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Re: iTunes "transcriber" workflows?

Subject: Re: iTunes "transcriber" workflows?
From: Tim Fink <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:07:37 -0600

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:00 PM, <email@hidden> wrote:

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1. iTunes "transcriber" workflows? (Ben Levi)

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Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:33:22 -0700
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I¹m trying to figure out if Automator can do the following:
While playing an iTunes movie or audio file,
Be in Microsoft Word transcribing, and type a keystroke (cmd-space) to start
or stop iTunes (toggle).
Same with going back 3 seconds and playing, and going ahead 5 seconds.

I¹m new to Automator and would love to know how easy this is to do.
Thank you.
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I am pretty sure that Automator can't control iTunes to that degree. However, the companion to Automator, AppleScript Editor, certainly can. You can create a few simple scripts that will tell iTunes to go back or forward any specified number of seconds. Each script could be called up as separate apps. There are several utilities you can find that can assign a key command to any app you want to call on.

As for starting and stopping iTunes while in any application, every Mac keyboard has defaults that do that in the Function keys.

Here's a small AppleScript to allow iTunes to play back or forward any specified seconds:

tell application "iTunes"

set theTime to player position

set stepBack to (theTime - 3)

set player position to stepBack

end tell

Simply change theTime amount to a + or - amount of any integer. Save this out as an app. You can even use Speakable Items to make these apps speakable. Then just speak the app name and it will run when you turn SI on.

Take care.

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Tim Fink

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