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Reading word at mouse pointer w/o Universal Access



I've read this post (http://lists.apple.com/archives/accessibility-dev/2006/Aug/msg00007.html ) about using the accessibility options to read the text under the cursor. However, this requires that the user enable access for assistive devices in System Preferences. The application must therefore check for that. It also seems quite complicated; I don't want to have to deal with glyphs and the like - I only want the text under the cursor, full stop.

The Dictionary application is able to read a word under the cursor without enabling access for assistive devices.

Does anyone therefore know of an alternative way to do this?

Thanks in advance.
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