Voiceover already has a command to announce the time. If you have enabled the Keyboard Commander, which is highly recommended on Macs without number pads, just hold down the right option key and press T. You can actually configure the key to use in the Voiceover Utilities program in the Commanders section.
On Dec 23, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Scott Ford wrote: > I would like to learn the step by step proceedure as well. Please post it, > because it would be a great recource to have in the archives. > Sincerely, > Scott > On Dec 23, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> Could somebody talk me through doing this off list? I hate to clog the list >> but have never done this and would like to. >> >> Marlaina >> >> 1guide...@gmail.com >> On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Hai Nguyen wrote: >> >> Good afternoon everyone, >> Rather than going through all of the status menus just to find one small >> piece of information, in this case, the battery status, I've done the >> following. >> Please compile the following Apple script and associate it with a keyboard >> commander shortcut. >> >> Happy Holidays to all and be safe out there. >> >> >> --Author Hai Nguyen Ly November 28, 2010 >> (* >> This Apple script will querie for the battery status and speak the output. >> This script works best when associated with a keyboard shortcut and used in >> conjunction with VoiceOver. >> *) >> on isVoiceOverRunningWithAppleScript() >> set isRunning to true >> >> -- is AppleScript enabled on VoiceOver -- >> tell application "VoiceOver" >> try >> set x to bounds of vo cursor >> on error >> set isRunning to false >> end try >> end tell >> return isRunning >> end isVoiceOverRunningWithAppleScript >> >> set maxCapacity to do shell script "ioreg -w0 -l | grep >> \"\\\"MaxCapacity\\\" = \"" >> set maxLevel to the last word of maxCapacity >> set curCapacity to do shell script "ioreg -w0 -l | grep >> \"\\\"CurrentCapacity\\\" = \"" >> set curLevel to the last word of curCapacity >> set battPct to round (100 * curLevel / maxLevel) >> set output to "Battery " & battPct & "%" >> if isVoiceOverRunningWithAppleScript() then >> tell application "VoiceOver" >> output "Battery " & battPct & "%" >> end tell >> else >> say "Battery " & battPct & "%" >> end if >> >> Regards: >> Hai >> On Dec 23, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >> >>> Pressing VO Shift M twice brings yo to the status menu. read it like the >>> menu bar below it; arrow over until you hear the battery status, then down >>> arrow to check out more battery status and power saver options, etc. >>> >>> >>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >>> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>> • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >>> • My home page: >>> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- 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.
