Hello: Can someone please point me to the podcast? I would love to listen to it too. I wrote a simple Applescript for telling the time and boy, Apple made it look so easy. Sara, you can find the overview of AppleScript here: http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/DOCUMENTATION/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptX/AppleScriptX.html I don't think there need be any war on this. AppleScript is just a means to extend the usability of apps and VO is one of them. HTH,
ma ni On Mar 28, 7:13 pm, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sara, there is info out there on scripting and there is even a book. I do not > have anything bookmarked, but someone will have that info for sure. ONce you > learn to write scripts, you can pretty much do what you want. > On Mar 28, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > > > > I want to learn how to script. I am using a script that is not that > > accessible with voice over. is there a way I can modify that script to make > > ti work better? > > > Take care. > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > >> I'm not a scripting expert, but honestly, no you do not need it at all. In > >> fact there is only one script I use and that is to get the current time. > >> Sure I can get it easily from the menu, but what the heck, it's there. The > >> scripting abilities are valuable in terms of expanding VO's functionality. > >> I do not see scripting in VO used to always work around a problem with an > >> application, but I imagine it could help in some cases. I agree, there is > >> no need to start a pissing contest over whether scripting in a screen > >> reader makes sense or not because everyone has their own opinions on this > >> subject. I will say that it is there and considering what you can do with > >> a script, I'm all for leaving it there. And yes, to the best of my > >> knowledge, it is Apple scripting. SO, the use of scripts can far exceed > >> the "work-around" for an app, which is evident by the say time script. > >> Hope that helps some. > > >> On Mar 28, 2010, at 3:42 PM, James & Nash wrote: > > >>> Hi list, > > >>> I am currently listening to the latest Mac Accessibility podcast about > >>> scripting, and I am very confused. Well, I may just be stupid, but I'll > >>> let you decide after I ask this question... > > >>> How is scripting VO different from scripting other Screen Readers? I'm > >>> asking this because the group just made a very interesting point that > >>> with other Screen Readers, when an application or part of an application > >>> doesn't work properly, someone writes a script for it. If the application > >>> then gets upgraded and the script no longer works, people are not sure > >>> what to do to fix it aside from getting the script again. Surely this is > >>> the same with VO - most general users would not know what to do except > >>> for the scripter? > > >>> Also, is VO scripting different from Apple Script? > >>> Josh has also said that we don't necessarily need the scripting > >>> capability of VO. Why is this? When I've used other Screen Readers, I > >>> used very few scripts if any and still got all the info I needed? > > >>> I'm not trying to start a flame war, and I apologise to the moderators if > >>> this is off-topic. > >>> Thanks > > >>> TC > >>> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
