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Mic StatusA taskbar widget for Windows 10 and 11Pro
The taskbar counterpart to Mic Muter, and it earns the space by being always visible and one click away. The strip states the microphone's condition in a word, names the device that word applies to underneath, and runs a lamp along its bottom edge — green for an open mic, amber for a shut one. The lamp is a meter as much as a light: its bright half is what the microphone is hearing right now, so an amber line that twitches every time you speak is the strip telling you that you are muted and saying it anyway. The mic icon is a mute button on its own; clicking anywhere else opens a panel that meters the device on a decibel scale and lists the other microphones connected, so a wrong default gives itself away.
Where it runs
What it does
- Green lamp for a live mic, amber for a muted one — readable without reading
- The lamp moves with your voice, so amber that twitches means you're muted and talking
- Names the microphone the state applies to, shortened to fit the strip
- A long device name scrolls, dwelling at both ends rather than looping
- A panel with an input meter, for when you're unmuted and still unheard
- Warns when the meter moves while you're muted
- Lists the other capture devices, so a wrong default gives itself away
- The mic icon is a mute button; the rest of the strip opens the panel
- Or set the rest of the strip to mute too, if that's all you ever want
- Reads the real Windows capture device, so it can't disagree with the system
- Highlight the state that actually catches you out: muted, live, or neither
- Words, or icon only if the strip is doing enough talking already
- Follows the taskbar's own colour, and re-matches when the theme changes
- Reflects mutes made anywhere else within a second
What you can change
- Clicking elsewhere
- Second line
- Highlight when
- Wording
Put it on your desktop
Free download — this one needs Pro to run.
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