How does the voice area chat work?

[ScottPgMac]

ON PC

So i had similar difficulties. i cannot recall where i read it but i believe the CTRL key is what activates voice. just like above you have to goto settings and manually turn MUTE off so you can hear. I recommend going to a Human(purple dots) heavily populated area and test it out by typing into chat first asking if anyone that can hear me please type it into chat . If there helpful stay in close proximity to them and further your tests, you might be also helping that other player out in the process. Remember it`s US the people/consumer that can make the biggest difference in this game. The developers are there to listen(as long as theres a good point) and will hopefully apply some of our good ideas to the next patch and help everyone! So please be patient and enjoy the so far awesome game and the ****ING AWESOME TV SHOW!!!! Can anyone say Firefly with the best of every other sci-fi/fantasy show in a blender(minus the "twilight" love story :P)
Enjoy!!!!
ScottPGMac A.K.A SnipyB|tch
ON PC

[Tgreen]

(minus the "twilight" love story :P)

Didn't you see the castithian emo and the miner's daughter?
Turn that minus into a plus! ;P

[ScottPgMac]

LOL that's what i was referencing, its a minus for me :P

[Jeff Kaos]

I had to go to "Quick Chat" menu (press left on Dpad) then Chat Channels --> Area Chat --> Unmute Voice. But even after I unmuted, I can't really hear or talk to anyone...

I just heard someone! They said testing, but I don't know if they can hear me...

You should also make sure you're in the right chat channel too. On Xbox pull down on the D pad and make sure you're in area chat.