title: How to intercept and translate USB events
body: <p>I would like to use the Philips LFH-2330 to view images (with Windows Image Viewer or another viewer such as IrfanView, etc.)</p>
  
  <p>The LFH-2330 is a foot controller with four pedals (see <a href="http://www.aaaaudio.net/lfh2330.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> for example) used to control audio playback software for transcription. It comes with its own driver and software.</p>
  
  <p>The simplest setup for me would be a piece of software that would catch pedal events from the controller and trigger keyboard events instead (right pedal => right arrow, left pedal => left arrow).</p>
  
  <p>This simple setup however needs the viewing application to be in focus in order for it to work.</p>
  
  <p>A better solution would be to be able to control the viewing application from the foot controller without the application being (nor coming) into focus, so that I can type with my hands and paginate with my feet at the same time. (But this can also be achieved with two computers).</p>
  
  <p>What would be the best way to approach this problem?</p>