Once you have Applescripts showing--and I don't remember how I did it
so someone will have to tell you, you can hit control-option-m and
then right arrow over till it says the date and then once more over
to the time. You can also set your computer up to announce the time
every hour. I did that, and it's really nice. Just be careful, if
you are a college student or a professional in a meeting, to have
that setting turned *off*! Imagine how the profs or your colleagues
would react if a male or female voice (Bruce and Victoria are my
favorites) was to announce "It's ten o'clock." I *almost* let it
happen on purpose once, and it did happen accidentally in a
Journalism class. I was horrified, and kept a sharp check on it since.
You can have the computer announce the date and time in the system
preferences.
Go to system prefs, tab over till it says "date and time" check the
checkbox that says something about announcing the time, then
customize the voice. Set rate of speed, volume, and which voice you
want to announce the time, and then hit OK and then exit. Easy as
pie. I haven't found a way to make VoiceOver announce the date when
you want, except by that method I described using the menus.
Jane
On Jan 1, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Richard Wells wrote:
Hello List,
Is there a way to get the date and time spoken with Voice-over? I
mean, is there a key stroke that would speak this on demand?
Thanks
