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ribbet.1
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 Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: How to capture footpedal input |
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| The most common footpedal device used for transcription is your "Infinity" USB pedal. They're sold for ~ $75 USD and have 3 pedals on one device. Typical footpedal software only privides for play, pause, rewind, etc. using a specific audio program. I have one, and I'd like to extend the functionality of my pedal to lots of other stuff but don't know where to start. Any way to capture this input and use it in AHK? |
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Conquer
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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You probably already checked, but do any of the pedals show up in KeyHistory? If so you can just remap the key with the SC Code #.
If you find it shows up in KeyHistory, please post your results. 
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Erittaf
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| This is likely something that AHK won't be able to see. However, don't give up before you try the method at the bottom of http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/KeyList.htm |
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[VxE]
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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here's another thought, though it may be a long shot: try the joystick test script to see if your footpedal shows up as a joystick
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ribbet.1
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| Hey thanks everybody for all your replies. I've tried all your suggestions and no go. But I've learned a few things from your answers, so it was well worth it. Does not show in key history, is not recognized as a joystick. But thanks anyway! Lots of other solutions out there. |
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ribbet.1
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| Eh, months later, I still don't know the answer to this one, but I do know that a pedal made by p.i. design allows you to assign any text string to each of the pedals. |
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TrollingAL
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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I know you wanted to use autohotkey for this but maybe a different route
http://www.nch.com.au/footpedal/
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Just a note on Pedable:
Upon opening the application, you can map any shortcut key to one of the three footpedals. So, for example, if you wanted to use the foot pedal to play and pause your Windows Media Player, you could map one of the pedals to CTRL+P. Whenever the Windows Media Player window is active, pressing your designated pedal would play and pause the playback, making transcription from a video source theoretically possible. However, because you would be transcribing in Microsoft Word or a similar word processor, it would be the active window, meaning that pressing the pedal would cause a prompt window for printing the document to open (CTRL+P is the printing hotkey for Word and most other word processor applications).
In order to transcribe from a video source, you would need to have an application that supports Global Hot Keys (a shortcut key which would perform a function in the desired program, regardless of which application was currently active on your PC).
So, to enable you to transcribe from a video file, I would recommend downloading the Global Hot Key plugin for Windows Media Player, located at: http://wmpkeys.sourceforge.net/
Then, simply map your middle pedal to CTRL+ALT+HOME (the default for Play/Pause). This will allow you to be typing in Microsoft Word, and control the playback with the foot pedal controller, without switching applications.
There may be other media playback applications which support Global Hot Keys that are more appropriate for your system configuration. If you find one, please link it here. I have simply used Windows Media Player as an example, because it is the most popular.
Of course, this is just one use for the Pedable program. I will be testing several other uses over the next coming days, and report my findings here. One possibility which I'm particularly excited about is the possibility of using Pedable (and one of our standard transcription foot pedals) for game play. CounterStrike, World Of Warcraft and Need For Speed are a few examples of games which may be able to use our foot pedals to enhance game play. I'll let you all know what I find.
If you are interested in purchasing one of our Professional Transcription Foot Pedals, for use with Pedable or as a controller for our popular ExpressScribe software (http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html), please visit: http://www.altoedge.com/pedals/index.html
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