You can create keyboard shortcuts to hotspots, so you could try creating a hot spot to the battery status in the menu bar
On 23 Jun 2010, at 04:18, Chris Westbrook wrote: > Is there a script for the macbook pro that will read battery status like the > time script? Wonder if one could be created? > On Jun 22, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Carolyn wrote: > >> Yes: to time being spoken with option-T. He needs to go to VO utilities, >> find averbosity, commanders, and activate keyboard commander, and work >> through the choices therein. >> HTH >> Carolyn >> On Jun 22, 2010, at 7:24 PM, Fonzie wrote: >> >>> Hey all, I hope everyone is well. >>> >>> Been a while since I have posted to the list. >>> >>> Anywho, a friend of mine recently got a mac, and he go the new mac, with >>> the wireless keyboard and mouse. >>> >>> Everything was set up fine, but when I told him he could get the time by >>> using Option + T while voiceover was running, the command did not work. >>> >>> I made sure to have him check the "Allow VoiceOver to be controlled by >>> AppleScript" in the VoiceOver Utility, but still no dice. >>> >>> Any idea as to why this is not working as it should? >>> >>> I know it iis an apple script, but as I remember it, when I loaded Snow >>> Leopard, my scripts worked out of the box. >>> >>> Help is appreciated if you have experienced this issue before, or have some >>> general direction of what I could have him do. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Take care. >>> >>> Fonzie >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
