Making extra noise while on the computer is not everyone’s preference, however there are always people out there that try to be different and just love getting the extra attention that some additional sounds can produce. An application called Noisy Typer by developer Theo Watson is free and will make it so that your Mac computer sounds like a traditional typewriter when you are typing – making those old-fashioned tick, tink, and ping sounds.
Noisy Typer will run as a background computer process meaning that it will work in every single application that you can use the keyboard in. If you feel that you need to be a little quieter, the application can be disabled by typing in the keyboard sequence: qaz123 and the typewriter keyboard sounds will stop playing as you type on your keyboard. Users that don't mind performing a few extra steps can alternatively kill the process from Mac OS X's Activity Monitor application. Launching the application again is as easy as launching any other application in Mac OS X – double-click on the application icon.
Noisy Typer is an open source application (source code here) and only works on Mac OS X at this point in time. There is not yet any public information about a Windows version being released. Noisy Typer also comes with a Read Me file that is imperative to read because the installation process is a bit out of the ordinary. If you want to use the application, you need to perform the following steps to install Noisy Typer or it will not work properly:
It doesn't matter how slow or how fast you type; the application recognizes your keystrokes pretty well. Noisy Typer isn’t really that practical of an application, but the idea is fun and quirky and there are probably a few people that will like it. The developer offers props to the first person to start using his application in Starbucks! Be sure to let us know what you think about it if you decide to give it a try.
Sources: F.A.T. via OSX Daily
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