Re: pdf reader, scriptable? If not now, then when?
Re: pdf reader, scriptable? If not now, then when?
- Subject: Re: pdf reader, scriptable? If not now, then when?
- From: Nigel Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:47:43 +0100
On 4/4/05 17:04, "Joshua B. Mailman" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Does anyone know if there are any plans to make the OSX Preview
> application scriptable? Or for making Adobe Acrobat Reader scriptable.
>
> My mom has low vision, and I just want her to--using her voice--be able
> to open a pdf file, and say "select all" and "speak text" without using
> the keyboard or the mouse.
You may not be able to do much directly AppleScripting Acrobat but, in the
full version at least, you can use AS to run JavaScript routines in Acrobat.
This works in Acrobat 6, and will read from the start of the current page of
the frontmost document to its end:
tell application "Acrobat 6.0.1 Professional"
do script "app.execMenuItem('ADBE:ReadAloudToEnd');"
end tell
That may be enough to steer you in the right direction, at least.
HTH,
Nigel
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