Wow Esther, this is awesom. I only have one question. Where you say use the item chooser, isn't it easier just to select the items from the normal windows where you can?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:12 PM Subject: Making a keyboard shortcut to Jump to a time in itunes [was; Re;Jumping to a time in itunes] Hi Orin and others, >Hi Orin, > >I have a new solution to your question below: > >Orin asked: Just wondering how to jump to a certain time in ITunes? I >was listening to something, I whent to rewind it, and it started at >the beginning again. > >TK: With the help of Esther and the good folks at DougScripts, I have >modified a script that will do just what you're asking. The script is >called "RestartAt", it will bring up a dialog with an Edit field where >you type where you'd like to start the given iTunes selection. It >will handle hours:minutes:seconds. You can pick it up from my Public >folder of my iDisk by doing the following: > >• Go to your Finder. >• Go to the Go menu. >• Go down to iDisk. >• Go right and down to Other Users Public Folder. >• Type in kilburns. >• It is in the iTunes Scripts folder. > >Copy this into your /Library/iTunes/Scripts folder. If you don't have >a Scripts folder in that location, just make one and name it Scripts. >Once the RestartAt script is in that folder, you can navigate along >your menus in iTunes until right after the Window menu. VO will reach >a menu that it doesn't announce, press your down arrow and the >RestartAt script will be available. There are ways of attaching a key >combination to it as well but I won't go into that here. Hope I >haven't forgot anything. > >you can also pick up the script from >http://homepage.mac.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html Just a followup suggestion to Tim's post about the RestartAt AppleScript you can get from his web site: it's easiest to use if you bind this to a shortcut key. You can do this when iTunes is not running by navigating to Systems Preferences in the Menu Bar (VO-keys+m to go to the menu bar; VO-keys down arrow to System Preferences) then use item chooser (VO-keys+i) to go to the Keyboard & Mouse menu by typing "Key", selecting Keyboard & Mouse with VO-keys+ spacebar, then using VO-keys+spacebar again to press the selected icon and actually go to that menu. Use item chooser again and type "Shortcuts" to get the entry for the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. VO-keys+spacebar to select this tab, and VO-keys+ spacebar to press the tab and go there. VO-keys+ right arrow twice to the plus sign. (VO-keys+h gives "Click to define shortcuts within applications.) VO-keys+spacebar to press so you can add a new keyboard shortcut definition. In the window that opens up you'll hear "Applications". VO-keys right arrow to the "All Applications" popup button. VO-keys+ spacebar to press the button and VO-keys+down arrow to iTunes and carriage return to select. VO-keys+right arrow to "Menu Title" and VO-keys+right arrow again to the blank text field. Type in the name of the AppleScript, "RestartAt". VO-keys+right arrow twice more to "Keyboard Shortcut" then VO-keys+right arrow to the blank text field and type in the shortcut keys you want to use. For example, I type in Command+Option+R here. You can VO-keys+right arrow to the cancel and add buttons, but I typically just carriage return after entering my shortcut. Close the Keyboard & Mouse window with Command-W. Now, if you start iTunes, you can select a track in your Songs outline and type Command+Option+R. A window will pop up and you'll be told the start and end times for the track. You can VO-keys+right arrow to enter your time in the text field. The default time entry will be the current play position. HTH. Cheers, Esther
