Widgets wouldn't really enter into this - my intent is to replace status menu displays for things like wifi, system monitors, and so on with scripts. You can then assign these scripts to keyboard commanders or regular shortcuts and invoke them to hear the information. You don't need to know anything about how they actually work to use them; even modifying the template for each script is dead simple and will be explained in the readme file that will come with these scripts. If you do want to get into scripting, google is your best friend - there are dozens of primers, tutorials, and wikis on getting started with Applescript, plus plenty of scripts others freely share online that you can use. On May 24, 2013, at 11:22 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Alex, > > Very cool. I would love something if possible to make using the widgets more > accessible not sure if that is possible through scripts. Also for us dummies > is there anywhere we can read up on starting out with scripts. I have never > used any except the time one that you can use through keyboard commanders and > would like to become more familiar with them. Thanks, > On May 24, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Now that I have four of them consistently working, I feel ready to share >> what I've been working on for the last couple days. I am putting together a >> series of Apple scripts that will speak information, using VO if it is on or >> the default system speech if it is not. The ones I have so far are CPU, ram, >> wifi, and date/time. The really cool bit, though, is that each starts out by >> setting up a template. You can change this template, using keywords to >> define what is spoken where. >> >> Let's look at the time script as an example, since everyone likes to have >> the date and time spoken differently. Right now, I have my template set to: >> $24hours:$minutes, $weekday, $month $dayOfMonth, $year >> which yields, right now: >> 22:55, Friday, May 24, 2013 >> Don't like 24 hour time? All you need to do is change your template: >> $12hours:$minutes $ampm, $month $dayOfMonth, $year >> and you'd hear something like: >> 10:56 PM, Friday, May 24, 2013 >> >> My other scripts do the same thing - one keystroke, for instance, and I know >> which wifi network I'm on and at what signal strength. Again, all of these >> have templates with certain keywords, so you can change how the script's >> information is spoken to exactly how you want it. >> >> So, my question: what else would you all like to see? I plan one for the >> space on the startup disk, and probably all other attached volumes, plus one >> for battery, but what else would be handy? These scripts are really meant to >> focus on quick bits of information that sighted people can use the status >> menus or dashboard to quickly look at - they have immediate access, and now >> we do too, plus we can fully customize the output. I make no promises that >> all the ideas I receive will make it, but if enough people ask for a certain >> feature, I'll try to add it in. I've thought about weather, but I really >> want to just distribute the scripts and not have any additional libraries or >> anything that you'd have to install. I'll look more into weather at some >> point. So, any small pieces of information you'd like to have one-key access >> to, let me know. thanks. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
