Patent ID: 8630423

Claim:
A method for testing a speaker and a microphone of a communication device, the method comprising: receiving an indication from a user of the communication device that the speaker of the device and the microphone of the device are to be tested; in response to receiving the indication that the speaker and microphone of the device are to be tested, playing a pre-recorded sound clip through the speaker; upon receiving an indication from the user that the pre-recorded sound clip is audible, prompting the user to speak into the microphone; receiving, in response to receiving the indication that the pre-recorded sound clip is audible, a second audio signal from the user speaking into the microphone; playing, in response to receiving the second audio signal, the second audio signal through the speaker; receiving, in response to playing the second audio signal through the speaker, an indication that the second audio signal played through the speaker is audible to the user; and determining that the speaker and the microphone are operating properly when the pre-recorded sound clip and the second audio signal are audible to the user.