While that's possible using applescript I'd recommend a much simpler solution. Just send the "X is typing" as a system notification. You could target it just to voiceover users but as a notification it may be more universally useful. Here's a link on how to do that with applescript: http://macosxautomation.com/mavericks/notifications/01.html > On Jul 13, 2014, at 9:32 AM, KJSC radio <kjsc.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all. so I do have a question. I'm thinking about writing an apple > script on mac to notify a voiceover user when an I message user is typing and > to have it play a sound when it is not focused in the I message app. my > question to you all is, is there a way that this can be done using like an > object handle or something, and if so, how can I properly script this. I > would probably have to make an if statement if I don't want that script to be > active when voiceover is off. Remember, I only want this to happen for > voiceover users. Is this possible to do? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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