I realize how helpful this would be, and I'm still investigating how it might 
be done.
On Jun 23, 2013, at 5:36 PM, Agent086b <[email protected]> wrote:

> even a sound to let us know when the download had finished.
> Max.
> On 23/06/2013, at 10:59 PM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Scott,
>> 
>> I pressed Option Return to force the download, but it sounds like it would 
>> have occurred anyway.  I do agree with you that some sort of indication that 
>> a download started and completed would be very useful.  Even if the download 
>> was a small file and happened quickly, some indication of a completion of 
>> said download would be useful.
>> 
>> Les
>> On Jun 23, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Scott Rumery <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Alex,
>>> 
>>> Thank you for these. I want to at some point learn how to write my own 
>>> Apple Scripts but as of yet I haven't started that task.
>>> 
>>> As I clicked on your link Safari opened but all that I had was an empty 
>>> html content area, so thinking that something went wrong, I clicked on it 
>>> again, and again, and then one more time before I got the bright idea to 
>>> check my Downloads folder to see if what I was actually doing was 
>>> downloading this file over, and over again.
>>> 
>>> Sure enough, I had about 4 copies of the file which brings me to my 
>>> question for you. Would it be possible for you to write an Apple Script 
>>> that could give the user some confirmation when a download had actually 
>>> started and ended? This would be a great piece
>>> of information to have.
>>> 
>>> Thanks and have a great day,
>>> Scott Rumery
>>> 
>>> On Jun 23, 2013, at 7:48 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> As promised some weeks ago, I have finished initial work on a collection 
>>>> of Applescripts to speak useful information when you want it. Until I can 
>>>> come up with a better name, I am calling this project "Talking Dashboard".
>>>> 
>>>> This zip file includes scripts for time and date, wifi status, bluetooth, 
>>>> ram, CPU, battery, the clipboard content, sound information (sorry, not 
>>>> the sound device name yet), and mounted disk information. There is also a 
>>>> readme.rtf file which i ask that you read completely before asking me any 
>>>> questions, since it explains the template system and everything else you 
>>>> should need to get started.
>>>> 
>>>> I still welcome suggestions for improving the existing scripts and for 
>>>> creating new ones. Also, the below link is not the final resting place of 
>>>> these scripts; once I have an actual website set up I will let you all 
>>>> know. So please don't pass this link around to everyone as it will 
>>>> eventually be broken; keep it on the list only for now. Thanks in advance 
>>>> for your cooperation.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's the link:
>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17005121/talking%20dashboard.zip
>>>> 
>>>> Have a great day,
>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> 
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