FirstCap

Some special keys on your keyboard aren’t fitted with LED indicators for no reason. If paying attention, you can avoid some frustrating moments. In case there aren’t any kind of indicators for your caps, scroll, and num lock buttons, then FirstCap can provide both visual, and audio alerts, with tons of customization options.

The application’s default configuration profile mostly revolves around the caps lock button, so it’s best to pay a visit to the settings menu to properly configure behavior. Some general settings can be used to make it run on startup, whether to hide in the tray area, or only display the tray icon when a specific key is on.

General settings also include alert customization options. For instance, there’s a built-in tone generator with which to combine different frequencies for custom audio alerts, in case you don’t want to use WAV files on your computer. You can choose whether or not to display tray icons for targeted buttons, and if so, for which state.

Controls can be configured for caps, insert, and num lock, as well as for custom programs. Apart from alerting you whenever the status is changed, the application can also be set to constantly beep if, for example, you’re only using capital characters, which is extremely helpful if you’re looking at the keyboard while typing.

Since a character’s state can also be toggled with the Shift key, the application comes with some advanced control options regarding this special key. Last but not least, a list of programs can be configured, either for caps, or num lock to be completely disabled during use, or FirstCap entirely so you don’t run into any compatibility issues.

All things considered, we can safely state that FirstCap is a powerful notification tool which is sure to let you know exactly what state caps, num, and scroll lock keys are. The tone generator helps you configure unique sounds, and different dependencies, such as the shift key, can be tweaked in order to make typing as comfortable as possible.