This program listens for sound. If it detects any, it starts recording automatically and also automatically stops when things become silent again. In order to use this, a few steps need to be completed first: 1. Remove the line: filter = ./my_filter2.so.0.1 0 3000.0 1.0 from /etc/listener.conf. 2. Run setlistener (as an ordinary user), and use the cursor keys on your keybord to move the "|" left and right until appears in place of . Make a note of the "Current detection level", and modify the detect_level value in /etc/listener.conf to match. 3. To start, run listener -f (to prevent it forking to the background. Omit -f if you wish to fork). Output will be saved in the current directory as a wav file by default. Requires libsndfile, available at SlackBuilds.org