Published October 13, 2020 © TAPR-OHL

Mute Button for MS Teams

No more fumbling for the mute when you need to speak. Just hit the button!

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Button

Arduino Micro

Make sure to get it without headers

Hand tools and fabrication machines

3D Printer (generic)

Soldering iron (generic)

Story

All my meetings are now virtual, and I found it irritating fumbling to unmute myself to speak.

So I created my own button to toggle the mute. My code is specifically for MS Teams, because that's what we use at work.

I wanted to use a digispark, because they're small and cheap, but those appear to be unavailable. So my second choice was an Arduino Micro which has native USB support to emulate a keyboard.

Drew up the design in Fusion 360

Printed in my printer

Soldered the Arduino to the Button

Assemble program and connect your button

Schematics

Code

AutoHotKey Macro

#UseHook
; Ctrl-Alt-M
^!M::
WinGet, active_id, ID, A
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
;DetectHiddenWindows, On
WinGet, fensterID, List, ahk_exe Teams.exe
WinActivate, % "ahk_id " fensterID1
Send ^+m
SoundBeep, 200, 100
WinActivate, ahk_id %active_id%
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Mute Button for MS Teams

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Custom parts and enclosures

cover STL file

base STL

Schematics

Schematics

Code

AutoHotKey Macro

mute_button

Credits

Chuck Tung

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Mute Button for MS Teams

Mute Button for MS Teams

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Custom parts and enclosures

cover STL file

base STL

Schematics

Schematics

Code

AutoHotKey Macro

mute_button

Credits

Chuck Tung

Comments

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