Keyboard Shortcut for Raise Hand Feature in Teams

SelenaCaamano I voted on MS Temas User Voice, but until they assign some shortcut I did this solution using AutoHotkey. It is sort of a macro.

I am an total amateur in AH so there are definately better ways to do it, but it works. It is designed for screen resolution 1600x900 and fullscreen multiple person call in Teams. It uses "numpad 0" and "numpad ," (easiest for my kids to reach and they do not need to write numbers in teams so OK for them), but other keys can be assigned. You need to..

1, download and install https://www.autohotkey.com/?fbclid=IwAR0E2INbADkdmnYvJFnk8tRkxgxYTmn5N5Wr_YiL43CgGYHwMifI018aS8w 

2, create new file named "AutoHotkey.ahk" in C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey directory

3, edit it using Wordpad or so, copy the below "code" in the file, save it. Potentially adjust it to your screen resolution or different key stroke based on further study of AH help file. It is very very complex.

4, If you do not want to start it manually each time then autostart AH after computer start using [Win+R], then write "shell:startup“ and hit [Enter], right click drag the AutoHotkey.exe to this autostart folder and choose to create shortcut there.

5, restart PC, it should work now

The AH code is as below...

#IfWinActive, ahk_exe Teams.exe
NumpadDot::Send ^+M
Numpad0::MouseClick, left, 1210, 75, 1, 2, ,
MButton::MouseClick, left, 1210, 75, 1, 2, ,
return

To explain what it does: If the active window is Teams, then...

• when "Numpad ," is pressed then do CTRL+SHIFT+M (the standard microphone on/off shortcut)
• when "Numpad 0" is pressed, move mouse cursor to position 1210 horizontally and 75 vertically (position of hand in fullscreen, if you have different resolution than 1600x900 then adjust accordingly), do 1 click, and the speed of mouse movement is very quick (2 on a scale 0-100), other parameters not set
• when middle mouse button is pressed, do the same as above

Thanks to our 2pcs of MS 4000 mouse we have for kids, I assigned the side button to CTRL+SHIFT+M combination to switch microphone on/off in Teams. So they can switch microphone and raise/lower hand by using mouse keys or keyboard keys now. And I applied paper sticker with drawn hand and microphone next to keyboard keys.