From: whit3rd@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 4:38:44 AM UTC-7, terry...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Any suggestions on a no-brainer and safe way to get external input   
   recognised by a PC please? Apart from a voice command approach. Or a solenoid   
   to tap a key. For example a cheap commercial or easily built switch or   
   momentary button with a USB plug at    
   its end. That sort of thing.   
      
      
   There's dozens of gizmos for slideshows, with a few remote buttons, that can   
   handle the task.   
   All USB implemetations recognize some generic device types, the remotes are   
   usually   
   keyboards (with only a few buttons).   The Macintosh media remote (bluetooth,   
   I think) can   
   be emulated by a cellphone app, so you  might have all the needed parts   
   already, just a    
   small matter of programing.   
      
   This item comes with a laser pointer, too.   
      
      
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