A "keyboard" that only has audio functions, is there such thing?

I got a new KVM that does emulation, so it does not suck like most other KVMs. Downside of that, is any special functions don't work, such as volume control, stop/pause/play etc.

Is there such a device that acts like a keyboard, but only has those functions on it and has a small foot print on the desk? it's nice to be able to quickly mute/pause anything playing if say, the phone rings or something, instead of having to do it from within the OS. I would just plug this device straight into the computer instead of the KVM. I guess I would probably get two, one for each PC. I would just place it above my keyboard.

Is there such thing? I want it to just act like a normal keyboard, so that the functions will hopefully just work out of the box in any OS.

Looks like Amazon has some options: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_asi_1?rh=i:electronics,k:griffin+powermate

If you're reasonably handy you could hack something together using an Arduino and a few buttons. Most can emulate a USB human interface device (HID), and can be scripted to send arbitrary characters when specific inputs are triggered.

I would use autohotkey to simulate the media buttons from let combinationcombinationss

BlueLineSwinger said:

If you're reasonably handy you could hack something together using an Arduino and a few buttons. Most can emulate a USB human interface device (HID), and can be scripted to send arbitrary characters when specific inputs are triggered.

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That's kind of my backup plan if I can't find anything. Never done anything like that before but I imagine I can find some code samples to go from.