Hi, First off, how do you compile a script? Courtney On Dec 24, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> Nope no problems here. the script complied fine on my end and I can run it. > Except it says that I have 98 percent battery power when it truth I'm > charged. > > S > On Dec 24, 2010, at 7:28 AM, AZ wrote: > >> Hi! >> The script to get battery status yesterday has an error and can not be >> compiled. The program reports an unexpected ending of a line. >> >> AZ >> 24.12.2010 17:14, Larry Skutchan writes: >>> 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. >> > > Sarah Alawami > > MSN: marri...@gmail.com > > Website: http://music.marrie.org > youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 > podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com > podcast mobile http://marrie.podbean.com/mobile > > -- > 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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