Hi Alex, I have radium in the extras menu. When I go to the menu bar, I can check the song title and artist. Can you do a script so it will read the information from radium that is in the extras menu? Thanks, Rod
Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse any errors. On 25/05/2013, at 6:20 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > This is great work. Thanks for putting in the time and effort. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On May 25, 2013, at 12:11 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm going to send out a link to a zip file when I'm all done with everything >> - right now, though the four I have are working properly, I'd consider this >> to still be in alpha testing. It shouldn't be too long, though. >> >> Bluetooth is one thing I considered, but had not looked into. I'll do that >> and see if it is possible. Volume is really simple, though - I'll make a >> script that gives you everything, and you can use the template to choose >> what you want to hear. >> On May 24, 2013, at 11:58 PM, Chris Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Alex, this is great! Where would I obtain the scripts that you so far have >>> done? I'd like a script that would tell me if bluetooth was enabled or >>> disabled, discoverable enabled or not enabled, and what devices if any are >>> currently connected. >>> >>> The other thing that would be, especially in my professional audio >>> production environment to know is if you could have v o read the percentage >>> value of the input volume slider under system prefs/sound/input tab. >>> >>> This way, at any time, with one keystroke, I could know exactly what my >>> mike level is set to on my input. >>> >>> Chris. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Fischler" <blindga...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 11:22 PM >>> Subject: Re: What would you all like to see in scripts to speak system >>> status? >>> >>> >>> Hey Alex, >>> >>> Very cool. I would love something if possible to make using the widgets >>> more accessible not sure if that is possible through scripts. Also for us >>> dummies is there anywhere we can read up on starting out with scripts. I >>> have never used any except the time one that you can use through keyboard >>> commanders and would like to become more familiar with them. Thanks, >>> On May 24, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> Now that I have four of them consistently working, I feel ready to share >>>> what I've been working on for the last couple days. I am putting together >>>> a series of Apple scripts that will speak information, using VO if it is >>>> on or the default system speech if it is not. The ones I have so far are >>>> CPU, ram, wifi, and date/time. The really cool bit, though, is that each >>>> starts out by setting up a template. You can change this template, using >>>> keywords to define what is spoken where. >>>> >>>> Let's look at the time script as an example, since everyone likes to have >>>> the date and time spoken differently. Right now, I have my template set to: >>>> $24hours:$minutes, $weekday, $month $dayOfMonth, $year >>>> which yields, right now: >>>> 22:55, Friday, May 24, 2013 >>>> Don't like 24 hour time? All you need to do is change your template: >>>> $12hours:$minutes $ampm, $month $dayOfMonth, $year >>>> and you'd hear something like: >>>> 10:56 PM, Friday, May 24, 2013 >>>> >>>> My other scripts do the same thing - one keystroke, for instance, and I >>>> know which wifi network I'm on and at what signal strength. Again, all of >>>> these have templates with certain keywords, so you can change how the >>>> script's information is spoken to exactly how you want it. >>>> >>>> So, my question: what else would you all like to see? I plan one for the >>>> space on the startup disk, and probably all other attached volumes, plus >>>> one for battery, but what else would be handy? These scripts are really >>>> meant to focus on quick bits of information that sighted people can use >>>> the status menus or dashboard to quickly look at - they have immediate >>>> access, and now we do too, plus we can fully customize the output. I make >>>> no promises that all the ideas I receive will make it, but if enough >>>> people ask for a certain feature, I'll try to add it in. I've thought >>>> about weather, but I really want to just distribute the scripts and not >>>> have any additional libraries or anything that you'd have to install. I'll >>>> look more into weather at some point. So, any small pieces of information >>>> you'd like to have one-key access to, let me know. thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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