I've seen sit balls that do this and want to make one for some custom animations for friends..
Example: Avi sits on ball, triggers sitting animation, when user wants to respond to something like nod yes or no, they hold shift key down and press the arrow key, or press a number on the keyboard to trigger the appropriate animation.
I'm a professional animator and graphics person, not a scripter! but I can write basic php and javascript etc...
Any help would be muchly appreciated, thanks

I am happy to pay some L$'s for someone to write exactly what I want