Hi Geoff, Jonathan, Nic, Sarah, and Others, OK, thanks to Nic's reminder that toggling on keyboard help (VO+k) has VoiceOver announce the path to scripts enabled by Keyboard Commander, pressing the Right Option key+t gives the information that the time of day script may be found in:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ScreenReader.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Scripts as the entry "TimeOfDay.applescript" So those of you who want to navigate to that script, from Finder use Command+Shift+G (the "Go to Folder" shortcut), then copy and paste in the path given above to the folder in the /System/Library directory and press return. In that folder look for a file named "TimeOfDay.applescript". Geoff, you can ignore the attached version of the script I sent you off list; this is the version Apple is using with Right Option key+T when you have Keyboard Commanders turned on under the Commanders menu of VoiceOver Utility. (This also explains why it didn't come up when I ran a "find" command from terminal -- I was searching for a file with ".scpt" extension, and these all have ".applescript" extensions.) This is Snow Leopard only. Also, those of you who want to speed up the time announcement, the rate is set for Text to Speech on your system, not the VoiceOver speaking rate. This is set under the "Text to Speech" tab of the Speech menu under System Preferences. To change the Text to Speech speaking rate: 1. Press either Control+F2 or VO+M to navigate to the Apple menu on the menu bar. 2. Arrow down and press "s y" and return to bring up System Preferences 3. Navigate (e.g., tab, or use item chooser menu) to "Speech" and press (VO+Space) 4. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the "Text to Speech" tab and press (VO+Space) 5. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) past the pop up button for the System Voice to the slider for Speaking Rate and interact, then use your VO+arrow keys to set the speaking rate. (Optional: if your language set up is not English, change the system voice from Alex to one that works for your language. For example, if you are a French speaker and have bought the Infovox French voices, VO+Space on the pop up button for the System Voice and change this to Alice or Julie.) 6. If you did not set up your clock to automatically announce time (on the hours, half hour, or quarter hour) when you first set up your Mac, you can do so from this pane. Continue to navigate (VO+Right arrow) past "To have clock announce the time:" to the "Open Date & Time Preferences" button and press (VO+Space). 6a. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) on the Date & Time preference pane to the "Clock" tab and press (VO+Space) to select. 6b. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the check box for "Announce the time:" and VO+Space to check it 6c. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the pop up button and use your arrow keys to select "On the hour", "On the half hour", or "On the quarter hour". 6d. Optionally navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the "Customize Voice…" button and press (VO+Space). This takes you back to the speech menu to let you select another voice for text to speech announcements. Presumably, you already did this. 7. Close the system preferences window with Command+W Once again, this assumes that you have have checked Keyboard Commander under VoiceOver Utility so that you can press Right Option key+T to announce the time under Snow Leopard. The instructions for setting the speaking rate work for all text to speech functions, except for the text to speech in Adobe Reader, which ignores your System Preference settings for text to speech and requires you to set up all your options in the rather complex menu structure of Adobe Reader's own preferences menu. (You have to find both the locations to set in the preferences menu you bring up with Command+comma, and the option shortcuts to turn on text to speech in the View menu of the application.) HTH. Cheers, Esther On Oct 06, 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: cool. thanks, but man that's long? lol! too bad a second press did n't reveal it int he finder. S On Oct 6, 2010, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
Hi! For those who are curious if you did not try this yet, toggling on keyboard help and hitting the command for the script tells you the path. Regards, Nic
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