Hi Emra,
Thanks for the suggestion. Will see if there is any way to get to the menubar
items via GUI scripting. Here's a code snippet to find all items on the
menubar. The output provides generic GUI element denominations but they also
provide an overview of the number of menubar items one system has and these can
be triggered in barious ways.
set appname to "System Preferences" -------------------------- Set this to the
App you want to look at
set winstuff to "defaultval"
set menustuff to "defaultval"
tell application appname
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process appname
set winstuff to entire contents of front window
set menustuff to entire contents of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
--return winstuff & "rrrr" & menustuff -- comment this out to get just winstuff
return winstuff -- comment this out too to get just menustuff
--return menustuff
Obviously, this can be used for any invisible menubar item such as drop-box or
other applications. It can be implemented.
Best regardsf
Yuma
On 4/01/2012, at 12:02 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
>>
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