Shell script to allow Voice Bot in Chrome participate (listen and speak) in the Zoom meeting

voice-bot-and-zoom-audio-routing.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

echo "Creating virtual sinks..."

# 1) Create virtual sinks
# Sink for Zoom's audio output
pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=Zoom-to-Bot sink_properties=device.description="Zoom-to-Bot"
# Sink for the Bot's audio output
pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=VoiceBot-to-Zoom sink_properties=device.description="VoiceBot-to-Zoom"

echo "Created virtual sinks. Wait 1s for PipeWire to register..."
sleep 1

# 2) Create Virtual Microphones
# This mic captures audio from the "Zoom-to-Bot" sink.
# Chrome (the bot) will listen to this mic.
pactl load-module module-remap-source \
    source_name=zoom_to_bot_virtual_mic \
    master=Zoom-to-Bot.monitor \
    source_properties=device.description="Zoom-to-Bot Virtual Mic"

# This mic captures audio from the "VoiceBot-to-Zoom" sink.
# Zoom will listen to this mic.
pactl load-module module-remap-source \
    source_name=bot_to_zoom_virtual_mic \
    master=VoiceBot-to-Zoom.monitor \
    source_properties=device.description="VoiceBot-to-Zoom Virtual Mic"

echo "Done."
echo "Virtual devices created."
echo "Please set your applications as follows:"
echo ""
echo "--- IN CHROME (Your Bot) ---"
echo "  Microphone: Zoom-to-Bot Virtual Mic"
echo "  Speaker:    VoiceBot-to-Zoom"
echo ""
echo "--- IN ZOOM ---"
echo "  Microphone: VoiceBot-to-Zoom Virtual Mic"
echo "  Speaker:    Zoom-to-Bot"
echo ""
echo "Run command to remove the settings above: systemctl --user restart pipewire"