Another way that works.
tell application "VoiceOver"
quit
delay 0.1
activate
end tell
On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:50 AM, Hai Nguyen wrote:
> 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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