Global hotkeys

[eofster]

It should be possible to control active calls (mute, hold, hang up) with global keyboard shortcuts.

Issue #345

[stephanschuler]

Thank you for taking care!

I just tried that thing with apple script you suggested in #345. But for now it's not enough "snappy" to really solve my use case, unfortunately.

Here's the AppleScript code I pushed together. Obviously it's pretty close to the example you gave in #345. https://gist.github.com/stephanschuler/b2ac9318d1d96311a8ef527e441b3950

I created an "App" holding this code and a "Service" calling that "App", both with "Automator". Then I allowed the App to control the computer (which is the whole point of separating the App from the Service, being able to elevate privileges) and configured a global short cut to start the service.

Unfortunately sometimes it takes over 5 seconds until the actual mute/unmite is completed and it does not work at all if the main window of Telephone is already focused.

Here's the situation I'd like to have a "snappy" performance: I regularly do conference calls of 7 to 10 people. One has his screen shared, and in general we're talking about managing a project, so besides having this shared screen focused I have another screen showing the project backlog. And out of a sudden, someone asks me to respond to something. This very situation would greatly benefit from the least delay between pressing the mute key and actually being unmute :).

Regards, Stephan.