We have a guy with a mechanical keyboard on the team. After a while people just started muting him in Hangouts. It's not even the mechanical keyboard itself that's the problem, but the way it interacts with whatever noise-filtering algorithms Hangouts runs.

I love mechs. I hate that no business VoIP app has push-to-talk. I keep having to switch windows to unmute, talk, and mute myself.

You should consider getting a headset that has a physical mute button on it.

Sorry posted the wrong code. You will find what you need at this page for microphone mute.

https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=15509

I would pay extra for this feature. We used to use Mumble for voice chat before hangouts was a thing, push-to-talk is the best.

I'm growing to like them too; I'm not using one right now, because of issues on my Linux desktop (my xmodmap settings keep resetting every couple minutes), but maybe one day I'll buy a better one or solve the problem with the (cheap) one I have.

> I love mechs.

Your office neighbors do not.

Nobody minds since we're in an open office anyway so everyone has to wear headphones to block all noise to get any serious work done.

Or, y'know, we work from home.