USB mute button for Microsoft Teams on Mac

Hardware

Any USB HID joystick or gamepad should be supported.

To build your own with an Arduino Micro or other 32u4 device, see joyhandbrake.

To build your own with a Raspberry Pi Pico, or other RP2040 device, see hardware-2040.

Mac software dependencies

• Install python-libusb1

brew install libusb1
pip3 install -U libusb1 --user

• Install hidapi

pip3 install -U hidapi --user

• Install rumps (needed to make a status bar app)

pip3 install -U rumps --user

• Install the Quartz framework bindings to inject keypresses

pip3 install -U pyobjc-framework-ApplicationServices pyobjc-framework-CoreText pyobjc-framework-Quartz --user

• Install py-applescript to run the automation script

pip3 install -U py-applescript --user

Running

python3 Tyst.py

Building as a Mac app

• Install py2app

pip3 install -U py2app --user

• Build app (in development/alias mode)

python3 setup.py py2app -A

• Build app (in standalone mode)

python3 setup.py py2app

Running as a mac app

• Run app:

open dist/Tyst.app

• Run app with console output:

dist/Tyst.app/Contents/MacOS/Tyst

• Allow Accessibility access for Tyst