questions about Apple scripts

Hello All, I am writing with a couple of questions. First, where do I go to assign a keystroke to a task, such as opening an app or speaking the time and date? Also, I know that somewhere there is a script that will allow me to make voiceover announce the status of my battery. Does anyone know

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First, commanders in the VoiceOver Utility. You could use a keystroke on the keyboard, or (depending on what computer you have) the numpad or trackpad. Here's an article about commanders I wrote for AppleVis: http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-os-x/understanding-and-using-voiceovers-commanders S

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Thanks! That helped a ton. Aleeha Dudley and Seeing Eye Dog Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users Vice President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Both proud divisions of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio Email: blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com

Re: questions about Apple scripts

OK here is a simple AppleScript that will announce the status of the battery I have attached the script to this post as well. *set* batstat *to* *do shell script* "pmset -g batt" *say* batstat You could also do this from a shell script or in the terminal as well like this: pmset -g batt | s