Author Topic: Start with not listening  (Read 1832 times)

adora

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Start with not listening
« on: June 16, 2021, 08:07:21 AM »
Hillo!

Would like to start the application in "not listening" mode.
I use a keyword/key to activate it and would like this to be the default if possible.

Thanks!

Pfeil

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Re: Start with not listening
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2021, 08:51:26 AM »
By default, VoiceAttack will start with whatever the listening state was when it was last shut down cleanly.

There is no setting for explicitly specifying the listening state, however if you have the "Recognition Global Hotkey" option enabled on the "Hotkeys" tab of the VoiceAttack options window and set to "VoiceAttack listens while keys are down", the listening state will be off when VoiceAttack starts regardless of the previous state.


If your intent is to instead manually change the listening state using the "Toggle listening start / stop" setting of the "Recognition Global Hotkey" option, you'd need to change the listening state on startup using another method.

Provided you're using a desktop shortcut to launch VoiceAttack, you could add the "-listeningoff" parameter after the target path, which would instruct VoiceAttack to disable listening when it starts.

If you're having VoiceAttack start with Windows instead, you could use a command in your profile that's executed using the "Execute a command each time this profile is loaded" option and uses the "Make VoiceAttack Stop Listening" action, though that would be specific to that profile and need to be repeated in other profiles (as only the active profile runs a command when it's loaded; global or included profiles don't)


Lastly, if none of the other options a feasible, a plugin can also change the listening state, and could do so on startup regardless of the active profile

adora

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Re: Start with not listening
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2021, 08:59:15 AM »
I have had some crashing (probably due to poor scripting ::) ) as I explore the application. Because it's not closing cleanly it's not remembering what I option I had selected.

That being said I am 1000% happy knowing I can set a launch option and add to my profile for this to work. woot woot.

Thanks again Pfeil!

** for anyone else that may find this useful the launch options worked with steam!