Hello Jeff,
here is the Apple script you are wanting to modify. Have fun and let us know if
you have any questions.
(*
Speaks the date and time of day
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on isVoiceOverRunningWithAppleScript()
set isRunning to true
-- is AppleScript enabled on VoiceOver --
tell application "VoiceOver"
try
set x to bounds of vo cursor
on error
set isRunning to false
end try
end tell
return isRunning
end isVoiceOverRunningWithAppleScript
set currentDate to current date
set amPM to "AM"
set currentHour to (currentDate's hours)
set currentMinutes to currentDate's minutes
if (currentHour ≥ 12 and currentHour < 24) then
set amPM to "PM"
else
set amPM to "AM"
end if
-- make minutes below 10 sound nice
if currentMinutes < 10 then
set currentMinutes to ("0" & currentMinutes) as text
end if
-- ensure 0:nn gets set to 12:nn AM
if currentHour is equal to 0 then
set currentHour to 12
end if
-- readjust for 12 hour time
if (currentHour > 12) then
set currentHour to (currentHour - 12)
end if
set currentTime to ((currentDate's month) as text) & " " & ((currentDate's day)
as text) & ", " & (currentHour as text) & ":" & ((currentMinutes) as text) & "
" & amPM as text
if isVoiceOverRunningWithAppleScript() then
tell application "VoiceOver"
output currentTime
end tell
else
say currentTime
end if
On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
> Ever since I got my Mac, I have been annoyed by the way the Time of Day
> script works. I have wanted it to tell me the time first and the date after
> - or not at all.
>
> I have finally decided to look into this and found the "Time of
> Day.applescript" in the /library/scripts/voiceover folder.
>
> I have used command I to look at the file properties and given everybody read
> and write permissions. I have also gone into Terminal and chmod the file
> adding +w.
>
> However, whenever I try to modify the file I am told that I don't have
> permission.
>
> Can anybody offer any assistance?
>
> Thx,
> Jeff
>
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