Screen saver and microphone

[Guest]

I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post to but...

I have a VB application running on W2K which uses a microphone to accept commands and words to put in a word processing program. If I have the screen saver enabled, even though I am actively dictating through the microphone, the screen saver turns on after "x" minutes.

Is there any way it make the OS understand that the microphone is active and not turn on the screen saver?

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Thanks in advance

 

[mitch]

I'd suggest turning the time up for your screen saver. They really don't
save that much anyway. Unless you dictate for 8 hours.
Optionally bump your desk once in awhile, if the sensitivity is high enough
the slightest movement of the mouse will reset the timer.

I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post to but...

I have a VB application running on W2K which uses a microphone to accept

commands and words to put in a word processing program. If I have the
screen saver enabled, even though I am actively dictating through the
microphone, the screen saver turns on after "x" minutes.

Is there any way it make the OS understand that the microphone is active

and not turn on the screen saver?

 

[Rick]

The question is: why doesn't the system realize that input is coming in from the microphone like it would if you moved the mouse

or touched a key? I have a commercial application and we don't want the screen saver to come on if the user is actively dictating.

Any suggestions?

Sure. First download a small, free, and VERY useful utility
called Wizmo: http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

Then create a batch file to start your commercial application
which first turns off your screensaver, starts your app, then
re-enables your screensaver. Replace the middle two lines
in the following with wherever your application resides:

wizmo autoblank=0
CD /D <drive\path\yourappfolder>
<yourapp.exe>
wizmo autoblank=1

Save it as a .BAT file and create a shortcut to it on the desktop.
You can then Change Icon and point to the application's .EXE
file if you want to keep the original icon on the desktop.

Rick