Re: applescript SAY command help needed
Re: applescript SAY command help needed
- Subject: Re: applescript SAY command help needed
- From: dealTek <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:07:20 -0700
On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:59 PM, James Yanchak wrote:
> H i Dave,
>
> Welcome to AppleScripting.
>
> Try breaking thisstuff into a list, set a count of words to say, turn it back into a string and say that. Wrap it in a repeat to say the whole paragraph one piece at a time. For example:
>
> set x to (count of words of thisstuff) / 2 -- < this can be any value you want.
>
> set y to 1
> repeat while y is less than (count of words of thisstuff)
> set thisParaSay to words y through (y + x - 1) of thisstuff as Unicode text
> say thisParaSay
> set y to y + x -- < put a dialog box in after this if you want a visual stop.
> end repeat
>
THANKS SO MUCH JAMES for you help!
set y to 1
repeat while y is less than (count of words of thisstuff)
set thisParaSay to words y through (y + x - 1) of thisstuff as Unicode text
say thisParaSay
----> now right about here I'll need something to check for abort key pressed like : like CMD-period… (so it says a bit then checks for abort key...)
Q: Can you enlighten me as to how to accomplish this part?
set y to y + x -- < put a dialog box in after this if you want a visual stop.
end repeat
> This is a horrible cheat, but should give you want you want.
>
> James
>
> On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Dave wrote:
>
>> AS newbie ...
>>
>> Currently I don't have a way to stop this speaking in the middle - CMD
>> period does not help.
>>
>>
>> Is there a way that applescript can maybe loop and break this into
>> smaller chunks and check every 5 or 10 words if a key like CMD-period
>> is pressed and if so stop the speaking loop?
>>
>>
>> EX.
>>
>> set thisstuff to "a very large paragraph of text - bigger then this
>> example. a very large paragraph of text - bigger then this example. a
>> very large paragraph of text - bigger then this example. a very large
>> paragraph of text - bigger then this example. a very large paragraph
>> of text - bigger then this example."
>>
>> say thisstuff
>>
>> --
>> Thanks - Dave
>>
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Thanks,
Dave - DealTek
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