[Feature request] Change tray icon to another when the app listens to the mic input

[yar85]

When the microphone is used only by Speech Note, it is easy to determine the listening state by the appearance of the system indicator "microphone in use".

But when the microphone is used by several applications (e.g. Speech Note + OBS / Audacity), the system indicator of microphone usage is not very useful because it shows the usage of all applications... and it is inconvenient to hover the cursor (invoking the tooltip with the list of applications) every time just to find out if Speech Note is listening.

It would be nice if the application tray icon displayed the current listening status (it could be a different icon or a regular one in a different color). So those users who enable STT with a shortcut could easily see it - and avoid accidental voice input.

[mkiol]

Hi. Thanks for the suggestion.

When the listening is active, the tray icon indicates this with an animation. Maybe this animation is not visible in your DE?

Screencast_20250809_192924.mp4

[yar85]

Maybe this animation is not visible in your DE?

The animation is visible, but it only starts when I speak.
That is, the listening state does not cause the animation to be displayed - the icon remains normal/default until the user starts speaking (because of this behavior, I previously thought that this animation showed the model processing the sound 🤔).
Perhaps my explanation is not clear enough, sorry. I can attach a GIF/video recording of the app behavior I'm seeing, or its stdout with the verbose argument. Please let me know if that's needed.

[mkiol]

Oh, now I got it. You are using "Listening mode=Always on".

I will try to add a color indication in the 4.9.x release.