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Chat and talk with reviewers during a session

Updated Oct 12, 2026

Chat and talk with reviewers during a session ​

Use the web player's Chat panel to message reviewers or join the review's voice call. Guests can take part if the share link allows it. Some links require a Revis account first; Presentation links don't allow guests in the call.

Before you start

  • Who: anyone who can open the review, including guests on a share link. If the link requires a Revis account to take part, sign in first.
  • Where: the web app's player. The desktop app has no chat or voice call.
  • You need: a microphone for the voice call. Your browser asks for permission to use it the first time.

Chat ​

  1. Open the review in the player and select Chat (the speech bubbles at the top right).
  2. Type in Type a message... and press Enter to send. Press Shift+Enter for a new line.
  3. To point everyone to a moment in a video or audio item, select Include timecode before you send. The message gets a link to the frame showing when you press Enter, such as shot_010 @ 00:00:12:05.
Chat in a live session Credit: (CC) Blender Foundation | studio.blender.org
Transcript

Open the review in the player and select Chat, the speech bubbles at the top right. Type in Type a message and press Enter to send. To point everyone to a moment in a video or audio item, select Include timecode before you send.

The message gets a link to the frame showing when you press Enter. Use chat for quick talk during the session. A message can be up to 2,000 characters.

From 1,800 characters a count such as 1,867 out of 2,000 shows under the box.

Selecting a timecode link in a message jumps to that item and frame. Messages sent while an image or document is open always link to that item.

To react, point to a message and select the smiley button.

Use chat for quick talk during the session. Feedback that should stay with an item belongs in a comment.

Talk in the voice call ​

  1. Open Chat and select Join call at the top of the panel.
  2. Allow your browser to use the microphone when it asks.
  3. Use the microphone button to switch between Mute microphone and Unmute microphone. To change microphone, select its name next to that button.
  4. Select Leave to hang up.

Once you've joined, the panel lists everyone in the call: a green ring shows who's speaking, and a crossed-out microphone shows who's muted. If you close Chat during a call, a small control at the bottom right keeps the mute button and Leave in reach. Opening another review leaves the call.

The call is audio only. Shift+M mutes the review's playback sound for you, not your microphone.

Guests in chat and calls ​

  • Guests can chat and join the call from a share link. On an Open access link they appear as "Anonymous".
  • On a link that asks guests to confirm their email, revis.io asks for it before a guest's first message or reaction.
  • On a Revis account to interact link, sign in before sending messages, reacting, or joining a call. If Chat says "Sign in to revis.io to chat.", open Notes and select Sign in to revis.io to comment. to sign in and return to the review.
  • On a Presentation link, Join call is grayed out with "Calls are disabled for this link".

Delete messages ​

  • Your own message: point to it and select the X next to it. You can delete your own messages when you're signed in or have confirmed your email; anonymous guests on an Open access link can't delete.
  • Anyone's message: organization Owners and Admins, and Project Admins of the review's project, can delete any message the same way. They can also select Clear above the messages to empty the chat for everyone.

A deleted message disappears for everyone. Hosting the session doesn't give you these rights.

If your access changes during a session ​

  • If someone changes your role, or the permissions of the link you opened, revis.io reconnects you within a few seconds with your new rights. If you were in the call, you rejoin it.
  • If the link is turned off or deleted, guests are taken to the sign-in page, which says "This review is no longer shared with you. Ask the person who shared it for a new link, or sign in if you have an account."

Limits ​

  • A message can be up to 2,000 characters. From 1,800 characters a count such as "1,867 / 2,000" shows under the box. Over the limit it says "Too long to send" and the message can't be sent until you shorten it.
  • If nothing happens when you select Join call, your browser is blocking the microphone. Allow it in the browser's site settings, then try again.
  • On some company networks the call can't connect. Ask your IT team to allow browser voice calls (WebRTC).

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