Hi Orin, You wrote:
>I downloaded the script that I think John made for restarting files at >certain times. I put this into my library scripts folder, and there is >nothing on the menu bar that VoiceOver doesn't announce. Just >wondering how to change it manually then? Manually changing the play position for tracks in iTunes involves holding down the command-option-right arrow keys to fast forward and the command-option-left arrow keys to fast rewind. If you are having trouble using the "RestartAt" AppleScript from Tim Kilburn's VoiceOver Downloads site: http://homepage.mac.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html it is possible that you may have put this AppleScript into the wrong folder. There are two common locations used for AppleScripts for iTunes, and both of them require you to create folders the first time you use AppleScripts for iTunes and place copies of the scripts in these locations as far as I know. You can either put AppleScripts in the ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts folder under your user account or into the main /Library/iTunes/Scripts folder for your system. On my laptop (in Tiger), I had to create a Scripts folder under my personal Library/iTunes directory the first time I used AppleScripts. In finder, I started from my home directory (Command-Shift-h), and navigated to Library, then to iTunes, where I made a new folder named "Scripts". If I wanted to make these AppleScripts available to every account on my laptop, I would have to create an iTunes folder and then a Scripts sub-folder under my system's /Library directory. From Finder, I would start from my computer (Command-Shift-c), navigate to my startup drive, then to Library, then create a folder for iTunes, and a folder under that for Scripts. Depending on my user account privileges I might have to change permissions so that I can create the folder. Once the AppleScript has been copied into either of these two locations you should be able to access an AppleScripts menu from your iTunes menu bar. In iTunes, if you have selected a track in the Songs outline and you want to change the current playing position or the time at which it wiill start playing, you can use the RestartAt AppleScript. You should be able to navigate to it with VO-keys+m and the left-arrow key. The AppleScripts menu is between "Help" and "Window" on the menu bar, and I'm told that you can hear it announced under Leopard. Arrow down to "RestartAt" and carriage return to run the AppleScript. A window will pop up with a prompt to enter a time between 0:00:00 and the end of the track, with the current play position shown in the text field You can type in a new value (e.g. 15:00 for fifteen minutes) for the start position. YMMV. Hope this helps. Cheers, Esther
