Launch Photo Booth Automatically

I am planning on using photo booth for my wedding but I dont want the guest to have access to my keyboard. So I was planning on having photobooth up and running already, but wanted a USB button that will automatically launch it to take the pictures while it is already up and running. Anyone know of a product that can do this?

ZOOL7 wrote:
I am planning on using photo booth for my wedding but I dont want the guest to have access to my keyboard. So I was planning on having photobooth up and running already, but wanted a USB button that will automatically launch it to take the pictures while it is already up and running. Anyone know of a product that can do this?
I have never seen or tested anything like this being used, but perhaps something from this search will meet your needs:
http://www.google.com/search....
Photo Booth is a very limited application, but you may be able to use Automator or AppleScript to create some way to connect a snapshot app to your USB Button:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/scripting.html
EZ Jim
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