[macvoiceover] Re: Scripting
- From: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:08:28 -0500
there is no such thing as vo scripting.
On Nov 10, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
I'm trying to get started with VO scripting, but information is very thin. My
short-term goal while learning VO scripting is to speed up operations in Garage
Band by making macros for lengthy VO procedures and directly controlling Garage
Band from script when VO UI processes can't accomplish a task.
For starters, I tried to track down the pre-installed VO scripts to use for
study, but can't find them on the hard drive. I can see the Time of Day script
listed in the Keyboard Commander table of the VO Utility, but it doesn't show
the path, and selecting to add a new script starts out in my home folder, so
this way of tracking them down was a bust. I checked the VO manual, but it
doesn't say anything about where default scripts are or should be stored.
Since I couldn't study any examples, I tried to just have a look at what VO
commands are available from scripts. To do that, I went to the AppleScript
editor and attempted to use Open Dictionary from the File menu to have a look
at what methods/properties are exposed from VO. When I open VO's dictionary,
though, the window seems mostly blank. I see a search box, a few unlabeled
check boxes, and some dimmed unlabeled buttons. Is this part of script editor
broken? Perhaps I'm doing something incorrectly?
Finally, I tried Googling for VO scripting info or examples, but came up dry.
It doesn't seem like many people are experimenting with this VO feature yet.
It has been over 10 years since I last did anything with AppleScript, and that
was on OS9. I catch on to new languages quickly, but it just seems that there
isn't much available for study as relates to VO scripting. Can anyone assist
with a link to some info?
Bryan
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