Thanks Rachel,
I’m going to save your message.
Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
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> On Mar 5, 2015, at 8:27 AM, Rachel Feinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Stacey,
>
> To add a script to your keyboard commander, you’ll do the following:
> Access your keyboard commander area by going to vo Utility, commanders,
> keyboard. Activate the add button, and then choose a key you’d like to be
> pressed in conjunction with the option key to access the download notifier
> script.
> Then you’ll click on the command menu button, and go down to custom commands
> which is a sub menu.
> You’ll go to the option that says run apple script.
> Activate that, and you’ll be put in a standard finder dialog where you can
> access the file. Wherever you put the script folder, you’ll need to browse to
> that, and then choose the file that’s called, download notifier.
> Press enter, and the command should be set. So the next time you press option
> and your selected key for that script, it should speak the information.
> HTH,
> Rachel.
> On Mar 5, 2015, at 6:18 AM, Stacey Robinson <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>> Can you send me the steps on how to add a script to my keyboard commander
>> again?
>> I did this with the battery status but would like to add others in the file
>> such as download info.
>> I do not remember how I did this.
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>> Feel free to write privately.
>>
>> Blessings,
>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>>
>> mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> On Mar 5, 2015, at 5:49 AM, Rod Skene <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am running Yosemite
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse any errors.
>>>
>>> On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:18 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mostly, the scripts rely on shell commands. For instance, I ask the "top"
>>>> command for CPU information, and the "memstat" command for ram details,
>>>> and iReg for battery, and so on. Once I get the results, I grab the bits I
>>>> need, and return those (all this happens in the Get Info.scpt file, which
>>>> is why it *must* be int the same folder as the scripts).
>>>>
>>>> Then, I have the raw information, like the amount of ram or the battery
>>>> level, and I give it back to the script that asked for it. The script then
>>>> gives all that raw data, plus the template, to a couple functions in
>>>> Utilities.scpt (another required file). The raw data is paired up with
>>>> keywords, those keywords are sorted and searched for, any any that are
>>>> present are replaced. This is how $minutes turns into 15, for instance.
>>>> Once the template has been populated, the complete string is given back to
>>>> the script you ran, which asks Utilities.scpt to speak it. The speaking
>>>> part checks if VoiceOver is running; it tells VO to say the string if it
>>>> is, and tells the default system voice to do so if it's not.
>>>>> On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:53 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Alex
>>>>> I am under Yosemite, and have the latest update. I know how to use the
>>>>> time and date file, and I know how to use the battery one. This is going
>>>>> to sound like a really dumb question, but could you give me and some
>>>>> others who are sort of in first grade when it comes to Apple script some
>>>>> idea of what commands make the others work? Or, is that all in the read
>>>>> me file that I read a long time ago?
>>>>>
>>>>> Gigi
>>>>> ?
>>>>>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 10:31 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> Most of you know about what I (rather un-creatively) call Talking
>>>>>> Dashboard, a set of Applescript files that give you access to
>>>>>> information. There's a time/date one, one for battery, one for current
>>>>>> wifi status, and more. Most of you also know I've wanted to add a script
>>>>>> for upcoming reminders and calendar events, but I could never get it
>>>>>> working right, and I didn't like that it would always force Reminders or
>>>>>> Calendar to launch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, the good news is that I can overcome both problems (most likely,
>>>>>> but no promises) by accessing the EKEventStore through Cocoa. If that's
>>>>>> Greek to you, the bottom line is that I can probably do this, but it
>>>>>> requires OS10.9 or later, maybe even 10.10 or later. I'm on 10.10, but
>>>>>> I'm wondering how many people this would affect? Existing scripts would
>>>>>> continue to work, but if I find a faster/easier way to do what they
>>>>>> currently do that also uses Cocoa, I'll do it. Plus, I could probably
>>>>>> revamp and expand the template system, since I would no longer need to
>>>>>> use my own hacked-together solution but could instead use a real,
>>>>>> Cocoa-based one. I'd probably archive what I have and put the existing
>>>>>> scripts in a subfolder, so those who can't run the new ones don't need
>>>>>> to, but I would no longer support them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, basically, if you use Talking Dashboard, on which version(s) of OS X
>>>>>> do you use it?
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Alex Hall
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