Use spark and enter this into an AppleScript command tied to the
keystroke of you choice.
say "The current time is " & getTimeInHoursAndMinutes()
on getTimeInHoursAndMinutes()
-- Get the "hour"
set timeStr to time string of (current date)
set Pos to offset of ":" in timeStr
set theHour to characters 1 thru (Pos - 1) of timeStr as string
set timeStr to characters (Pos + 1) through end of timeStr as string
-- Get the "minute"
set Pos to offset of ":" in timeStr
set theMin to characters 1 thru (Pos - 1) of timeStr as string
set timeStr to characters (Pos + 1) through end of timeStr as string
--Get "AM or PM"
set Pos to offset of " " in timeStr
set theSfx to characters (Pos + 1) through end of timeStr as string
return (theHour & ":" & theMin & " " & theSfx) as string
end getTimeInHoursAndMinutes
Greg Kearney
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Casper, Wyoming 82601
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On May 29, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Someone wrote a piece of software that, when installed, will create
keystrokes that will announce the time. I believe you can find it
in the Macvisionaries archives; I'm looking for it now, as of this
writing. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
On May 29, 2008, at 8:50 AM, William Windels wrote:
perhaps you can make a litle bash-script dat is doing something like:
date | say
but I don't know if you can connect a hotkey to a alias of a file
like you can do in windows...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: Checking the time
I can't speak for Windows screen readers, but to answer your
question there isn't a single keystroke to do this. It's just as
easy as the keystroke invoked with JAWS but not just one keystroke
movement.
On May 29, 2008, at 5:04 AM, Dave Wright wrote:
Hey there all,
This may sound like a funny question, but is there a single
keystroke for VoiceOver which allows you to check the time? If
not, I have to wonder why since this is a tiny but very important
piece of information that I'm surprised wouldn't have been
resolved, sine sighted individuals basically have it staring them
in the face whenever they use their machines. Also, on every
windows screenreader, this issue has been covered.
Best Regards,
David Wright
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