Use this button to get instant privacy in Zoom meeting. Great idea using the Adafruit Trinket M0 and some good instructions. Created by Simon Prickett
With the popular video conferencing service Zoom, there’s no single “I need privacy now” button that will both mute the microphone and turn off the camera. You need to become proficient at hitting (on a Macintosh) Command + Shift + A to toggle the microphone and Command + Shift + V to toggle the video camera. I set out to see if I could build a single button custom keyboard that would do this for me, and to do so in a way that would make it easily customizable for other purposes.
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