Are you missing the good old click sounds from typewriters when typing on your computer keyboard? If you do ClicKey might come to the rescue. ClicKey is a portable software program for the Microsoft operating system which can add “click sounds” to all keys of the computer keyboard. The application comes with 26 different sounds that can be configured instantly from its interface.
The application’s interface offers all the controls necessary to set the sounds for the computer keyboard. A slider is available that can change the volume of the sounds. Pressing buttons from a to z will change the sound that will be generated whenever a key on the computer keyboard is used.
Available sounds are the classic typewriter sound and some very annoying ones that could come straight out of a video game (think Space Invaders when shooting the gun). The program will display the selected volume and sound scheme. A click on the Set button will activate the sound scheme for the computer and every key pressed from then on will also play the selected sound.
The remove button will remove the sound scheme again so that no sound is being played while typing on the computer keyboard. ClicKey can be downloaded from the developer’s website. It is compatible with most versions of Microsoft Windows.
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(1) I saw no download link here. ClicKey webpage is http://www.grc.com/freeware/clickey.htm
(2) Clickey is old software (not updated since 2005) which means that on a modern pc, when typing
fast, the process of generating clicks soon begins to lag behind the actual keystrokes (meaning you
still hear some clicks coming when typing has finished). ClicKey’s performance can be improved
somewhat by giving the ClicKey process the highest possible priority. Try starting it from a batch
(.BAT) file with the following line (of course put in the correct path where you saved clickey.exe):
start “clickey.exe” /realtime “C:\Program Files\Clickey\ClicKey.exe” sound=x
Henk, download link added. Thanks for the additional information.