Using events for a dimmed variable

Look at the "Handling Events (dynamic)" section of this article to see how to do this:

Step by Step: Event handling in VB.NET[^]

Basically, it would look like this:

AddHandler engine.SpeechRecognized, AddressOf Me.HandleSpeechRecognized

You would then need to have a Sub to handle the event, like so:

Public Sub HandleSpeechRecognized(ByVal sender As Object, _
           ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    'Your code here
End Sub