Alright, solution time; this requires you to pass an NSWindow for mainWindow (I
just linked it using an IBOutlet)
-(void)speakString:(NSString *)stringToSpeak
{
NSDictionary *announcementInfo = [[NSDictionary alloc]
initWithObjectsAndKeys:stringToSpeak, NSAccessibilityAnnouncementKey, @"High",
NSAccessibilityPriorityKey, nil];
NSAccessibilityPostNotificationWithUserInfo([mainWindow
firstResponder].accessibilityFocusedUIElement,
NSAccessibilityAnnouncementRequestedNotification, announcementInfo);
}
On Jul 20, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh, thanks. That's what I get for not reviewing the spelling. :) So, is there
> a quick way of getting the focused UI element, or does the app need to track
> it manually?
> On Jul 20, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Tyler Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> the value: @"High" is the priority, as in low, medium, high. The second
>> parameter must be the UI element that currently has keyboard focus, this can
>> be a NSView object or subclass it can also be a custom object. If you pass
>> the object as nil you'll get no result. I don't know if it'll result in a
>> crash or not.
>>
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2014, at 3:49 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This looks like what I've been searching for for a while now, thanks for
>>> sharing! What is the second parameter, though? Can it be nil,or does it
>>> need to be some NSView object or subclass? Also, in your demo, why provide
>>> the string "Hi" instead of using the string that was passed n? I just want
>>> to be sure I understand the process. Thanks again.
>>> On Jul 20, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Tyler Thompson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, this is a tidbit for those of you interested in developing for OSX,
>>>>
>>>> I have dug through tons of documentation on VoiceOver accessibility and
>>>> submitted several support tickets to apple for assistance and I finally
>>>> wrote this function I thought I'd share with everybody:
>>>>
>>>> -(void)speakString:(NSString *)stringToSpeak
>>>> fromFocusedUIElement:(id)object
>>>> {
>>>> NSDictionary *announcementInfo = [[NSDictionary alloc]
>>>> initWithObjectsAndKeys:stringToSpeak, NSAccessibilityAnnouncementKey,
>>>> @"High", NSAccessibilityPriorityKey, nil];
>>>> NSAccessibilityPostNotificationWithUserInfo(object,
>>>> NSAccessibilityAnnouncementRequestedNotification, announcementInfo);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> This could easily be expanded on, for instance we could include in this
>>>> function a way to tell the object that currently has keyboard focus to
>>>> assure that VoiceOver always speaks the string as opposed to you having to
>>>> figure it out. We could also add a NSAccessibilityLayoutChanged
>>>> notification to refresh the braille display (Although in some very bizarre
>>>> cases this causes VoiceOver to speak twice (once with the announcement,
>>>> once for the layout change). In other cases the announcement interrupts
>>>> the layout change notification or visa versa, I have yet to figure that
>>>> bit out.
>>>>
>>>> However I felt like this code snippet could do some people good, so there
>>>> it is.
>>>>
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