Macropad for Teams, Zoom, Discord, Meet, Webex

This is a Macropad to manage calls and chats in Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Discord, Google Meet, and Cisco Webex. It is easy to assemble and it works in Windows without dedicated software.

You can learn how to assemble it and you can download the configuration file for free.

Moreover, you can search Makers around you to manufacture personalized macropads based on your needs.

Overview

A macropad is a small keyboard that provides extra functionalities to supplement your main keyboard. They can be pre-assembled or they can come in kits that you can assemble and program manually. They’re particularly handy for programming things on them like media controls, shortcuts, and macros.

Photo: Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Starter Kit. Source: Adafruit

These devices come in many shapes, sizes, and budgets. Some only have a handful of programmable keys and knobs, while others rival full-size keyboards in functionality. Many macro pads come with swappable mechanical switches to give users a personalized experience.

For this project, we’ve focused on one specific task: video conference management via macropad. As there are plenty of apps for video calls and conf calls, we’ve focused our attention on the most popular ones. The idea is to expand functionalities over time based on the feedbacks we will receive.

Photo: Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Discord, Google Meet, Cisco Webex

Hardware

For the hardware, we’ve chosen the little almighty duckyPad by dekuNukem. It’s a 15-key mechanical macropad that allows you to consolidate and speed up your workflow by automating keyboard inputs.

Photo: duckyPad in action. Source: Tindie

Key features:

  • Open-source
  • Hot-swap mechanical switches
  • RGB
  • USB-C
  • OLED screen showing what each key does
  • Multi-line scripting with duckyScript
  • 32 profiles of 15 keys, 480 macros in total
  • microSD card storage, move between devices without losing macros
  • No driver needed, works out-of-box on anything that supports USB keyboards

DuckyPad can be purchased on Tindie for 69.99 USD plus shipping.

Photo: duckyPad in use during a Teams call

Software

For the software setup of the duckyPad macropad, we’ve listed down the most common actions for each video conference app and arranged them in dedicated profiles.

We have a total of 6 profiles (15 actions each, as many as the keys on the macropad) including one dedicated to the most common actions in Windows:

ProfilesActions (one for each key)
P1: WindowsMove to previous virtual desk
Move to next virtual desk
Add virtual desk
Minimize/maximize window
Swap screen
Extend screen
Open file manager
Print
Open task manager
Run command
Lock Windows
Turn off PC
Volume down
Volume up
Screencap
P2: Microsoft TeamsAccept video call
Accept audio call
End call
Turn on/off your camera
Mute/unmute yourself
Start screen share session
Start new chat
Raise or lower your hand
Blur background
Open chat
Open teams
Open calendar
Volume down
Volume up
Screencap
P3: ZoomAccept video call
End video call
Decline call
Turn on/off your camera
Mute/unmute yourself
Start screen share session
Open meeting chat
Raise or lower your hand
Gain remote control
Go to previous chat
Go to next chat
Search
Volume down
Volume up
Screencap
P4: DiscordAnswer call
Decline call
Direct message
Toggle emoji picker
Mute/unmute yourself
Upload a file
Previous server
Next server
Mark server as read
Previous channel
Next channel
Mark channel as read
Volume down
Volume up
Screencap
P5: Google MeetTurn on/off your camera
Mute/unmute yourself
Raise or lower your hand
Show or hide meeting chat window
Show or hide participants
Show or hide captions
Increase the number of participant tiles
Decrease the number of participant tiles
Minimize or expand your video
Volume down
Volume up
Screencap
P6: Cisco WebexAccept call
End call
Decline call
Turn on/off your camera
Mute/unmute yourself
Start screen share session
Send a direct message
Raise or lower your hand
Attach a file
Go to all (Spaces and direct) list
Go to direct message list
Go to spaces list
Volume down
Volume up
Screencap
Please noteThis setup only works in Microsoft Windows.

Details

Latest version: 1.0
Source: GitHub, Tindie
Maker: dekuNukem
Setup: Lorenzo (Italy)

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Neutrone.com DuckyPad setup for Teams, Zoom, Discord, Meet, Webex – 20221004 V1.0

This is the setup file for duckyPad to be used as a macropad to manage videoconferences in Teams, Zoom, Discord, Meet, Webex. It has been tested in Microsoft Windows 10 and 11.

Size: 49.8KB
Version: 1.0
Published: 04/10/2022

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