Insert a Speakable Phrase in Applescript
Can anyone tell me how to insert a speakable phrase into an applescript script.
I would like to run a script and all it does is speak the pharse I have written in the script. Not run a sound.app or play a recorded clip. But speak a line of text that I have inserted in the script prior to saving it as an executable.
Dean
Hi Dean,
There are several ways to save a script and several ways to run a script.
When you save the following as an app and run it, it will say the phrase.
set the_phrase to "hello"
say the_phrase
The other main way to save the script is as a Compiled Script. You can't double click compiled scripts to run it. You can run it from another script with:
run script referenceto_the_scriptfile
You can also place a compiled script in the Script Menu and run it. You can run the compiled script as a speakable item by placing it in the Speakable Items folder. When you save that first easy script with a name like "Greetings" and turn on speech listening, the speech thing listens for the word "greetings" and replies with "hello".
That's about the main things I can think of.
Note that you can also run script apps in these ways most of the time.
gl,
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This morning I got a system update on my HP Slate7 Voice Tab for android KitKat 4.4.2. After the download was over, it asked for a system reboot. However, on rebooting, the following image appeared on the screen: I tried doing a factory reset but tha
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Preview doesn't recognize CR2 files
Hello, I had recently bought an iMac but I'm unable to open cr2 files when I'm trying to do a double click to open in Yosemite. Although I can open them in Lightroom 5.7 and could not in CS6(understand I need to upgrade it). I know there should be a
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Hi all, I wanted to create the files names dynamically I know we can use transaction file and define a logical name with variables and assign value sto the variables to get the physical name. my requirement is to fetch different values for the variab
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Can't get Firefox to open maximized
Despite specifying in icon properties that I want Firefox to open a maximized window, it always opens as a normal window. Is there some setting somewhere that needs to be changed in order to get it to open maximized? Thanks, Ellen
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Cisco SG300-28 / SGE2000 / Catalyst 2960
Hello everyone, I'm looking for switch to accompany Cisco ASA 5520 in data center, with 20+ GE ports and no need for PoE. I would like to understand the difference between Cisco SG300-28, Cisco SGE2000 and Cisco Catalyst 2960, 2960-C and 2960-S Serie