Control Skype Calls with Bluetooth Headset Button in Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 12, 2010

[ Thanks to An
Anonymous Reader
for this link. ]

“Skype on linux works great but the problem that I
faced was that it does not handle the buttons on the bluetooth
headsets. My wife uses skype to call into her work related
conference calls and was pretty frustrated that she had to keep
sitting in front of my laptop (her laptop didn’t allow to install
skype) just to switch mute on and off. So, I whipped up this little
trick to do so. Here is how:

“1. First I looked at the skype API (pretty simple, based on
dbus). Also found a sample script somewhere that allowed to answer
and hang up calls through skype API.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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