I had to jump in on this one. I think the inclusion of voice over specific commands in the applescript library has been implemented not to releave the workload to Apple, but to allow solutions for fast accessing of data, productivity and to pair various applications to streamline all your daily outcome.And it also allows individuals to access areas and functionality which haven't been implemented by even third party applications which are compatible with voice over out of the box.
The inclusion of these scripts though have a drawback, in which the language itself is heavier than other programming languages, and even if bundled to an app, they are the slowest in all script languages. Yet, there are a lot of advantages, when paired with other accessibility APIs, as well as APIs which come from coco libraries, allowing the user to interact, categorize and control all classes and elements of a given program, I mention skype here, which has one command, *send, from which a lot can be done, similar to the jawscript for controlling skype. What apple has strived to do is to make it as similar to navigate into things on the mac os as a sighted person would. So it avoids creating a whole new approach into the process of using a computer, and people will have the same terminologies, whether sighted or not. And this extends into the applescript vocabulary. They are powerful as in they create shortcuts from the simplest, which is to calculate something str8 onto your text edit window instead of going into a calculator, or assigning scripts to various trackpad shortcuts. I'm delving more into the scripts when time allows me, and i find that there are even graphical outcomes a blind user can express, through code. And this i use in a studio which works on heavy 3d graphics. So in the end, i am glad apple has integrated voice over into the applescript library, but you didn't need it to start with, to create sets of instructions which can benefit your everday experience. to take it from wordpress, code is poetry. Best Yuma* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
