James thanks alot this worked like a charm !!   

i think that the command line tool would prob be better? any idea how to set something like this up with VC? Also would eventghost be a option?

No , im kinda looking for the best way to do this. Tryed a few things that didnt work. sorry i dont have a XML ..  What do you think the best way to do this is ?

I have one computer my htpc it  has xbmc  and all my media stuff. I have my a 50 inch samsung tv connected hdmi and also a AOC monitor connected hdmi.  What i want to do is switch between the tv and the computer  monitor using voxcommando . So when i say " switch to tv, voxcommmando well switch the Samsung screen only, or when i say switch to computer monitor vox will then switch to the computer monitor. Now im NOT taking about powering them on, im talking about putting the desktop on one or the other.  Im running windows 8 and i know their is a keyboard shortcut for switching your displays WIN+P  however cant get this working . Anyone have any idea's how i can switch displays using VC ?

looks like brian and the ivona software is $109.00 thats kinda of expensive. Now i do see that the ivona software is only $39.99 but i would still have to buy a voice. well it gives me somthing to look forward to thanks mr wolf.

Where does everyone go to get these voices are their any free ones I can use ?

Well that was a good idea however im using windows 8 and when you schedule a task in windows 8 for some reason when i point the task to play a mp3 file it asks what program i want to use to play that file and the file never plays. I already set the file in windows and in the schedule task to set a default program to open that file but it will always ask me and never play that file.

Hi, im setting up voxcommmando as a alarm to wake me up in the morning. I have everything the way i like it, however im using the VC.SetEventTimer and the problem here is you can only use seconds. Is their anyway to set this up to wake me up at a certain time ex: 8:00am ? any information would help thanks alot .. 

So im thinking of just getting the amulet remote .  I know James uses this remote or did at one point can anyone recommend this remote for VC. I want it mostly for the motion senor so i can have the remote turn down the volume . Also would like to connect it to work with my tv and avr. How has it been working out for everyone using VC here. Thanks for the help ..

A vox app for android would be great !! any chance for ios ?

@  bp_pbs   Im not sure i understand what your saying could you please explain in more detail? I also use xbmc commander.

So i think i have something going here i sent a action for XBMC.Btn.KB and then Volume_mute then set a event for VC.Notrecoginzed
so any time Vc.notreconginzed is triggered it mutes xbmc so i can talk .
now i can say my command to VC and it will understand.Now I looking for a action to put volume back to 100%. any idea's ?? Im almost have this setup so i can blast my music and use VC . 

Thanks everyone for the help and idea's i have my brain cooking..

If you did VC.NotRecognized and then set volume to say 10 . How can you get VC to reset the volume to 100% when a command is recongnized?   

I know this is kinda off subject but can the amulet remote be programmed to turn on/off your tv and avr ?

Thanks again   

                           Ryan

Well the problem is VC cant understand the commands because the music or movie im playing to loud. Looking for a way to lower volume when VC detect a command

Thanks for the quick reply, I dont think mobiola and VC really need to communicate, I understand why you would think this by pressing the mute button on the mobiola app. Please let me explain my logic. So what im trying to do is set a event / trigger telling VC that if it does not hear any commands being sent to put xbmc system volume at 100 %. Once VC hears a command the system volume will be triggerd to 10% . I can then utilize this by pressing the mute button on the mobiola app  so VC won't detect any commands given.  So all we are really trying to do is tell VC if it hears any commands given from the mic to put system volume at 10% and if it does not hear any commands given with in say 2 seconds  set system volume at 100%.  Does that give a better understanding or im i way off here?


I tryed messing with spotify and looks like spoity navigation is based really by the mouse . So you really cant do any  key sends  ect . Ill keep trying really trying to find a solution for the volume before i get into anything else.

Hello, Im a new user here and have been reading on the forums for about a week now. Voxcommando is working great but im having a few issues that i need help with.

My system setup (just so you can get a idea)

I use xbmc for all media ( music, movies, hulu ect )
windows 7 64bit  connected to (60 inch tv)
I use the Mobiola headset app on my ipod for a mic for voxcommando.
Payed voxcommando customer.


1.   I listen to my music and movies very loud and when i try to speak a command to voxcommando when listening to music or watching a movie, voxcommando won't understand the command at all. I have to mute the sound so voxcommando will understand. After i mute the sound to my speakers, Voxcommando will understand what was said with 95.1 % . Im using the Mobiola app on my ipod for a mic, I understand this isnt the best, but it works really well when the room is quiet. I have done 1 hour of training with microsoft speech program. So my question is their anyway to auto mute the sound so i can speak a command to voxcommando, then when im done speaking the volume from my speakers will go back to normal. (Just like the amulet remote works,) On the Mobiola app  their is a mute button so the mic on the ipod won't pick up any noise. Anyway to press the mute button on the Mobiola app and then when voxcommando see's their isnt any sound coming tho the mic it will turn the speaker volume to your normal listening level. Then when you unmute on the mobiola app to speak a command and voxcommando hears sound coming from the mic it will lower the system  volume (NOT mic volume)  to 10 percent?  Is their anyway of doing this or does anyone have any idea's on using voxcommando when listening to media at high audio levels. I understand that the Amulet remote would do this task just fine, but the remote costs a lot of money and i already use my ipod for a remote that can control my tv and avr and  xbox.  Any help would being really appreciated.

2. Does anyone use spotify with voxcommando I got the program to launch and close but can't figure out how to make it play music or play next song ect. Any idea's on this or if anyone has a xml for spotify already made that would be great too.

Again thanks for the great software and any help .

                                                                                        Ryan