forestb/mute-zoom

mute-zoom

A simple Windows console app that will toggle "mute" and "unmute" when Zoom is running by simulating the Alt + A key combination.

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
  • Notice
  • Dependencies
  • Installing
• Version History
• Acknowledgments

Project Goals

• The app can toggle mute/un-mute during Zoom meetings regardless of whether or not the Window has focus.
• The app should always bring the Zoom Window to the forefront (top-most). This makes it natural to find the window and re-engage in the conversation.
• The app should return focus to the last application being used. This makes it easy to continue typing in a Google Doc, for example.
• The app can be mapped to some shortcut and run without additional input (e.g. keyboard shortcut).

Getting Started

Notice

• It seems like this might be a bug in Zoom: the keyboard shortcuts for muting/un-muting (e.g. Spacebar, or Alt + A) do not work until you've clicked the button with your mouse first.

Dependencies

• Windows 10 (At least, the only system it was tested on)
• .NET 4.8

Installing

• Map the executable to some trigger (e.g. keyboard shortcut)

Version History

• 1.1.0
  • After Zoom is muted, the calling application receives focus again
• 1.0.0
  • Initial Release

Acknowledgments

• Lots of Google searches {"mode":"full","isActive":false}

mute-zoom's Issues

Investigate a way to mute zoom aside from the keyboard shortcut

The keyboard shortcut to mute zoom only works after the "Mute/Unmute" button is clicked; this is annoying and probably a bug in Zoom. Either way, I should investigate a programmatic way to click that button; it would be more fool-proof.

Set focus back to window when mute-zoom is triggered

Todo: Put focus back on window that had focus before calling this application.