878
It's pretty big and bulky not sure you would wear these in an office...definitely would block out noise of typing
928636
Yes, if you have a quiet office, your co-workers can hear the paddles moving. But if you have your own window office, then no one can hear it. It makes soft noise.