Has anyone here spent much time with Automator?

Most of the program works well, but there is a very big hole. It seems almost 
impossible to use variables.

When you create a variable by adding a Set Variable action to the workflow, and 
then try to use pop-up menus in other actions to select the variable that you 
created, the names of the variables don't appear in the menu. In places where I 
should hear variable names, all I hear are menus with blank items that don't 
announce anything. The menus in general read, since there might be an item in 
the menu called "New Variable...", but the other entries, where I should be 
able to select from existing variables, are all blank entries.

There is a table in the window that shows all of the existing variables. I can 
tell that the table contains rows through VoiceOver's announcement of current 
row, but VoiceOver doesn't read any content for the row. So, I can't hear the 
name or any other status info about the variable.

Since there doesn't seem to be any way to edit or assign variables other than 
using the user interface of Automator, it looks like there is no way to use 
variables.

I've gone through the menus, but can't find any sort of adjustment to the 
appearance of Automator that would help me out. Has anyone else had better 
success with variables?

Bryan
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