Microphone AppIndicator for Ubuntu

This Appindicator allows you to see if the microphone is currently muted and also to mute or unmute it.

Preview

Install

The following dependencies are required:

python3
python3-gi
gir1.2-gtk-3.0
gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
... (ToDo: list remaining dependencies)

To install all the dependencies on debian or derivates, run:

sudo apt install python3 python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1

Next, open a terminal in the micindicator folder & run install script:

sudo ./install.sh

To uninstall run:

sudo ./uninstall.sh

Update

Simply run the install script in sudo mode & all files should be updated.

Changing the keyboard shortcut

To change the global keyboard shortcut used to mute / unmute the microphone change keystroke combination in keystr variable in micindicator.py script and run the application again:

keystr = "<Ctrl>M"

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