How to trigger different shortcuts based on which app is using the microphone?

[Michael_Burry]

I’m trying to set up a single shortcut in BetterTouchTool that behaves differently depending on which application is currently using the microphone.

My goal is to bind Command + M to:

• Detect which app is actively using the microphone

• Then execute a “Shortcut to specific app” for that app

The use case is muting/unmuting calls, because different apps use different keybinds:

• Microsoft Teams: Command + Shift + M

• Slack: Command + Shift + Space

Ideally, when I press Command + M:

• If Teams is using the microphone → trigger Command + Shift + M

• If Slack is using the microphone → trigger Command + Shift + Space

  Is there a way in BTT to detect which app is currently using the microphone and execute an action based on it?

[telephant]

Take a look at this thread:

Scripting based on active zoom or Teams or Webex meeting

I'm wondering if there is a way to have a given trigger do different actions based on whether a on-line meeting is active or not. i.e. I'd like to "Mute" if a meeting is on, and "Play/Pause" if not. There are 'Conditions' for active window/running apps, but the meeting may be in the background. MS Teams has chat windows, so there's always a running process, similar with zoom. FWIW- my trigger is an old Griffen PowerMate, configured based on this thread.

I think this does what you want.

In that discussion, there are two different ways of getting BTT to run a terminal command to detect whether a meeting app is active, and if so, which one.

[Michael_Burry]

This is the solution I came up with. It works, but I wonder if there is a more elegant way, for example with if conditions or something else.