Re: Getting Started with AppleScript (was: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done)

2014-04-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Phil, if you have some experience with programming or some scripting language (e.g. I've done a bit with JavaScript) AppleScript will be really easy to pick up once you read through some other people's scripts and get an idea of the syntax, objects and commands. For more information on any parti

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Scott, you can get it here. -- 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 m

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-27 Thread Scott Berry
Nick, I am sorry to have you do this again but could you please resend the link to the script? I think this may be handy for my homework assignments. On Apr 26, 2014, at 9:25 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Thanks, Andrew--glad it's of use. > Best, > Nic > > -- > You received this message b

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-27 Thread Phil Halton
Nic, where are you getting your applesript training materials? I'd like to get back into programming and could use some good training sources for AppleScript, which looks like it'd be fairly easy to use once the syntax is understood. I've looked around in the Applescript editor's help system and

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-27 Thread Daniela Rubio
Thanks! I will give it a try. Daniela Rubio T El 27/04/2014, a las 13:06, Nicholas Parsons escribió: > You can get it here. > Best, > Nic > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
You can get it here. Best, Nic -- 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 t

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-27 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hi, I deleted the script ... can somebody send it again please? Thanks! Daniela Rubio T El 27/04/2014, a las 05:25, Nicholas Parsons escribió: > Thanks, Andrew--glad it's of use. > Best, > Nic > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisiona

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Andrew--glad it's of use. Best, Nic -- 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,

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-26 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Nic, This is so wonderfully generous. Thanks for this. And the instructions are perfect too.! Andrew On 26 Apr 2014, at 13:42, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > Attached is a very simple little AppleScript to speak the word count of the > selected text in any application. It's great f

Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi all, Attached is a very simple little AppleScript to speak the word count of the selected text in any application. It's great for TextEdit, Safari, or anywhere you can enter text. It's even easier, in my opinion, than using the word count feature of Pages. Just: download this script; save i