Thanks for that reminder. The correct command is actually VO+F7 twice. I 
totally forgot about this as I’ve been using the shell script method forever. 

Hai

> On Oct 1, 2024, at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, Speak Battery Status is now a VoiceOver command, so you don’t need to 
> use the shell script function.
> It can be reached as already mentioned with the VO-F8 three times, or you can 
> assign it to any of the commanders that are available.
>  
> 
>> On Oct 1, 2024, at 12:21 PM, Hai Nguyen Ly <h.nguyen...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:h.nguyen...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Brian,
>> You can create an Apple script using the following and bind it to a keyboard 
>> shortcut using the keyboard commander in VoiceOver utilities. 
>> I don’t remember if this list is set up to accept attachments, but I’ve 
>> included a copy of the script just in case. 
>> 
>> set cmd to "/usr/bin/pmset -g batt | grep -Eo '[0-9]{2,3}%'"
>> set batteryLevel to (do shell script cmd)
>> set cmd to "/usr/bin/pmset -g batt | grep -Eo 
>> '(charged)|(charging)|(discharging)'"
>> set batteryStatus to (do shell script cmd)
>> if batteryStatus = "charged" then
>>      set batteryStatus to "fully charged"
>> end if
>> set message to batteryLevel & ", " & batteryStatus
>> tell application "VoiceOver" to output message
>> 
>> Hai
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>>> On Oct 1, 2024, at 11:54 AM, Brian Hansen <ozark.bluesma...@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
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>>> Is there a voice-Over command key combo I can use to find out the battery 
>>> status of my MacBook? I’m running the latest Mac operating system. Thanks 
>>> for anyand all help.
>>> Blessings,
>>> 
>>> Brian
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