I wouldn't mind having this feature. also, the soundflower icon in the system bar is invisible to voiceover. is there any way to change this behavior? from what I have been told, the icon is left of the scripts entry.
any help would be helpful. -eric On Jan 3, 2012, at 4:02 AM, Emrah wrote: > Hello, > > Great concept! > If my recollection is correct, SoundFlower comes packaged with an app called > SoundBed (or something that sounds like that). When you open up the app, it > creates a menu item (one of those that are not accessible with VO keys). You > can use your mouse to try and locate it. > The app lets you pick an output device for everything sent to SoundFlower. > That will allow you to have VO speaking both through your speakers and > simultaneously transmitted over Skype via SoundFlower. > > Good luck and hope this helps, > Emrah > Ps: If anybody is interested in a little bit of coding, We could work on a > script that would enable and disable the use of SoundFlower upon remote login > via Remote Desktop. > -- > Emrah > > “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” > Albert Einstein > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:54 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I've tried an interesting experiment to control my mac via skype. I have one >> bit missing to make it fully efficient. Usually going through ssh i get >> across most of my needs, but some applications require full GUI control to >> get there quickly. And of course, most software is made for sighted users in >> mind and therefore believe audio capture is an annex burden for bandwidth >> and therefore we're left out. >> >> Here's the low down. >> 1- i create a skype account with the hostname of the server or client i wish >> to control abacus.blahblah.net >> In its call settings, i set it to accept incoming calls automatically. Since >> it only has me as a contact, there can't be mistakes. >> >> 2 >> I Use soundflower to route system sounds >> Output To skype's input. >> >> 3 >> I call the server via my laptop, connect and control it via ARD, and voilà. >> >> However, since sound is routed from system, voice over being system and not >> a sub-channel of system, i'm left with no sound on my server. This isn't too >> much of an issue as i know the steps required to open system prefs, sound, >> output tab and switch my output device back to the mac's internal speakers. >> >> It would be, however, cool if i could route system sound to both skype's >> input and itself. Soundflower documentation says that i can possibly do such >> a thing with the soundflower 16 channel mode but haven't found the right >> combination for it to work. >> >> Anyone have any idea? >> >> Best regards, >> >> 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. >> > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
