Tool Profile

hdajackretask

An ALSA utility for retasking audio jacks.

Why developers recommend it

Direct tool recommendation in a hardware-hack discussion.

Reference ID

hdajackretask

Hacker News Mentions

2026-04-19

A comment said to use hdajackretask from alsa-tools to retask the jacks.

SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)