Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Jonathan Cohn]

Hello,Please find attached two script files. If the attachment process does not work, I can  put them up in drop box.



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		Best wishes,Jonathan Cohn

On Apr 28, 2017, at 9:30 PM, Des Delgadillo  wrote:Hi,I’m not too familiar with Apple Script, but what you have in the line you sent looks good.
Having it pause at end of song would be a great added function.Thanks again for your help. I hope this script gets added to the repository.Des DelgadilloReporterdesdelgadi...@gmail.com(562) 652-3415


On Apr 28, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:Hello, OK, I have made the script work a little better and am almost ready to send a new copy out. Please update the below line with what you would want spoken: 	set TextToSspeak to SongName & " by " & ArtistName & " on album " & AlbumNameCurrently I have only tested this with Billy Joel and Bob Dylan, if you are working with more classical types of music please also give me a couple examples that I can play from Apple Music so I can make sure everything gets filled out correctly,. If I remember correctly, you are using this for presentation purposes, so you might want some other functions available, perhaps pause at end of current song? Or maybe even the simpletell Application "iTunes" to playIf anybody wants to explore the AppleScript handlers I would be glad to discuss. Best Wishes,Jonathan  On 26 April 2017 at 14:42, Des Delgadillo  wrote:I would prefer just having VO read out the song and artist. No dialogue needed.
Des DelgadilloReporterdesdelgadi...@gmail.com(562) 652-3415


On Apr 25, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Do you want the dialogue or did you want the output would you want to be able to have a choose?On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM Des Delgadillo  wrote:Thanks again for this.I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but how can I get it to display in a dialog box or to just read out the next song?
Des DelgadilloReporterdesdelgadi...@gmail.com(562) 652-3415


On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a dialog asking you to launch System Preferences. You need to go into the  Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy. In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You should see in the other table that Script Editor has asked for accessibility access, and you need to check the box next to System Preferences. I can give you more secure way where only this specific script has accessibility access not all scripts, but this is the easiest way. Also, since I used the tell application "VoiceOver" to output

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Des Delgadillo]

Hi,
I’m not too familiar with Apple Script, but what you have in the line you sent 
looks good.

Having it pause at end of song would be a great added function.

Thanks again for your help. I hope this script gets added to the repository.
Des Delgadillo
Reporter
desdelgadi...@gmail.com
(562) 652-3415

> On Apr 28, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> OK, I have made the script work a little better and am almost ready to send a 
> new copy out. 
> 
> Please update the below line with what you would want spoken: 
>   set TextToSspeak to SongName & " by " & ArtistName & " on album " & 
> AlbumName
> 
> Currently I have only tested this with Billy Joel and Bob Dylan, if you are 
> working with more classical types of music please also give me a couple 
> examples that I can play from Apple Music so I can make sure everything gets 
> filled out correctly,. 
> 
> If I remember correctly, you are using this for presentation purposes, so you 
> might want some other functions available, perhaps pause at end of current 
> song? Or maybe even the simple
> 
> tell Application "iTunes" to play
> 
> If anybody wants to explore the AppleScript handlers I would be glad to 
> discuss. 
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> Jonathan 
>  
> 
> On 26 April 2017 at 14:42, Des Delgadillo  > wrote:
> I would prefer just having VO read out the song and artist. No dialogue 
> needed.
> Des Delgadillo
> Reporter
> desdelgadi...@gmail.com 
> (562) 652-3415 
>> On Apr 25, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Jonathan Cohn > > wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Do you want the dialogue or did 
>> you want the output would you want to be able to have a choose?
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM Des Delgadillo > > wrote:
>> Thanks again for this.
>> I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but how can I get it to 
>> display in a dialog box or to just read out the next song?
>> 
>> Des Delgadillo
>> Reporter
>> desdelgadi...@gmail.com 
>> (562) 652-3415 
>>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Jonathan Cohn >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a 
>>> dialog asking you to launch System Preferences. 
>>> 
>>> You need to go into the  Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy. 
>>> 
>>> In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You 
>>> should see in the other table that Script Editor has asked for 
>>> accessibility access, and you need to check the box next to System 
>>> Preferences. I can give you more secure way where only this specific script 
>>> has accessibility access not all scripts, but this is the easiest way. 
>>> 
>>> Also, since I used the 
>>> tell application "VoiceOver" to output the SongName, you need to also make 
>>> sure the t allow Apple Script to control VoiceOver is checked.
>>> 
>>> ,  
>>> Best wishes,
>>> 
>>> Jonathan Cohn
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On Apr 24, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Des Delgadillo >>> > wrote:
 
 Hi Jonathan,
 Sorry for the delay in responding.
 Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box 
 would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title 
 without displaying a dialogue.
 I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script 
 today. Can I just copy and paste the text of your script into the script 
 editor?
 Thanks again for doing this.
 
 Des Delgadillo
 Reporter
 desdelgadi...@gmail.com 
 (562) 652-3415 
> On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn  > wrote:
> 
> I have a preliminary version of this script working using the 
> Accessibility API. What this means is that an administrator needs to 
> authorize either the script editor application or an application created 
> from the script in order for this script to run.
> 
> Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song. 
> There is also a string that returns the Artist and Album.
> 
> To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement? 
> Do you want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or 
> be checking on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?
> 
> Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers 
> sheet.
> 
> Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the 
> handlers is not being used.
> note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of 
> the script. 
> 
> use application "System Events"
> use scripting additions
> 
> property miniPlayerWindow : a reference to window "miniplayer" of 
>

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Jonathan Cohn]

Hello,

OK, I have made the script work a little better and am almost ready to send
a new copy out.

Please update the below line with what you would want spoken:

*set* TextToSspeak *to* SongName & " by " & ArtistName & " on album " &
AlbumName


Currently I have only tested this with Billy Joel and Bob Dylan, if you are
working with more classical types of music please also give me a couple
examples that I can play from Apple Music so I can make sure everything
gets filled out correctly,.


If I remember correctly, you are using this for presentation purposes, so
you might want some other functions available, perhaps pause at end of
current song? Or maybe even the simple


tell Application "iTunes" to play


If anybody wants to explore the AppleScript handlers I would be glad to
discuss.


Best Wishes,


Jonathan



On 26 April 2017 at 14:42, Des Delgadillo  wrote:

> I would prefer just having VO read out the song and artist. No dialogue
> needed.
> Des Delgadillo
> Reporter
> desdelgadi...@gmail.com
> (562) 652-3415
>
> On Apr 25, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
>
> I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Do you want the dialogue or
> did you want the output would you want to be able to have a choose?
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM Des Delgadillo 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks again for this.
>> I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but how can I get it to
>> display in a dialog box or to just read out the next song?
>>
>> Des Delgadillo
>> Reporter
>> desdelgadi...@gmail.com
>> (562) 652-3415
>>
>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
>>
>> If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a
>> dialog asking you to launch System Preferences.
>>
>> You need to go into the  Security and Privacy panel then click on
>> Privacy.
>>
>> In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility.
>> You should see in the other table that Script Editor has asked for
>> accessibility access, and you need to check the box next to System
>> Preferences. I can give you more secure way where only this specific script
>> has accessibility access not all scripts, but this is the easiest way.
>>
>> Also, since I used the
>> tell application "VoiceOver" to output the SongName, you need to also
>> make sure the t allow Apple Script to control VoiceOver is checked.
>>
>> ,
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Jonathan Cohn
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Des Delgadillo 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jonathan,
>> Sorry for the delay in responding.
>> Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box
>> would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title
>> without displaying a dialogue.
>> I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script
>> today. Can I just copy and paste the text of your script into the script
>> editor?
>> Thanks again for doing this.
>>
>> Des Delgadillo
>> Reporter
>> desdelgadi...@gmail.com
>> (562) 652-3415
>>
>> On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
>>
>> I have a preliminary version of this script working using the
>> Accessibility API. What this means is that an administrator needs to
>> authorize either the script editor application or an application created
>> from the script in order for this script to run.
>>
>> Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song.
>> There is also a string that returns the Artist and Album.
>>
>> To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement?
>> Do you want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or be
>> checking on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?
>>
>> Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers
>> sheet.
>>
>> Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the
>> handlers is not being used.
>> note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of
>> the script.
>>
>> *use* *application* "System Events"
>> *use* *scripting additions*
>>
>> *property* miniPlayerWindow : *a reference* *to* *window* "miniplayer"
>> *of* *application process* "iTunes"
>> *property* ToggleButton : *a reference* *to* *pop up button* 2 *of*
>> miniPlayerWindow
>> *property* UpNextRadioButton : *a reference* *to* *radio button* "Up
>> Next" *of* *radio group* 1 *of* miniPlayerWindow
>> *property* ScrollRegion : *a reference* *to* *scroll area* 1 *of*
>> miniPlayerWindow
>> *property* NextSongItem : *a reference* *to* *static text* 1 *of* *UI
>> element* 1 *of* *row* 1 *of* *table* 1 *of* ScrollRegion
>> *property* NextAlbumItem : *a reference* *to* *static text* 2 *of* *UI
>> element* 1 *of* *row* 1 *of* *table* 1 *of* ScrollRegion
>>
>> *on* *run*
>> -- find the mini player or create it
>> ActivateMiniPlayer()
>> *if* description *of* ToggleButton *is not* *equal to* "hide up next"
>> *then*
>> *error* "Who are we kidding, this should be the button. Perhaps iTunes
>> changed the arrangement"
>> *end* *if*
>>
>> *if* value *

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Des Delgadillo]

I would prefer just having VO read out the song and artist. No dialogue needed.
Des Delgadillo
Reporter
desdelgadi...@gmail.com
(562) 652-3415

> On Apr 25, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Do you want the dialogue or did 
> you want the output would you want to be able to have a choose?
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM Des Delgadillo  > wrote:
> Thanks again for this.
> I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but how can I get it to display 
> in a dialog box or to just read out the next song?
> 
> Des Delgadillo
> Reporter
> desdelgadi...@gmail.com 
> (562) 652-3415
> 
>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Jonathan Cohn > > wrote:
>> 
>> If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a 
>> dialog asking you to launch System Preferences. 
>> 
>> You need to go into the  Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy. 
>> 
>> In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You 
>> should see in the other table that Script Editor has asked for accessibility 
>> access, and you need to check the box next to System Preferences. I can give 
>> you more secure way where only this specific script has accessibility access 
>> not all scripts, but this is the easiest way. 
>> 
>> Also, since I used the 
>> tell application "VoiceOver" to output the SongName, you need to also make 
>> sure the t allow Apple Script to control VoiceOver is checked.
>> 
>> ,  
>>  Best wishes,
>> 
>> Jonathan Cohn
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Des Delgadillo >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Jonathan,
>>> Sorry for the delay in responding.
>>> Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box 
>>> would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title 
>>> without displaying a dialogue.
>>> I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script today. 
>>> Can I just copy and paste the text of your script into the script editor?
>>> Thanks again for doing this.
>>> 
>>> Des Delgadillo
>>> Reporter
>>> desdelgadi...@gmail.com 
>>> (562) 652-3415
>>> 
 On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn >>> > wrote:
 
 I have a preliminary version of this script working using the 
 Accessibility API. What this means is that an administrator needs to 
 authorize either the script editor application or an application created 
 from the script in order for this script to run.
 
 Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song. 
 There is also a string that returns the Artist and Album.
 
 To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement? Do 
 you want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or be 
 checking on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?
 
 Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers 
 sheet.
 
 Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the 
 handlers is not being used.
 note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of 
 the script. 
 
 use application "System Events"
 use scripting additions
 
 property miniPlayerWindow : a reference to window "miniplayer" of 
 application process "iTunes"
 property ToggleButton : a reference to pop up button 2 of miniPlayerWindow
 property UpNextRadioButton : a reference to radio button "Up Next" of 
 radio group 1 of miniPlayerWindow
 property ScrollRegion : a reference to scroll area 1 of miniPlayerWindow
 property NextSongItem : a reference to static text 1 of UI element 1 of 
 row 1 of table 1 of ScrollRegion
 property NextAlbumItem : a reference to static text 2 of UI element 1 of 
 row 1 of table 1 of ScrollRegion
 
 on run
-- find the mini player or create it
ActivateMiniPlayer()
if description of ToggleButton is not equal to "hide up next" then
error "Who are we kidding, this should be the button. Perhaps 
 iTunes changed the arrangement"
end if

if value of UpNextRadioButton = 0 then -- Up next needs to be selected 
click UpNextRadioButton
end if

-- make sure information is visible 
set ScrollSize to size of ScrollRegion
if second item of ScrollSize is equal to 0 then -- hight = 0 
click ToggleButton
end if

set Song to value of NextSongItem
set ALbum to value of NextAlbumItem
VoiceOverSpeech(Song)
return Song & ALbum
 end run
 
 on VoiceOverSpeech(myText)
tell application "VoiceOver" to output myText

 end VoiceOverSpeech
 on A

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Jonathan Cohn]

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Do you want the dialogue or did
you want the output would you want to be able to have a choose?
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM Des Delgadillo 
wrote:

> Thanks again for this.
> I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but how can I get it to
> display in a dialog box or to just read out the next song?
>
> Des Delgadillo
> Reporter
> desdelgadi...@gmail.com
> (562) 652-3415
>
> On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
>
> If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a
> dialog asking you to launch System Preferences.
>
> You need to go into the  Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy.
>
> In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You
> should see in the other table that Script Editor has asked for
> accessibility access, and you need to check the box next to System
> Preferences. I can give you more secure way where only this specific script
> has accessibility access not all scripts, but this is the easiest way.
>
> Also, since I used the
> tell application "VoiceOver" to output the SongName, you need to also make
> sure the t allow Apple Script to control VoiceOver is checked.
>
> ,
> Best wishes,
>
> Jonathan Cohn
>
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Des Delgadillo 
> wrote:
>
> Hi Jonathan,
> Sorry for the delay in responding.
> Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box
> would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title
> without displaying a dialogue.
> I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script
> today. Can I just copy and paste the text of your script into the script
> editor?
> Thanks again for doing this.
>
> Des Delgadillo
> Reporter
> desdelgadi...@gmail.com
> (562) 652-3415
>
> On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
>
> I have a preliminary version of this script working using the
> Accessibility API. What this means is that an administrator needs to
> authorize either the script editor application or an application created
> from the script in order for this script to run.
>
> Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song.
> There is also a string that returns the Artist and Album.
>
> To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement? Do
> you want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or be
> checking on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?
>
> Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers
> sheet.
>
> Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the
> handlers is not being used.
> note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of
> the script.
>
> *use* *application* "System Events"
> *use* *scripting additions*
>
> *property* miniPlayerWindow : *a reference* *to* *window* "miniplayer"
> *of* *application process* "iTunes"
> *property* ToggleButton : *a reference* *to* *pop up button* 2 *of*
> miniPlayerWindow
> *property* UpNextRadioButton : *a reference* *to* *radio button* "Up
> Next" *of* *radio group* 1 *of* miniPlayerWindow
> *property* ScrollRegion : *a reference* *to* *scroll area* 1 *of*
> miniPlayerWindow
> *property* NextSongItem : *a reference* *to* *static text* 1 *of* *UI
> element* 1 *of* *row* 1 *of* *table* 1 *of* ScrollRegion
> *property* NextAlbumItem : *a reference* *to* *static text* 2 *of* *UI
> element* 1 *of* *row* 1 *of* *table* 1 *of* ScrollRegion
>
> *on* *run*
> -- find the mini player or create it
> ActivateMiniPlayer()
> *if* description *of* ToggleButton *is not* *equal to* "hide up next"
> *then*
> *error* "Who are we kidding, this should be the button. Perhaps iTunes
> changed the arrangement"
> *end* *if*
>
> *if* value *of* UpNextRadioButton = 0 *then* -- Up next needs to be
> selected
> *click* UpNextRadioButton
> *end* *if*
>
> -- make sure information is visible
> *set* ScrollSize *to* size *of* ScrollRegion
> *if* *second* *item* *of* ScrollSize *is* *equal to* 0 *then* -- hight =
> 0
> *click* ToggleButton
> *end* *if*
>
> *set* Song *to* value *of* NextSongItem
> *set* ALbum *to* value *of* NextAlbumItem
> VoiceOverSpeech(Song)
> *return* Song & ALbum
> *end* *run*
>
> *on* VoiceOverSpeech(myText)
> *tell* *application* "VoiceOver" *to* *output* myText
>
> *end* VoiceOverSpeech
> *on* ActivateMiniPlayer()
> *set* iTunesRunning *to* *my* ActivateIfRunning:"iTunes"
> *if* *not* iTunesRunning *then*
> *error* "You must be running iTunes for this script to work."
> *end* *if*
> *tell* *application* "iTunes"
> *if* (*not* (*exists* *miniplayer window* 1)) *then*
> *make* new *miniplayer window*
> *end* *if*
> *end* *tell*
> *return* {}
> *return* *window* "MiniPlayer" *of* *application process* "iTunes"
> *end* ActivateMiniPlayer
>
>
> *on* appWithName(appName *as* {*text*, *application*})
> *set* c *to* *class* *of* appName
> *if* c *is* *equal to* *application* *then*
> *return* appName
> *else* *i

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Des Delgadillo]

Thanks again for this.
I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but how can I get it to display 
in a dialog box or to just read out the next song?

Des Delgadillo
Reporter
desdelgadi...@gmail.com
(562) 652-3415

> On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a 
> dialog asking you to launch System Preferences. 
> 
> You need to go into the  Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy. 
> 
> In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You 
> should see in the other table that Script Editor has asked for accessibility 
> access, and you need to check the box next to System Preferences. I can give 
> you more secure way where only this specific script has accessibility access 
> not all scripts, but this is the easiest way. 
> 
> Also, since I used the 
> tell application "VoiceOver" to output the SongName, you need to also make 
> sure the t allow Apple Script to control VoiceOver is checked.
> 
> ,  
>   Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 24, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Des Delgadillo > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jonathan,
>> Sorry for the delay in responding.
>> Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box 
>> would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title 
>> without displaying a dialogue.
>> I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script today. 
>> Can I just copy and paste the text of your script into the script editor?
>> Thanks again for doing this.
>> 
>> Des Delgadillo
>> Reporter
>> desdelgadi...@gmail.com 
>> (562) 652-3415
>> 
>>> On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have a preliminary version of this script working using the Accessibility 
>>> API. What this means is that an administrator needs to authorize either the 
>>> script editor application or an application created from the script in 
>>> order for this script to run.
>>> 
>>> Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song. There 
>>> is also a string that returns the Artist and Album.
>>> 
>>> To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement? Do 
>>> you want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or be 
>>> checking on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?
>>> 
>>> Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers 
>>> sheet.
>>> 
>>> Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the 
>>> handlers is not being used.
>>> note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of the 
>>> script. 
>>> 
>>> use application "System Events"
>>> use scripting additions
>>> 
>>> property miniPlayerWindow : a reference to window "miniplayer" of 
>>> application process "iTunes"
>>> property ToggleButton : a reference to pop up button 2 of miniPlayerWindow
>>> property UpNextRadioButton : a reference to radio button "Up Next" of radio 
>>> group 1 of miniPlayerWindow
>>> property ScrollRegion : a reference to scroll area 1 of miniPlayerWindow
>>> property NextSongItem : a reference to static text 1 of UI element 1 of row 
>>> 1 of table 1 of ScrollRegion
>>> property NextAlbumItem : a reference to static text 2 of UI element 1 of 
>>> row 1 of table 1 of ScrollRegion
>>> 
>>> on run
>>> -- find the mini player or create it
>>> ActivateMiniPlayer()
>>> if description of ToggleButton is not equal to "hide up next" then
>>> error "Who are we kidding, this should be the button. Perhaps 
>>> iTunes changed the arrangement"
>>> end if
>>> 
>>> if value of UpNextRadioButton = 0 then -- Up next needs to be selected 
>>> click UpNextRadioButton
>>> end if
>>> 
>>> -- make sure information is visible 
>>> set ScrollSize to size of ScrollRegion
>>> if second item of ScrollSize is equal to 0 then -- hight = 0 
>>> click ToggleButton
>>> end if
>>> 
>>> set Song to value of NextSongItem
>>> set ALbum to value of NextAlbumItem
>>> VoiceOverSpeech(Song)
>>> return Song & ALbum
>>> end run
>>> 
>>> on VoiceOverSpeech(myText)
>>> tell application "VoiceOver" to output myText
>>> 
>>> end VoiceOverSpeech
>>> on ActivateMiniPlayer()
>>> set iTunesRunning to my ActivateIfRunning:"iTunes"
>>> if not iTunesRunning then
>>> error "You must be running iTunes for this script to work."
>>> end if
>>> tell application "iTunes"
>>> if (not (exists miniplayer window 1)) then
>>> make new miniplayer window
>>> end if
>>> end tell
>>> return {}
>>> return window "MiniPlayer" of application process "iTunes"
>>> end ActivateMiniPlayer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> on appWithName(appName as {text, application})
>>> set c to class of appName
>>> 

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Jonathan Cohn]

If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a dialog 
asking you to launch System Preferences. 

You need to go into the  Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy. 

In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You 
should see in the other table that Script Editor has asked for accessibility 
access, and you need to check the box next to System Preferences. I can give 
you more secure way where only this specific script has accessibility access 
not all scripts, but this is the easiest way. 

Also, since I used the 
tell application "VoiceOver" to output the SongName, you need to also make sure 
the t allow Apple Script to control VoiceOver is checked.

,  
Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Apr 24, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Des Delgadillo  wrote:
> 
> Hi Jonathan,
> Sorry for the delay in responding.
> Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box 
> would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title without 
> displaying a dialogue.
> I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script today. 
> Can I just copy and paste the text of your script into the script editor?
> Thanks again for doing this.
> 
> Des Delgadillo
> Reporter
> desdelgadi...@gmail.com 
> (562) 652-3415
> 
>> On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn > > wrote:
>> 
>> I have a preliminary version of this script working using the Accessibility 
>> API. What this means is that an administrator needs to authorize either the 
>> script editor application or an application created from the script in order 
>> for this script to run.
>> 
>> Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song. There 
>> is also a string that returns the Artist and Album.
>> 
>> To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement? Do 
>> you want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or be 
>> checking on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?
>> 
>> Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers 
>> sheet.
>> 
>> Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the handlers 
>> is not being used.
>> note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of the 
>> script. 
>> 
>> use application "System Events"
>> use scripting additions
>> 
>> property miniPlayerWindow : a reference to window "miniplayer" of 
>> application process "iTunes"
>> property ToggleButton : a reference to pop up button 2 of miniPlayerWindow
>> property UpNextRadioButton : a reference to radio button "Up Next" of radio 
>> group 1 of miniPlayerWindow
>> property ScrollRegion : a reference to scroll area 1 of miniPlayerWindow
>> property NextSongItem : a reference to static text 1 of UI element 1 of row 
>> 1 of table 1 of ScrollRegion
>> property NextAlbumItem : a reference to static text 2 of UI element 1 of row 
>> 1 of table 1 of ScrollRegion
>> 
>> on run
>>  -- find the mini player or create it
>>  ActivateMiniPlayer()
>>  if description of ToggleButton is not equal to "hide up next" then
>>  error "Who are we kidding, this should be the button. Perhaps 
>> iTunes changed the arrangement"
>>  end if
>>  
>>  if value of UpNextRadioButton = 0 then -- Up next needs to be selected 
>>  click UpNextRadioButton
>>  end if
>>  
>>  -- make sure information is visible 
>>  set ScrollSize to size of ScrollRegion
>>  if second item of ScrollSize is equal to 0 then -- hight = 0 
>>  click ToggleButton
>>  end if
>>  
>>  set Song to value of NextSongItem
>>  set ALbum to value of NextAlbumItem
>>  VoiceOverSpeech(Song)
>>  return Song & ALbum
>> end run
>> 
>> on VoiceOverSpeech(myText)
>>  tell application "VoiceOver" to output myText
>>  
>> end VoiceOverSpeech
>> on ActivateMiniPlayer()
>>  set iTunesRunning to my ActivateIfRunning:"iTunes"
>>  if not iTunesRunning then
>>  error "You must be running iTunes for this script to work."
>>  end if
>>  tell application "iTunes"
>>  if (not (exists miniplayer window 1)) then
>>  make new miniplayer window
>>  end if
>>  end tell
>>  return {}
>>  return window "MiniPlayer" of application process "iTunes"
>> end ActivateMiniPlayer
>> 
>> 
>> on appWithName(appName as {text, application})
>>  set c to class of appName
>>  if c is equal to application then
>>  return appName
>>  else if c is equal to text then
>>  return application appName
>>  end if
>> end appWithName
>> 
>> 
>> on ActivateIfRunning:appName
>>  try
>>  set frontmost of application process appName to true
>>  set Success to true
>>  on error
>>  set Success to false
>>  end try
>>

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Des Delgadillo]

Hi Jonathan,
Sorry for the delay in responding.
Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box would 
be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title without 
displaying a dialogue.
I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script today. Can 
I just copy and paste the text of your script into the script editor?
Thanks again for doing this.

Des Delgadillo
Reporter
desdelgadi...@gmail.com
(562) 652-3415

> On Apr 22, 2017, at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> I have a preliminary version of this script working using the Accessibility 
> API. What this means is that an administrator needs to authorize either the 
> script editor application or an application created from the script in order 
> for this script to run.
> 
> Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song. There 
> is also a string that returns the Artist and Album.
> 
> To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement? Do 
> you want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or be 
> checking on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?
> 
> Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers sheet.
> 
> Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the handlers 
> is not being used.
> note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of the 
> script. 
> 
> use application "System Events"
> use scripting additions
> 
> property miniPlayerWindow : a reference to window "miniplayer" of application 
> process "iTunes"
> property ToggleButton : a reference to pop up button 2 of miniPlayerWindow
> property UpNextRadioButton : a reference to radio button "Up Next" of radio 
> group 1 of miniPlayerWindow
> property ScrollRegion : a reference to scroll area 1 of miniPlayerWindow
> property NextSongItem : a reference to static text 1 of UI element 1 of row 1 
> of table 1 of ScrollRegion
> property NextAlbumItem : a reference to static text 2 of UI element 1 of row 
> 1 of table 1 of ScrollRegion
> 
> on run
>   -- find the mini player or create it
>   ActivateMiniPlayer()
>   if description of ToggleButton is not equal to "hide up next" then
>   error "Who are we kidding, this should be the button. Perhaps 
> iTunes changed the arrangement"
>   end if
>   
>   if value of UpNextRadioButton = 0 then -- Up next needs to be selected 
>   click UpNextRadioButton
>   end if
>   
>   -- make sure information is visible 
>   set ScrollSize to size of ScrollRegion
>   if second item of ScrollSize is equal to 0 then -- hight = 0 
>   click ToggleButton
>   end if
>   
>   set Song to value of NextSongItem
>   set ALbum to value of NextAlbumItem
>   VoiceOverSpeech(Song)
>   return Song & ALbum
> end run
> 
> on VoiceOverSpeech(myText)
>   tell application "VoiceOver" to output myText
>   
> end VoiceOverSpeech
> on ActivateMiniPlayer()
>   set iTunesRunning to my ActivateIfRunning:"iTunes"
>   if not iTunesRunning then
>   error "You must be running iTunes for this script to work."
>   end if
>   tell application "iTunes"
>   if (not (exists miniplayer window 1)) then
>   make new miniplayer window
>   end if
>   end tell
>   return {}
>   return window "MiniPlayer" of application process "iTunes"
> end ActivateMiniPlayer
> 
> 
> on appWithName(appName as {text, application})
>   set c to class of appName
>   if c is equal to application then
>   return appName
>   else if c is equal to text then
>   return application appName
>   end if
> end appWithName
> 
> 
> on ActivateIfRunning:appName
>   try
>   set frontmost of application process appName to true
>   set Success to true
>   on error
>   set Success to false
>   end try
>   return Success
> end ActivateIfRunning:
> 
>   Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn
> 
> 
> 
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iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

[Jonathan Cohn]

I have a preliminary version of this script working using the Accessibility 
API. What this means is that an administrator needs to authorize either the 
script editor application or an application created from the script in order 
for this script to run.

Right now I have it use VoiceOver to speak the name of the next song. There is 
also a string that returns the Artist and Album.

To the person that was requesting this, what was the final requirement? Do you 
want the information in a dialog box? Should it run just once, or be checking 
on regular intervals to see if the up next has changed?

Perhaps you want me to attempt to insert the information into a Numbers sheet.

Text of script so far is below: note, I believe at least one of the handlers is 
not being used.
note 2 I put the UI Elements being accessed as properties at the top of the 
script. 

use application "System Events"
use scripting additions

property miniPlayerWindow : a reference to window "miniplayer" of application 
process "iTunes"
property ToggleButton : a reference to pop up button 2 of miniPlayerWindow
property UpNextRadioButton : a reference to radio button "Up Next" of radio 
group 1 of miniPlayerWindow
property ScrollRegion : a reference to scroll area 1 of miniPlayerWindow
property NextSongItem : a reference to static text 1 of UI element 1 of row 1 
of table 1 of ScrollRegion
property NextAlbumItem : a reference to static text 2 of UI element 1 of row 1 
of table 1 of ScrollRegion

on run
-- find the mini player or create it
ActivateMiniPlayer()
if description of ToggleButton is not equal to "hide up next" then
error "Who are we kidding, this should be the button. Perhaps 
iTunes changed the arrangement"
end if

if value of UpNextRadioButton = 0 then -- Up next needs to be selected 
click UpNextRadioButton
end if

-- make sure information is visible 
set ScrollSize to size of ScrollRegion
if second item of ScrollSize is equal to 0 then -- hight = 0 
click ToggleButton
end if

set Song to value of NextSongItem
set ALbum to value of NextAlbumItem
VoiceOverSpeech(Song)
return Song & ALbum
end run

on VoiceOverSpeech(myText)
tell application "VoiceOver" to output myText

end VoiceOverSpeech
on ActivateMiniPlayer()
set iTunesRunning to my ActivateIfRunning:"iTunes"
if not iTunesRunning then
error "You must be running iTunes for this script to work."
end if
tell application "iTunes"
if (not (exists miniplayer window 1)) then
make new miniplayer window
end if
end tell
return {}
return window "MiniPlayer" of application process "iTunes"
end ActivateMiniPlayer


on appWithName(appName as {text, application})
set c to class of appName
if c is equal to application then
return appName
else if c is equal to text then
return application appName
end if
end appWithName


on ActivateIfRunning:appName
try
set frontmost of application process appName to true
set Success to true
on error
set Success to false
end try
return Success
end ActivateIfRunning:

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



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