here you go. I understand and should have sent the source code the first time.
--Author Hai Nguyen Ly November 24, 2010
(*
This Apple script will open Terminal.app and run a kill all command forcing
VoiceOver to restart. Once the command has been activated, Terminal will quit.
This script works best when associated with a keyboard shortcut in the event
VoiceOver decides to freeze.
*)
tell application "Terminal"
activate
"killall -Hup VoiceOver '"
say "restarting VoiceOver, Please wait"
tell application "Terminal"
quit
end tell
end tell
On Nov 24, 2010, at 12:44 PM, louie wrote:
> I will not use a script that I can't read the source.
> How do we know that script will not cause all kinds of troubles on our Macs?
> How about sharing the source code?
>
> On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Hai Nguyen wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon all,
>> The following Apple script will cause VO to restart gracefully. I suggest
>> for optimum efficiency to associate this script with a keyboard shortcut so
>> that it can be executed with one keystroke in the event VO freezes.
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4918985/VORestart.zip
>>
>> Enjoy
>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Carolyn wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, leave it to Scott to bring us some grace.:) I haven't a clue what
>>> y'all are talking about. But I guess I should know this in case Alex ever
>>> decides to give me the silent treatment. I don't recall an initial post on
>>> this but better save these in a backup for future reference.
>>> To all who care: Happy Thanksgiving
>>>
>>> Carolyn
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Scott Granados
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:36 AM
>>> Subject: Re: The KillAll command
>>>
>>> Whoa -9 and -hup do * not * do the same thing.
>>>
>>>
>>> -9 is a kill all with no graceful shutdown. -HUP is a restart, -1 is a
>>> graceful shutdown.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Eric and Nic,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks much -- the -9 seems to cause a restart, hence appears to have the
>>>> identical affect of the -hup parm.
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> True enough. -HUP accomplishes the same thing, though, but of course the
>>>>> parameters mean something different. I always just use -9 to ensure it
>>>>> actually quits, and it's just as efficient in the long-run. And, it's
>>>>> less parameters to type.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
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>>>>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> the killall command works. -9 will simply force it to quit. I prefer the
>>>>>> use of killall -HUP VoiceOver as it forces a reset of voiceover without
>>>>>> going through all the issues of restarting it via keystrokes. btw, you
>>>>>> must capitalize the V and the O otherwise it will not find the process
>>>>>> name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Eric
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 1:53 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>> I meant to reply to one of Nic's recent posts, but deleted it. He
>>>>>>> suggested that if VO goes silent one could enter terminal into
>>>>>>> spotlight and then enter -- I forget the exact command but believe it
>>>>>>> was killallall -9 voiceover.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried this with and without the extra "all" and also tried inserting
>>>>>>> a space between the two alls, but only receive a message that no
>>>>>>> matching processes were found.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to get this right in case I do experience a vo crash. May not
>>>>>>> have recalled the parm Nic mentioned, but I did use the one he
>>>>>>> specified (which may not have been -9).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TIA for any clarification, and best regards.
>>>>>>> Geoff
>>>>>>>
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