Is there any built-in command to have VoiceOver read what is currently on the clipboard? If not, this may also be something to look at working into a script. Also, now that third party menu bar items are accessible, would it be possible to write one for the Dropbox icon?
Regards, Gavin On 26 May 2013, at 1:21 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for all the ideas. Again, I don't know what will and won't be possible, but reminders and calendar is a good thought. I once tried to write a script to get the next calendar appointment, but Calendar doesn't support that natively and recurring appointments throw it way off, so I abandoned the project for now. Getting today's appointments and reminders may be easier, though. As to battery, my script will probably do what the other one does, except that you can customize it using the template. Want the time left first? No problem. Percentage first? Go for it! AC adapter status last, or gone altogether? Just set your template that way. Same for date and time - if you want them separate, just copy the script and make the two templates different, then rename one to "say time" and one to "say date", or whatever names you want. As to music, I do like the idea of integrating with iTunes. I see that Radium is scriptable, but there's no documentation - you must have to buy the program first. Unfortunately, since I'd never use it, I can't see myself buying it. If someone wants to send me the app's SDEF file, or even make the script to get the information themselves, contact me off-list. I know iTunes is scriptable, and I'll also look into VLC. Hopefully, the script will just use whichever supported media player is open so you'll only need one script for getting the current track. On May 26, 2013, at 2:36 AM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > This is a fantastic project you're doing. Thanks for your time and effort as > it will benefit many. > > RE time, would it be possible to separate the date and time, so we could have > one key for the time and another for date? > > Wifi and RAM usage you've already mentioned, and I reckon they're great ideas. > > There's already a freely available script for battery status. I have it on my > MacBook. It's fantastic. > > One that I'd really like, is for the name and artist of the currently playing > song in iTunes. > > Another idea might be for the sound output device. I usually just pop up to > Audio Switcher in the extras menu, but I guess a simple keystroke would be > easier. > > Other ideas might be related to Calendar, Reminders or Notification Center. A > key press to see how many items/badges there are in Reminders, or to read out > today's reminders. Or one to read out today's Calendar events. Or To read out > Notification Center alerts. I'm not exactly sure what, if anything, related > to this kind of thing would be possible with Apple Scripts, so can't give too > much more information. But hopefully with that encouragement your innovative > spirit can run wild. Basically, I like Calendar and Reminders so something to > let me know what I need to do and when would be great. > > Look forward to hearing more on your progress. > > Nic > > > On 26/05/2013, at 9:03 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah, got it. Well, that depends on whether or not Radium has an Applescript > dictionary. Is it a free app so I can test it, and/or can someone send me the > SDEF file for it, assuming it has one? > On May 25, 2013, at 7:01 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> radium is a internet radio app. like ootunes or tuneIn on IOS. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On May 25, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, what's Radium? Is it a media player, or does it integrate with >>> iTunes or some other player? >>> On May 25, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Rod Skene <skene...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Alex, I have radium in the extras menu. When I go to the menu bar, I >>>> can check the song title and artist. Can you do a script so it will read >>>> the information from radium that is in the extras menu? Thanks, Rod >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse any errors. >>>> >>>> On 25/05/2013, at 6:20 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Alex, >>>>> >>>>> This is great work. Thanks for putting in the time and effort. >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> rica...@appletothecore.info >>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>>> >>>>> On May 25, 2013, at 12:11 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm going to send out a link to a zip file when I'm all done with >>>>>> everything - right now, though the four I have are working properly, I'd >>>>>> consider this to still be in alpha testing. It shouldn't be too long, >>>>>> though. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bluetooth is one thing I considered, but had not looked into. I'll do >>>>>> that and see if it is possible. Volume is really simple, though - I'll >>>>>> make a script that gives you everything, and you can use the template to >>>>>> choose what you want to hear. >>>>>> On May 24, 2013, at 11:58 PM, Chris Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Alex, this is great! Where would I obtain the scripts that you so far >>>>>>> have done? I'd like a script that would tell me if bluetooth was >>>>>>> enabled or disabled, discoverable enabled or not enabled, and what >>>>>>> devices if any are currently connected. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The other thing that would be, especially in my professional audio >>>>>>> production environment to know is if you could have v o read the >>>>>>> percentage value of the input volume slider under system >>>>>>> prefs/sound/input tab. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This way, at any time, with one keystroke, I could know exactly what my >>>>>>> mike level is set to on my input. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris. >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Fischler" >>>>>>> <blindga...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 11:22 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: What would you all like to see in scripts to speak system >>>>>>> status? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> 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