What is the easiest way to control a mic?

I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.

On 27/09/2015 20:43, Seymore4Head wrote:
I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.


Right click the speaker icon at the right-hand end of the system tray,
and select Recording Devices. In the panel which comes up, right click
the microphone and then click Disable.

[When you want to use it again, follow the same process but click Enable].
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On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:00:45 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 27/09/2015 20:43, Seymore4Head wrote:
I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.


Right click the speaker icon at the right-hand end of the system tray,
and select Recording Devices. In the panel which comes up, right click
the microphone and then click Disable.

[When you want to use it again, follow the same process but click Enable].

In XP you used to be able to right click the speaker and there was
several options of things to mute and the mic was one of them.

I can't seem to figure out how to make Win7 work the same way. Is
that no longer an option?

Seymore4Head wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:00:45 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 27/09/2015 20:43, Seymore4Head wrote:
I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.


Right click the speaker icon at the right-hand end of the system tray,
and select Recording Devices. In the panel which comes up, right click
the microphone and then click Disable.

[When you want to use it again, follow the same process but click Enable].

In XP you used to be able to right click the speaker and there was
several options of things to mute and the mic was one of them.

I can't seem to figure out how to make Win7 work the same way. Is
that no longer an option?

W7 removed all those nice conveniences.
If I was going to use the mic frequently, I would get a mic with an
on/off switch.

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Seymore4Head wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:00:45 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 27/09/2015 20:43, Seymore4Head wrote:
I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.


Right click the speaker icon at the right-hand end of the system tray,
and select Recording Devices. In the panel which comes up, right click
the microphone and then click Disable.

[When you want to use it again, follow the same process but click Enable].

In XP you used to be able to right click the speaker and there was
several options of things to mute and the mic was one of them.

I can't seem to figure out how to make Win7 work the same way. Is
that no longer an option?

W7 removed all those nice conveniences.
If I was going to use the mic frequently, I would get a mic with an
on/off switch.

Yup, it's gone after XP. I don't know why MS seems to have made using
your sound card so much more difficult every version. Used to be simple,
select what you wanted input from etc. MIDI is even worse!!!

Get a mic with an Off/On switch as suggested. I have a couple of cheap
"dollar store" ones work really well (have switches) and an even cheaper
"desktoip mic" one works ok (but no switch). For serious stuff I also
have a USB mic which means just plug/unplug as needed.

Same as joysticks. Horrer if using multipule joysticks for various
things. Why doesn't MS simply create a virtual joystick and you define
what constitutes "move left" etc. (e.g that might be a real joystick or
and key or even a mouse flick).

On 9/27/2015 5:46 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:00:45 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 27/09/2015 20:43, Seymore4Head wrote:
I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.


Right click the speaker icon at the right-hand end of the system tray,
and select Recording Devices. In the panel which comes up, right click
the microphone and then click Disable.

[When you want to use it again, follow the same process but click Enable].

In XP you used to be able to right click the speaker and there was
several options of things to mute and the mic was one of them.

I can't seem to figure out how to make Win7 work the same way. Is
that no longer an option?


Locate Window 7's GodMode and launch it. The sections in the GodMode
window are arranged alphabetically. Scroll down about 2/3 to Sound.
Select "Manage audio devices". Select the Recording tab. Right-click
in the window away from any icon and deselect (remove checkmark) Show
Disconnected Devices in the pull-down menu but right-click again and
select (set checkmark) Show Disabled Devices in the pull-down menu.
(The latter is so that, when you disable your mike, you can later enable
it.) Select the mike, right-click, and select Disable in the pull-down
context menu. Select the OK button.

Before closing the GodMode window, select but do not open "Manage audio
devices". Right-click and select "Create shortcut" from the pull-down
context menu. The shortcut will be created on your desktop. Use it in
the future instead of navigating through GodMode.

--
David E. Ross

Why do we tolerate political leaders who
spend more time belittling hungry children
than they do trying to fix the problem of
hunger? http://mazon.org/

On 28/09/2015 03:26, David E. Ross wrote:
On 9/27/2015 5:46 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:00:45 +0100, Roger
wrote:

On 27/09/2015 20:43, Seymore4Head wrote:
I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.


Right click the speaker icon at the right-hand end of the system tray,
and select Recording Devices. In the panel which comes up, right click
the microphone and then click Disable.

[When you want to use it again, follow the same process but click Enable].

In XP you used to be able to right click the speaker and there was
several options of things to mute and the mic was one of them.

I can't seem to figure out how to make Win7 work the same way. Is
that no longer an option?


Locate Window 7's GodMode and launch it. The sections in the GodMode
window are arranged alphabetically. Scroll down about 2/3 to Sound.
Select "Manage audio devices". Select the Recording tab. Right-click
in the window away from any icon and deselect (remove checkmark) Show
Disconnected Devices in the pull-down menu but right-click again and
select (set checkmark) Show Disabled Devices in the pull-down menu.
(The latter is so that, when you disable your mike, you can later enable
it.) Select the mike, right-click, and select Disable in the pull-down
context menu. Select the OK button.

Before closing the GodMode window, select but do not open "Manage audio
devices". Right-click and select "Create shortcut" from the pull-down
context menu. The shortcut will be created on your desktop. Use it in
the future instead of navigating through GodMode.


That certainly works, but it's pretty long-winded compared with just
right-clicking the speaker icon in the system tray, like I suggested.

Why make it unnecessarily complicated when it's really quite simple?!
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Cheers,
Roger
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On 28/09/2015 12:46, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 20:46:58 -0400, wrote:



In XP you used to be able to right click the speaker and there was
several options of things to mute and the mic was one of them.

I can't seem to figure out how to make Win7 work the same way. Is
that no longer an option?

Right click the speaker, select recording devices, then, on the ensuing "recording" tab, right click the
microphone and select disable. This works on some machines, but not on others. It is worth a try.


When would that *not* work?
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Roger
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On 9/28/2015 3:19 AM, Roger Mills wrote:
On 28/09/2015 03:26, David E. Ross wrote:
On 9/27/2015 5:46 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:00:45 +0100, Roger
wrote:

On 27/09/2015 20:43, Seymore4Head wrote:
I just started using Chrome. I like to use voice for search terms.

The mic is always on and I would like to be able to switch it off when
not using it for searches.


Right click the speaker icon at the right-hand end of the system tray,
and select Recording Devices. In the panel which comes up, right click
the microphone and then click Disable.

[When you want to use it again, follow the same process but click Enable].

In XP you used to be able to right click the speaker and there was
several options of things to mute and the mic was one of them.

I can't seem to figure out how to make Win7 work the same way. Is
that no longer an option?


Locate Window 7's GodMode and launch it. The sections in the GodMode
window are arranged alphabetically. Scroll down about 2/3 to Sound.
Select "Manage audio devices". Select the Recording tab. Right-click
in the window away from any icon and deselect (remove checkmark) Show
Disconnected Devices in the pull-down menu but right-click again and
select (set checkmark) Show Disabled Devices in the pull-down menu.
(The latter is so that, when you disable your mike, you can later enable
it.) Select the mike, right-click, and select Disable in the pull-down
context menu. Select the OK button.

Before closing the GodMode window, select but do not open "Manage audio
devices". Right-click and select "Create shortcut" from the pull-down
context menu. The shortcut will be created on your desktop. Use it in
the future instead of navigating through GodMode.


That certainly works, but it's pretty long-winded compared with just
right-clicking the speaker icon in the system tray, like I suggested.

Why make it unnecessarily complicated when it's really quite simple?!


I do not have a speaker icon in my tray (notification area). I removed
it and do not know how to get it back. Actually, I am not interested in
getting it back because I rarely use my microphone.

In my case, I did the setup I suggested. Then I put the "Manage audio
devices" shortcut in my Start menu, in a folder named "Audio and Video".

--
David E. Ross

Why do we tolerate political leaders who
spend more time belittling hungry children
than they do trying to fix the problem of
hunger? http://mazon.org/