A method can include obtaining one or more gesture definitions. Each of the one or more gesture definitions can identify a correspondence between a set of gestures and a voice communication. The method can further include detecting that a mute function of a communication device is active. The mute function can prevent the communication device from transmitting audio data to one or more receiving devices. The method can further include obtaining gesture data from one or more input devices. The method can further include identifying a first gesture definition of the one or more gesture definitions. The identifying the first gesture definition can be based on the gesture data. The method can further include initiating a transfer of a first voice communication to the one or more receiving devices. The first voice communication can correspond to the first gesture definition.