Start/Stop WSR listening when switching VA profiles

[Dsotm44]

Hi new to VA - read everything I could but could not find a solution to this.

Have set up multiple app profiles which switch automatically with window focus which is great. However one of the profiles is my desktop where I need to use MS WSR for a lot of stuff. Is there a way to set up a command in an app profile to also "start/stop listening" in MS WSR when going to and from the Desktop profile? (without resorting to external scripts or Text to speech)

Many thanks

[Pfeil]

Are you using Windows 11? If so, that application will no longer be available after you upgrade to 24H2 or later.

Aside from that, there may not be any "normal" methods like keyboard shortcuts available to toggle listening, as given that the WSR application is more aimed towards an assistive context almost everything is intended to be done through voice recognition.

It's also not a normal window, and as such can't really be targeted. Though, as the WSR GUI is normally always drawn over other windows (this would require not having it minimized), you could try using a mouse click on the orb button to toggle the listening state.

[Dsotm44]

Many thanks for the quick reply!

I am using Win10 so the small overlay is still there. You are correct that the window cannot be targeted. Annoying but if I get a solution working I will update here

Many thanks

Edit**
Follow up question - can action be set up that executes on auto-switching to a different profile without the need for a voice command to trigger the action?

[Pfeil]

A command can be assigned to the profile-level "Execute a command each time this profile is loaded" option, which can in turn contain the relevant actions.