Thanks Ester, will give that a try. On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Esther wrote:
> > Hi Dan, > > In some cases, like ExpanDrive before the fix, the overall > accessibility of the app is not affected because the same information > is easily available through other menus or shortcuts and the status > menu icon is simply a convenience. The only other thing you can try is > navigating to the status menu bar (VO-M twice or Control-F8), then > turn on Mouse Keys and try to move your cursor to the left, > periodically checking what is under the mouse. When you hear "button > is under the mouse", you can try to route your mouse cursor there and > click. > > Esther > > On Aug 17, 2009, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > >> >> Another one that i've found, and recently started using, is the Mac >> version of Carbonite. There's an option to display status in the >> menu >> bar, but I'm not seeing it in my status menus, even though I have it >> checked. I've sent an email to them about this, so hopefully they'll >> fix it. >> On Aug 17, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Esther wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Gary, I took a look at Caffeine, and I'll outline how to get around >>> the inaccessibility of the status menu bar icon via an AppleScript, >>> since they the authors provided hooks for this. However, this is >>> an >>> issue I've seen with a few other apps, including a couple that have >>> counterpart iPhone apps, and the link Benjamin posted to Apple >>> Developer forums applies to these cases. The issue of placing an >>> icon >>> on the status menu bar that VoiceOver can navigate to in ExpanDrive >>> has been solved. I don't know whether the developer used the >>> private >>> API or the public API solution, but here's the background. I >>> reported >>> the accessibility issue with the ExpanDrive status bar icon to the >>> developer back in November. When a member on another list enthused >>> about this app (which allows you to integrate files on FTP and SFTP >>> servers with your desktop GUI and Finder with a fast, robust >>> interface >>> and a lot of nifty features) and its accessibility a few months >>> later, >>> I asked whether you could now navigate to the icon on the status >>> menu >>> bar with VoiceOver. (This was not really an issue for the usability >>> of the application with VO, since the menu bar is only one way to >>> navigate the app.) His first report back from the developer was >>> that >>> they didn't think it was possible for apps that Apple didn't >>> release. >>> However, I pointed out that the freebie tool, SoundSource, from >>> Rogue >>> Amoeba used a status menu bar icon that VoiceOver could navigate to, >>> and that it was also possible to get to the DropBox status bar icon >>> and menu (albeit in a weird way -- you bring up window chooser menu >>> and VO-F2 twice, then select "Untitled". If your cursor is routed >>> to >>> your mouse, you'll hear "Dropbox menu" and then you can click with >>> TrackPad or Mouse to open the menu). That led to the posts from the >>> ExpanDrive folks and a fix to the service menu icon. >>> >>> For Caffeine, I found that opening the Application bundle with the >>> contextual menu to "Show Package Contents" gave me a Caffeine.sdef >>> file in the Resources folder. That showed there were definitions to >>> turn on or turn off Caffeine via AppleScript. So you could create a >>> "Turn On" AppleScript as follows: >>> >>> 1. Launch your Script Editor (with Spotlight, or by going to "/ >>> Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor" and opening the file) >>> 2. Type or paste in the following line (You may want to change 3600 >>> to >>> some other number -- this is the time in seconds, so the example I >>> gave turns Caffeine on for 1 hour): >>> tell application "Caffeine" to turn on for 3600 >>> 3. Compile the AppleScript with Command-K. (Optionally, run the >>> script >>> with Command-R) >>> 4. Save the AppleScript with Command-S. You can save it as a >>> script, >>> in which case you'll have to run it (Command-R) to use it, or save >>> it >>> as an application that will execute when opened (but then you won't >>> be >>> able to edit it to change the time; you could probably code this to >>> prompt for the time to use). >>> >>> You can also create an AppleScript to turn Caffeine off, by pasting >>> in: >>> tell applications "Caffeine" to turn off >>> >>> Just out of curiosity, wouldn't it be easier to go to your Energy >>> Saver preferences (in the menu for the battery on your status menu >>> bar) and just set the slider to never go to sleep mode when you want >>> to make these changes? >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> >>> Gary wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> That's exactly the problem i'm having.. I wonder if he got a >>>> response >>>> to the question? >>>> Thanks for the info. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 15, 2009, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 15/08/2009 Gary wrote: >>>>>> I installed it but found it not to be accessible >>>>> >>>>> It appears it adds an item to the Status Bar. I can't work out how >>>>> to >>>>> access that item with the keyboard. >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if this is because of a similar problem to that described >>>>> at: >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.apple.com/archives/accessibility-dev/2009/Apr/msg00007.html >>>>> >>>>> Apparently you can script Caffeine with AppleScript. That might be >>>>> an >>>>> alternative. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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