Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Brian Hansen]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for all of your help, as well as the scripts for iTunes.  I’ve been 
wondering if there was a way to have character and word count scripts.  Thanks 
again for everything.

Blessings,

Brian

> On Feb 9, 2017, at 7:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Download the script for this from here:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6iLRtMzHPEXSzQ2LWNKc3NtVzA?usp=sharing
>  
> 
> 
> I've made some modifications to the code I found shared by some others.  
> Should do the trick.  It will return the song title and artist and say a few 
> extra things if iTunes is not running or if music is paused/stopped.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 20:28, Brian Hansen  > wrote:
> 
> A keyboard command like that would be great.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Brian
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn > > wrote:
>> 
>> Is this a command that people would like a keyboard shortcut to do for many 
>> application?
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Jonathan Cohn 
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that 
>>> view.  I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is 
>>> playing, interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song 
>>> that is playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location 
>>> as HotSpot #1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently 
>>> playing song, just press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that 
>>> HotSpot location.  the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are 
>>> usually lost whenever iTunes is quit.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Tim
>>> 
>>> When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
>>> nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> 
>>> Brian
>>> 
 On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn > wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently 
 playing song and VO should announce what it is right away.
 
 Later...
 
 Tim Kilburn
 Fort McMurray, AB Canada
 
 On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen > wrote:
 
 Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out 
 the name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that 
 I downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I 
 was on.  Thanks.
 
 Blessings,
 
 Brian
 
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

I forgot to mention that, after downloading the script, you should place it in 
Macintosh HD, Library, Scripts, VoiceOver.  You'll be asked to enter your 
password in order to save things into that folder.  This is just the login 
password for an Administrator on your computer.  If you wish to make a keyboard 
shortcut for it, you should do this in the Keyboard Commander area of the 
VoiceOver Utility.

Everything works from a VO prospective, I'm just having issues with the code 
that makes it distinguish between when VO is on or off.  It's not being 
cooperative.

HTH.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Feb 9, 2017, at 18:47, Tim Kilburn  wrote:

Hi,

Download the script for this from here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6iLRtMzHPEXSzQ2LWNKc3NtVzA?usp=sharing 


I've made some modifications to the code I found shared by some others.  Should 
do the trick.  It will return the song title and artist and say a few extra 
things if iTunes is not running or if music is paused/stopped.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Feb 8, 2017, at 20:28, Brian Hansen > wrote:

A keyboard command like that would be great.

Blessings,

Brian

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  > wrote:
> 
> Is this a command that people would like a keyboard shortcut to do for many 
> application?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn 
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that 
>> view.  I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is 
>> playing, interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song 
>> that is playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location 
>> as HotSpot #1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently 
>> playing song, just press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that 
>> HotSpot location.  the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are 
>> usually lost whenever iTunes is quit.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tim
>> 
>> When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
>> nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently 
>>> playing song and VO should announce what it is right away.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out 
>>> the name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that 
>>> I downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I 
>>> was on.  Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> 
>>> Brian
>>> 
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

Download the script for this from here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6iLRtMzHPEXSzQ2LWNKc3NtVzA?usp=sharing 


I've made some modifications to the code I found shared by some others.  Should 
do the trick.  It will return the song title and artist and say a few extra 
things if iTunes is not running or if music is paused/stopped.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Feb 8, 2017, at 20:28, Brian Hansen  wrote:

A keyboard command like that would be great.

Blessings,

Brian

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Is this a command that people would like a keyboard shortcut to do for many 
> application?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn 
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that 
>> view.  I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is 
>> playing, interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song 
>> that is playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location 
>> as HotSpot #1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently 
>> playing song, just press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that 
>> HotSpot location.  the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are 
>> usually lost whenever iTunes is quit.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tim
>> 
>> When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
>> nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently 
>>> playing song and VO should announce what it is right away.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out 
>>> the name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that 
>>> I downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I 
>>> was on.  Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> 
>>> Brian
>>> 
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Brian Hansen]

A keyboard command like that would be great.

Blessings,

Brian

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Is this a command that people would like a keyboard shortcut to do for many 
> application?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn 
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that 
>> view.  I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is 
>> playing, interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song 
>> that is playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location 
>> as HotSpot #1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently 
>> playing song, just press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that 
>> HotSpot location.  the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are 
>> usually lost whenever iTunes is quit.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tim
>> 
>> When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
>> nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently 
>>> playing song and VO should announce what it is right away.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out 
>>> the name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that 
>>> I downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I 
>>> was on.  Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> 
>>> Brian
>>> 
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Alex Hall]

I think you want my old Talking Dashboard scripts. I actually don't have the 
link handy, since I haven't put Dropbox on this Mac, but someone here must have 
it still?


--
Alex Hall




> On Feb 8, 2017, at 18:13, Larry Thacker Jr.  
> wrote:
> 
> I don’t remember the source, but a friend sent me a collection of Voiceover 
> scripts, among which was one that does just that.  With Keyboard commander on 
> I can hit option-i and hear the currently playing track.  I’ll bet someone on 
> here knows the origin of those scripts.  I believe they were written by 
> someone well-known in the community.  I’m not finding the original file they 
> came in but I will keep looking.  A search of the list might turn them up.
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
>> 
>> Is this a command that people would like a keyboard shortcut to do for many 
>> application?
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Jonathan Cohn 
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that 
>>> view.  I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is 
>>> playing, interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song 
>>> that is playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location 
>>> as HotSpot #1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently 
>>> playing song, just press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that 
>>> HotSpot location.  the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are 
>>> usually lost whenever iTunes is quit.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Tim
>>> 
>>> When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
>>> nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> 
>>> Brian
>>> 
 On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently 
 playing song and VO should announce what it is right away.
 
 Later...
 
 Tim Kilburn
 Fort McMurray, AB Canada
 
 On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:
 
 Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out 
 the name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that 
 I downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I 
 was on.  Thanks.
 
 Blessings,
 
 Brian
 
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Larry Thacker Jr.]

I don’t remember the source, but a friend sent me a collection of Voiceover 
scripts, among which was one that does just that.  With Keyboard commander on I 
can hit option-i and hear the currently playing track.  I’ll bet someone on 
here knows the origin of those scripts.  I believe they were written by someone 
well-known in the community.  I’m not finding the original file they came in 
but I will keep looking.  A search of the list might turn them up.

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Is this a command that people would like a keyboard shortcut to do for many 
> application?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn 
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that 
>> view.  I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is 
>> playing, interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song 
>> that is playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location 
>> as HotSpot #1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently 
>> playing song, just press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that 
>> HotSpot location.  the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are 
>> usually lost whenever iTunes is quit.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tim
>> 
>> When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
>> nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently 
>>> playing song and VO should announce what it is right away.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out 
>>> the name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that 
>>> I downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I 
>>> was on.  Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> 
>>> Brian
>>> 
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Jonathan C. Cohn]

Is this a command that people would like a keyboard shortcut to do for many 
application?

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn 

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that 
> view.  I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is playing, 
> interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song that is 
> playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location as HotSpot 
> #1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently playing song, 
> just press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that HotSpot location. 
>  the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are usually lost 
> whenever iTunes is quit.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen  wrote:
> 
> Hi Tim
> 
> When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
> nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Brian
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently 
>> playing song and VO should announce what it is right away.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:
>> 
>> Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out 
>> the name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that I 
>> downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I was 
>> on.  Thanks.
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> 
>> Brian
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

It appears that you're in Album view and my suggestion won't work in that view. 
 I suggest that you use a HotSpot instead.  So, when a song is playing, 
interact with the LCD Panel.  Navigate to the title of the song that is 
playing, then press VO-shift-1.  This will set that exact location as HotSpot 
#1.  So, anytime you wish to hear the name of the currently playing song, just 
press VO-1 and VO should read whatever text is at that HotSpot location.  the 
limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are usually lost whenever 
iTunes is quit.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen  wrote:

Hi Tim

When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.

Blessings,

Brian

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently playing 
> song and VO should announce what it is right away.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:
> 
> Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out the 
> name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that I 
> downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I was 
> on.  Thanks.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Brian
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Brian Hansen]

Hi Tim

When I hit CMD-l, VO says, the phrase “current song”, and then album, but 
nothing else after that.  It doesn’t actually announce the song title.

Blessings,

Brian

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently playing 
> song and VO should announce what it is right away.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:
> 
> Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out the 
> name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that I 
> downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I was 
> on.  Thanks.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Brian
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Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

While in iTunes, you could press cmd-l to move focus to the currently playing 
song and VO should announce what it is right away.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen  wrote:

Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out the 
name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that I 
downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I was 
on.  Thanks.

Blessings,

Brian

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Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

[Brian Hansen]

Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out the 
name of the currently playing track?  I’ve got a couple of albums that I 
downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I was 
on.  Thanks.

Blessings,

Brian

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