I've done just that with the JARTE package. The main part of its guts
lie with the set file, help information and key labels while the script
only does 2 things. It maximizes the JARTE window and it allows you to
check for updates if you want to set it that way. As far as my plans are
at this time, until people suggest otherwise, I'm going to keep the
script as simple as possible because JARTE is already very speech friendly.
Aaron Smith said the following on 10/7/2008 1:36 PM:
Tom,
If you have a solution, and it's working great, save your head some
trauma, and go with it. Scripting is very powerful, very cool, and it
can really make inaccessible applications shine. But remember that sets
have been around since the inception of Window-Eyes, and (as you already
well know) offer quite a power punch themselves.
I think the best way to do all, end all, is use a combination of the two
technologies. Use sets where you can, and script where you can.
The ultimate goal isn't to prove you could do it all with scripting. The
ultimate goal is to just prove you can do it. The uber-ultimate goal is
to provide accessibility, regardless of how.
But, you already knew all that.
Aaron
Tom Kingston wrote:
Aaron,
This brings up the same question I've been pondering regarding Sound
Forge. I'm just as hyped up about scripting as everyone else and want
it to be the do all end all for everything. And it's given me the
ability to do some really cool stuff I can't do with sets. But the
plug-in windows are where I keep wondering if set files are really the
way to go. Here's why.
These windows are dialogs and don't scale to resolution. The problem
is that there are many custom track bars and the values they change
are scattered all over the place. Some are in text boxes but many are
just text clips anywhere from 1 to 10 clips away from the track bar.
So indexing these all relative to the focused control would be an
enormous project. I tried OnChildClipRendered but like your hotspot
script these plug-in windows make it act strange. It works fine in the
main window or in other windows I've tried but for some reason the
clip is spoken twice in these plug-in windows. They must be rendered
twice for some reason.
My sets for the previous version worked great in these windows but
I've been beating my head against the wall trying to script them.
Sounds like I'm trying to get you to tell me what I already know I
should do. But I just want to make sure I'm not missing a simple
scripting answer.
Thanks,
Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tim,
It's possible. One shouldn't discount the already powerful
functionality that Window-Eye User windows provide in addition to
scripting (along with hyperactive windows, and so on). I still
wonder, though, why your SpeakWindow isn't working when you feed it
an control ID. Can you send me your latest version of the script so I
can play?
Thanks,
Aaron
Tim Burgess wrote:
Aaron,
Would this be the way to go for my issue reading Sonar sub-windows?
I've
still got no further trying to base them on a control ID using a
generic
function like SpeakWindow( controlID). I'm reluctant to adopt your
clips approach, as I've a number of windows to
access this way and digging through the entire application is going
to take
an enormous amount of time.
Best wishes.
Tim Burgess
Raised Bar Ltd
Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822
Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music
technology at
http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 October 2008
16:19
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to do this with VBScripting
Christian,
While I applaud your ambition, couldn't you do what you want with a
Window-Eyes user window?
Aaron
Christian wrote:
Hi all,
Well, I have started to look a little at VBScripting, but I have a
question.
If I want to capture some text on the screen and store that in a
variable
and then be able to press a keyboard shortcut and WIndow-Eyes will
then read
that back, what should I look at then?
Best regards and thanks,
Christian
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