Is there a way to set a hot key on my desktop keyboard to activate (and deactivate) Braina, as opposed to clicking the microphone icon
You can create two custom commands with the value "press start listening~" and "press stop listening~" (without quotes) and assign a hotkey to each of these custom command. You can find more information on custom command and hotkeys on this page: http://www.brainasoft.com/braina/custom-commands.html
Note: This will only work if Braina's window has focus while you press the hotkey.
Thanks Saurav. Actually I used the {APPACTIVATE WindowTitle} command followed by "press start listening" and it seems to work even if the window is not in focus.
That's great. Cheers!