How to call yourself in Microsoft Teams?

How can I call myself in Microsoft Teams (possibly over the phone) in order to test some special sound device settings?

I know about the Teams Echo Bot test call, which however is not sufficient for my purpose (specifically, the bot does not allow to test the echo that other participants may hear of themselves).

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I have been able to start a room using Slack (/teams), then join the room and test audio/video. You can even record the meeting, then play it back to get a true sense of quality.

Of course, that requires Slack with Teams Integration setup. But maybe you could do something similar with other IM clients?

While I haven't yet found a way to test my own echo myself, I have since asked various colleagues. They have denied hearing any echo of themselves through Teams, even though I use an extremely sensitive desktop microphone and desktop speakers instead of a headset.

So Teams is apparently very good at suppressing echo.

If the organization has enabled it, you can also call yourself on a landline in the Teams sidebar under "Calls", and try whether an echo is generated.

Otherwise, you can at least hold a meeting with yourself and record your own audio (and video) this way. Doing so, I found that Teams also filters out loud keyboard noise almost completely, but only as long as you're not talking at the same time.

While you are talking, keyboard noise and other sounds such as rustling paper are transmitted almost unsuppressed.