Volume OSD with Keyboard Buttons

[fault]

Hey,

We have a whole bunch of Acer PCs with volume +/- keys. They work fine but it's often difficult to tell what level the volume is at without any sort of OSD (i.e., visual feedback).

I have been in touch with Acer and they say there is no software for this (from them anyway) to display it which is poor considering their competitors do.

Does anyone know of any free programs that could possibly respond to these volume +/- keys and display the volume level on screen? Would be great if it could display Caps Lock, Num Lock, Scroll Lock etc too, as is common with other competitor's keyboard software, but I'm chasing after the volume display as the most important.

The closest thing I have found is: http://www.softplatz.com/Soft/Audio-Multim...me-Hotkeys.html, but it only responds to the pre-defined keys that the software developers have set :(

[SadJoker]

I would like this, too. For my Gateway keyboard ... before I get a Microsoft one. :D

[Evolution]

Here are a few options:

http://www.wn-freeware.de.vu/ (It's a standalone program)

http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/?search=volume (If you don't mind using the Yahoo Widget Engine :))

[wired57]

I use Logitech's Itouch software, with my keyboard, and it works nicely.

[Herby]

You can also try MacSound or iSound (Volume Controllers in Mac OS X style), you can download them here.

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[fault]

  Evolution said:

Here are a few options:

http://www.wn-freeware.de.vu/ (It's a standalone program)

http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/?search=volume (If you don't mind using the Yahoo Widget Engine :))

Hey,

Ah, that first program is nice! Exactly what I need..... if only it was available in English too! Cause I need it for an elementary school environment! Probably prefer not to use the Yahoo widgets!

  wired57 said:

I use Logitech's Itouch software, with my keyboard, and it works nicely.

And if Acer supplied one, I'd use there's too :) Bit lazy that they don't really... cheap asses.

  Herby said:

You can also try MacSound or iSound (Volume Controllers in Mac OS X style), you can download them here.

Just tried both out. iSound is perfect! But, any ideas how I can stop it this window popping up every time it runs? :( Cause I want it to start silently...

Edited May 2, 2006 by fault

[Herby]

Try iSound v2.0 (attachment). :)

iSound_2.0.zipFetching info...

[zhangm Supervisor]

3r-1c, I believe.

Volume.zipFetching info...

[fault]

Awesome! Ta for that.

[supergibbs]

Matt Malensek makes a great generic volume OSD and is currently working on a rewrite. The 2.5 version is available now.

http://matt.malensek.net/#/Software/

[Jasonandlexy]

  On 02/05/2006 at 07:57, Herby said:

Try iSound v2.0 (attachment). :)

This iSound_v2 worked great on my Logitech G11. Thanx mate.

[Jen Smith]

I'm getting pretty decent results with a similar app called Snarl. One of the things I miss from my Arch desktop is NotifyOSD, where Snarl is a fairly decent work-alike. I mostly use it to receive notifications from my various servers.. "backup complete".. "halp, I'm on fire", that sort of thing. There's an applet available for it that does a pretty nice volume notification too, which I've been using. I think Growl for Windows has a similar applet, but I prefer Snarl myself.