ClicKey from Steve Gibson

[Daze N. Knights]

Steve Gibson's latest freeware

"If you miss the days of clanky keyboards, or you'd
like an audible indication when your keyboard's
keys are recognized, this little utility is for you."

http://www.grc.com/clickey/

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ClicKey Features:
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 to 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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[fred]

Steve Gibson's latest freeware

"If you miss the days of clanky keyboards, or you'd
like an audible indication when your keyboard's
keys are recognized, this little utility is for you."

http://www.grc.com/clickey/

Hilarious, thanks.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Hilarious, thanks.

You're welcome. I'm enjoying it--currently using the "t" sound for the
click, with the volume ratcheting down to just "13." (But there are lots
of interesting alternative sounds and volumes availble.) To turn it on
automatically whenever my computer starts, I put a shortcut for it in my
startup folder and added
sound=t volume=13
after the "C:\ . . . ClicKey.exe" in the "Target" window of the
shortcut's Properties (as per the instructions on Steve's web page).

 

[hummingbird]

Steve Gibson's latest freeware

"If you miss the days of clanky keyboards, or you'd
like an audible indication when your keyboard's
keys are recognized, this little utility is for you."

http://www.grc.com/clickey/

Cute.