I think if you did this, you would need to write it too its own function. Generally the events I have seen for AppleScript are not as widely available as for example in jaws.
There are "Folder Action" scripts that can do special functions when a file is added to or removed from a folder. ( I was thinking of investigating these for automating some things with my downloads folder and my Victor Stream). In terms of mail there is no ""read message" event. You can certainly have a script that gets the selected message and looks at the text body I would then expect you could tell Voice Over to change based on that. So that part should be fairly easy. I I would start by opening the mail scrip dictionary. You should be able to first try tell application "mail" set theText to the body of the seled speek theText end tell If you can get that to work then try doing a search of the body and get that to respond. Then you can say something like if isFrench tell application "Voice Over" ... end tell the On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I was just hacing a milkshake and thought of a possible script to help > polyglotts in this list? > > I believe this should be possible, bbut since i am not acquainted > enough with applescript, please those of you who know some or are > veterans, give me some pointers :) > > Basically, i always have the voice over menu open for switching > languages, and though it's not that many manipulations away, i wish > there is something more fluid and streamlined, sort of slick in its > behavior. > > This could apply to safari, mail, and perhaps at a later date, > documents. > > SO, if there are variables that can specify a language, either in an > html body, it's address quote country suffixe? unquote or checking > redundant words and common nouns in the subject line of a mail, the > applescript would switch automatically to the given language. > > Now is this possible? getting handlers to pre-process document > contents to see if it is in a given language could be done right? > > I have the applescript documentation, but since this list is about > communicating, and i like to brainstorm before really engaging in any > type of project :) i wanted your advice, opinion and comment. > > Thanks for reading, and best > > Yuma > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
