The problem with some scripts is, that they cannot be used anywhere (indeed "global"). They only listen for keypresses when a window is in the foreground (which is called "local"; although I still have problems specifying whether the window is actually in the foreground..).
However, you may try Matti's "Countdown live" script. There's a file called "GlobalHotkey.js". See if you can do anything with that
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