Hi Yuma, that sounds great. I'll be interested in testing this out when I get the chance. busy at present listening to an adapted manual for my new hardware diagnostics system and thumbing the braille manual for some windows software I have to master. WEEEEE!
lew On 3 Jan 2012, at 19:28, Yuma Decaux wrote: > 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 >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > Mr. L. 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