Create keyboard shortcuts for touch bar's functions I have broken the touch bar in my MacBook Pro 13". Only the ESC key keeps working.

Replacing the touch bar may be expensive so I'd like to know if it is possible to replace its functions with keyboard shortcuts.

The functions I am highly interested in are:


volume
screen backlight
keyboard backlight
Karabiner was created for this. It'll allow you to create a layer for your volume toggle and setting, brightness, play/pause, and everything else the function row or touch bar was able to provide - except, of course, the very custom programming some apps have the touch bar hew to. 

I primarily use Karabiner for my volume:

a: volume -
s: volume +
d: mute toggle