Wow, thanks so much for telling that command. I've been wanting a shortcut for checking the time for ages.
Thanks, Brianna On Dec 24, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Larry Skutchan wrote: > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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