A small tool that will asign a sound to your keyboard key
Shortly before writing ClicKey I purchased a small sub-notebook computer. The Toshiba Libretto's keyboard is not full size, and I found that sometimes I would press a key and feel the rubbery mechanical "snap", but the key would not register electrically. Letters were missing. So I decided that I needed a bit of aural feedback to confirm when any key was received.
I "Googled" and looked around the Internet for an appropriate bit of freeware to solve the problem and give my keyboard a click sound, but I was unable to find anything suitable. So I decided to write my own ultra-small "GRC style" solution in assembly language. I rolled up my sleeves and ClicKey was born not long after.
My desktop machines all have clanky older-style "Northgate" keyboards using wonderfully noisy "ALPS" keyswitches, but I have seen that other laptop and most recent desktop keyboards are "too quiet". So I thought that perhaps other people might want to add a bit of aural feedback to their laptop and desktop typing experience.
ClicKey is a small tool that will asign a sound to your keyboard key.
Main features of ClicKey:Choose from among 26 built-in sounds.
ClicKey contains 26 built-in percussive typing sounds. Some are classic typewriter sounds, others are subtle short clicks, beeps, and boops, while others are more attention-getting and might be appropriate for an on-screen keyboard or public kiosk.
Independent volume control.
Since you might prefer ClicKey's clicks to be almost subliminal, its sounds can be made as quiet as you like.
On-screen user-interface, or invisible startup shortcut.
To keep ClicKey as lightweight (just 42 kbytes) and unobtrusive as possible, I designed it to be launched from a Windows shortcut (probably placed in the "Startup" group) containing its sound specification commands (see details below).
Heard and not seen.
No advertising splash screen and nothing in the Windows "tray" to clutter your screen.
Nothing to "install" or remove.
ClicKey is just "run" as a stand-alone application. It does not need to be "installed", it places nothing in the registry, and can simply be deleted once it is no longer wanted.
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