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. 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