Conceptual Help needed for a Ventrilo chat monitor

[funcwtf]

Hey fellow AutoIters I've done alot of searching, and haven't stumbled upon anything that appears to be what I need. My goal is to create a script that monitors Ventrilo, and once a user starts talking, have a msg appear on the screen displaying the user's name. I've used AutoIt's Window Information tool but have only been able to see the control, ControlID: 1097, ClassNameNN: SysTreeView321. Which is the tree that all the users fall under. The closest idea I've heard is to make a hook for Ventrilo and get the information that way... I'm not sure where to begin in that case. Any guidance would be appreciated.

[Psibernetic]

would monitoring the pixels in the "user is talking" area work like if "this pixel"<>"normal color" then blah blah something retriweving username blah blah

[funcwtf]

Well, Ventrilo would be minimized (wouldn't HAVE to be), while a separate program (game) would be played full screen. Given that, I don't see how an autoscript could determine the color of a pixel in a minimized program or a program hidden behind another window.