Speakable Items - Back command for browser

Apple speakable commands are fairly useful and can be used to open browser windows within Safari.
Is there a way to issue a speakable command to go back to a previous page?
Thank you.
20 iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

You can speak "Define keyboard command" from any application, and in the editor, can limit that command to a particular application. This allows you to add speakable commands for standard items such as:
"Move Back" (Cmd + Left Arrow)
"Move Forward" (Cmd + Right Arrow)
The "Make this Page Speakable" command is an Apple Script that will be harder to port to Firefox, but I have a workaround that may suffice for you.
I assume you only have a certain number of links (5 or 10?) that you wish to make speakable. If you create them all in Safari using the standard command, it will add web links to the Safari speakable items directory:
~/Library/Speech/Speakable\ Items/Application\ Speakable\ Items/Safari
Copy all of those web links into your Firefox speakable items directory:
~/Library/Speech/Speakable\ Items/Application\ Speakable\ Items/firefox-bin
Then those speakable pages should work from Firefox. Note: You'll need to redo this step anytime you create a new speakable page, so I recommend doing it all at once.

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Speakable items--menu commands

can anyone help me out? I can't get the menu navigation fro speakable items to work. as far as I know, if you say (for example and depending on how speech is set up) "Computer File Menu", the file menu should drop drown--no luck. all other speakable items options work fine. The menu bar option is checked in the speech preferences. Is there a how to instruction manual for speakable item available?
thanks

Problem as below... but i have tried everything...i have unchecked all nulls and have NO company checks in address book...still, no addresses show in voice rec. configuration. still say NULL (which are all unchecked)
any ideas? thanks so much.
Problem solved, I think.
This is going to be a bit long winded but I will
start with the fix and follow with what I have found
that causes the problem in the first place. Please
confirm that this fixes the problem for you as well.
First the fix:
Go to 'System Preferences:Speech'. Select 'Speech
Recognition' and 'Commands'. Then select the 'Address
Book' command set and click on 'Configure'. This will
give you a list of your address book names. Scroll
down your list and look for any names on the list
that show up as '(null)'. Note that there may be more
than one. Uncheck all of the '(null)' names and then
click 'Save'. Make sure the command sets that you
want are selected (including 'Address Book'). Then
toggle Speakable Items 'Off' and then back 'On'.
Voila ! ... your speech commands should now be
available again - including your address book names
and all of your other missing Command Sets. This
solved the problem on several Mac Computers that I
own and hopefully it will for you as well.
So, what causes the '(null)' names in the first
place?:
Go to your Apple Address Book. Check each of your
address book listings. If you have a person's name
listed AND the 'Company' checkbox check-marked but
you have NO company name entered, a '(null)' entry
will be created. The Apple Address Book name list
will not display a '(null)' entry but will correctly
display the person's name instead of the company
name. However, the Address Book list in the Speech
Preferences configuration will incorrectly display a
'(null)' entry instead of the name. Thus, another way
to fix this problem is to be sure that whenever you
have the 'Company' box check-marked in your Apple
Address Book, that you have a company name entered.
Otherwise, don't check-mark the box.
This problem appears to be one that Apple could
easily fix and hopefully will soon. In the meantime,
I hope this workaround helps.
RiverBill

Disable "back" command for mousebutton 3, "the wheel"-click.

For as long as I can remember the mousebutton 3 on my Logitech MX518 has had the following function:
1) When pressing on a non-link item, nothing happens
2) When pressing on a link; that link opens in a new tab.
Sometime in the last 6 months new behaviour was introduced as follows:
1) When pressing on a non-link item, the "back" command is executed.
2) When pressing on a link; that link opens in a new tab.
The annoying part here is that if I miss-click a link, the current tab loads the last visited page which is sort of the opposite effect I want. I want to open a link in a new tab and still stay on the current page I'm reading.
So my questions:
1) Is this a feature of Firefox (or perhaps website specific behaviour?) and if so, when was it introduced?
2) Can I disable this feature, e.g. in about:config?

You may have a problem with the mousewheel.*.action prefs and Firefox thinks that you want to go back in the tab history.<br />
You can try to set them all to 0 or 1 to make the page scroll.
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How do I use AppleScript keystroke command as a speakable item?

I am attempting to do what I thought was a rather simple task, but have not had success.
I would like to use the following script as a voice command to speak selected text in a file, opened for example by Preview, when the key is pressed.
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "." using control down
I have placed the script application in the System Preferences, Speech, Speakable Items Folder. The item is being recognized; however, it appears that it is not functioning in the correct window context. I would like this to work regardless of the application text (hence the Text to Speech option). How do I set this up before the keystroke command in the script?
As an aside, is there a way to convert a script file to a SpeakableItems.app document file?

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for.
But have you saved the below workflow as a Service and use a keyboad shortcut?
I have this as a Service and my keyboard short cut is Command-Shift T.
Once I select a paragraph in Preview and press the short cut it speaks the text for me.
Maybe you already thought of this. But here you go.

Speakable Items for all Apps?

We've installed two iMac G5's on walls in a new waiting room/meeting room. The wireless keyboards and mouse are put away so that they aren't stolen. I've activated Speakable Items, and a few commands are working great. Is it possible to find speakable items for all/most applications, or do you have to make something speakable, app by app, command by command9 desired apps and commands only of course).
Thx,

Hi Brian,
Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you're having a frustrating experience with Spaces in Yosemite. There are a few options that may help with this behavior.
First, make sure your displays are set up as separate Spaces in the Mission Control pane of System Preferences:
Displays have separate Spaces
If you use the Spaces feature and have multiple displays, you can set up separate spaces for each display.
From:
OS X Yosemite: Mission Control preferences
Then, if you want to move an application window from one space to another, try one of these options:
Assign apps to spaces
If you assign an app to a particular space, it opens in that space by default.
Press and hold an app’s icon in the Dock. You may have to first open the app from Launchpad to see its icon in the Dock.
From the shortcut menu that appears, do one of the following:
Have the app open in the current space: Choose Options > This Desktop.
The app appears only in that space. However, if you open the app in full screen, it appears in its own space.
Have the app open in the current space on a specific display: Choose Options > Desktop on Display [number].
Have the app open in every space: Choose Options > All Desktops.
The app appears in every space.
Have the app open in whichever space you’re using at the time: Choose Options > None.
In Mission Control preferences, you can also specify that, when you switch to an app, your desktop should switch to a space with open windows for that app. To open Mission Control preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Mission Control.
From:
OS X Yosemite: Work in multiple spaces
Best Regards,
Jeremy

I am missing Speakable Items in the Speech commands window

Hi there,
I just realized that I can't command any speakable actions, I have NO commands in place in the speech commands window, and my -/user/library/speech/speakable items folder is empty.
I am administrator and single user of my Mac
I have no idea why it is empty, i suppose it has been like this from the day I have installed OSX, years ago now.
I have tried to install OSX from scratch on a separate partition, and of course, with this new system, the commands are in the proper place and the speech commands works.
However, when I re-import my profile with the SetUp assistant from the original partition, all the commands are lost, since the Speakable items folder is under my personnal home directory, it has just been copied, and left empty by the assistant with all my profile.
Can anyone help me and tell me which items i should copy from/to where to have the speech commands working ????

Same here.
I copied the Speakable Items folder from my old computer, but it still won't work.
I hope you get an answer!
ANSWER! - I had the same problem. Open up your Speech and turn off speakable. Than go to commands select address book click on configure if there is any Name that has (NUL) uncheck it. than go and turn on speakable again. Your commands should be there!
It worked for me! Good Luck!
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I have just updated to iOS7, no icon for browser, was using Safari, how do I get it back and can I reverse the upgrade and go back to iOS6?

I have just updated to iOS7, no icon for browser, was using Safari, how do I get it back and can I reverse the upgrade and go back to iOS6? Thanks to you from the UnTechie

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The bookmarks toolbar is there but has no item buttons on it. How do I get the items back for this toolbar? Also would like to know if the toolbars can be put on the same line to make more room on the page (drag & drop) ??

The bookmarks toolbar is there but has no item buttons on it. How do I get the items back for this toolbar?
Also would like to know if the toolbar can be put on the same line to make more room on the page (drag & drop) ?? Like the menu & bookmarks toolbar could/should fit on same line. This would add more page view...
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Check that you still have the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" placed on the Bookmarks Toolbar
* Make sure that you have the "Bookmarks Toolbar" visible: "View > Toolbars"
* Check in "View > Toolbars > Customize" that the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is on the Bookmarks Toolbar
* If the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is not on the Bookmarks Toolbar then drag it back from the Customize window onto the Bookmarks Toolbar
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Stacks for implementing back command!

This here is my Game class, everything works, but im trying to implement a back command by using stacks. I have imported stacks in and all that...The problem im having is that when i go into another room it adds the room in, but im trying to pop it from another method. Iv seen examples of popping within the same method but not from another method.
private void goRoom(Command command)
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            stack.push(currentRoom);              <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-----As seen here the currentRoom gets pushed in....but i need to pop out which im trying to do below
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            stack.pop(); <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-------------- I cant get that syntax to access the above method and make them work togeather. It works within the same method, but 2 differnet methods its having a problem. Can someone give me the correct
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Because stack is now an instance variable, its scope is for the whole class. That means, every method has direct access to it. So, both goRoom and goBack methods will work on the same variable.
I'll suggest to read about variable scoping in java.
Now that the variable is an instance variable, in an application, this could easily lead to multi-threading synchronization problems, if your application is multi-threaded.
So I'll wrap my stack operations in a synchronize block:
synchronize
   stack.push (obj);
}and
synchronize
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}

Need tables for tracking Invoice Items back to the Batch Numbers/Item codes

Trying to build report to show the Inventory movement from a Sales Invoice Item back to the source items and the Batch Numbers for assigned along the way. Having problems finding all the tables to connect the Batch information to the Invoice information.
In B1 under batch management I can see fields that belong to tables RBTN, RITL and OBTN but I can only find OBTN in Crystal.
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Where did my "back" button go & is there a key command for it?

Two questions:
1. Somehow I lost my "back" and "forward" buttons. There where there one day and now they're gone. I have a refresh button, an add bookmark button and a go to homepage button but the others have vanished. Where have they gone?
2. Are there key commands for "back" and "forward?" It sure would make surfing easier.
Thanks!

Go to your Safari View Menu and select Customize ToolBar. There you'll be able to drag/drop the back/fwd buttons to the bar.
Quickkey command -
back command key + [
forward - command key + ]
These key prompts are listed in the History Menu.

Commands for back, play and next button.

I used to have three quicklaunch shortcuts, where I could change the song.
Now I cant remember what the commands are?
basicly they are just shortcuts to itunes.exe and some command for the buttons at the end.

AFAIK, you cannot use arguments to itunes.exe to control iTunes -- you can only add songs to the library.
You can, however, control iTunes with scripts (VBS, JS, etc.). For example, here's a series of scripts you can use:
http://maximized.com/freeware/scriptsforitunes/default.asp
(see the "documentation" link on that page for how to use them)

Speakable Items: Speak Links in Safari (Surftalk Replacement?)

There was an a small, free application for OS9 (back when we called applications "programs") that let me speak any link on a page in Safari. The browser activated the link. It worked nearly flawlessly. All these years later, I still can't find anything that can do it.
Browsing was so much faster with that setup. Isn't there something that can do it now???

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Mountain Lion and Speakable Items

Now that I got Speakable Items up and running albeit with a number of bugs (the listening key deactivates that key's normal function- if you use Escape for instance, escape will no longer function in apps, if you use F5 however, you cannot Calibrate as it goes on beeping when you try- has some wrinkles in other words), I'd like to try it with fave applications.
The first one I'm interested in is Safari, but sadly the only command available is 'Make this page speakable'. You can then input things from there, but you're limited to one page. I want the whole application to be speakable- that is, so I can say any of the commands in the menu bar. I know you can make them in Applescript (or Automator I suppose), but I don't know how to do that. If someone knows where I can get batches of them, I'd appreciate it.
Safari is the only application that even has a folder dedicated it under the Applications group. There Global and Menu Bar workarounds- for instance I can say "Window Menu" and the window menu will pop down. Then if I say "Show Next Tab" it works. But if I don't say "Window Menu" first, nothing happens. Obviously, Ctl-Tab/Ctl-Shift-Tab is a lot easier.
You can work around the key bug by assigning a vocal cue- "computer" for example (they use that in Star Trek too so the computer doesn't get confused), but I can't seem to get it to work on my cheapo mic.
I'm experimenting on ML, on my Mac Mini with a USB mic. Haven't tried it on my MBP Mavericks yet.

I've also noticed that Speakable Items works for an indeterminate period of time, and then just dies out. The time usually isn't too long, and perhaps the kapoot occurs after sleep. Anyway, I tried turning it off and on, changing the input key, but nothing works save restarting (logging out should work too). I'd like to know a faster way to quick start it if anyone knows one. Force quitting System Preferences doesn't help either.
Needless to say, Speakable Items is GREAT idea but why so many bugs? I think it worked much better in Tiger or way back when. In fact, if I'm not mistaken the technology (at least in Mac OS as it's not new) began in OS 8. I would love to tell my computer what to do like in the sci fi flicks and give my fingers a break. I notice in Star Trek they don't type anything at all- just push icons (very quickly!). In the Matrix they slide around holographic artifacts in Tai Qi style.
Well I digress. i think it would be great if voice recognition were beefed up all around. I would like talking to my devices- friendlier!

Speakable Items won't work with my headset

Here's the deal:
When I am using the internal microphone with Speakable Items, everything works fine. (I have to lean in a bit, obviously.) But no matter what I do, my computer won't understand commands spoken through my bluetooth headset. My OS is up-to-date (10.4.10).
The headset (Plantronics Voyager 510) pairs fine with my computer, an iMac G5, and appears to work perfectly well as an input device: the readout in the Sound preference pane shows that the computer can hear my voice through it. In fact, when I go to the "Speakable Items" tab in the Speech preference pane, choose the headset (which appears as "PLT 510"), and attempt to calibrate it, the blue, green, and red readout in the Microphone Calibration window also registers my voice.
But no matter where I set the slider, no matter where I am in relation to the headset microphone, and no matter at what volume or speed I speak, the computer will not recognize commands. It can hear my voice — which I keep in the green zone — but won't understand it.
It's not just in the calibration window: it also won't work when trying to use Speakable Items in, say, the Finder. I've tried changing the input volume for the headset in the Sound preferences, having my room totally silent (including shutting off the air conditioner), calibrating with Speakable Items set to "on" and "off," and weeping and begging. I even rebooted. Nada.
Again, Speakable Items works fine when I am using the internal microphone. The one other difference I found in their behaviors is that, with the calibration slider set to low and the room silent, the internal microphone is steady at the second green bar; but the headset under the same conditions is steady at the sixth bar. In fact, in the case of the headset, moving the slider has no effect at all: it always rests on the sixth bar.
(In other news, the headset won't pair with my iBook G3 [Dual-USB] using the D-Link DBT-120 [Rev. B3]. But I guess that's a different issue altogether.)
Googling, I see plenty of happy Mac users who own my model of headset, but I can't find this problem addressed anywhere. I've looked through the forums here as well.
Thanks for reading! Can anyone help?

Sorry for the slow reply, Philip!
First of all, Macs do not yet interact in stereo with Bluetooth headsets, though according to rumour this will be available in Leopard (along with everything else).
Have you tried using the Skype Test Call feature? This is one of the easiest ways of listening back to what you record. Come to that, does it record into one of the more standard sound apps (e.g. Garage Band, Audacity, SndSampler)?
My wife has a Plantronics 590 Bluetooth headset, but when it is interacting directly via the Mac's Bluetooth she can only get the microphone to work with Skype and the Finder. And iTunes outputs only the left-hand channel, evenly split between the two channels, and the quality is horrible. If she wants to use it for any other purpose she has to connect it via the Bluetooth 3.5 mm jack adapter plugged into the headphone socket, which cuts out the headset mike as well as the internal speakers.
Though VoiceOver does work through her headset, without using the adapter, the quality is awful and VoiceOver keeps crashing. She can, however, use it for Speakable Items, though she often has to repeat herself. The calibration had to be set very high — 100% mostly.
Have you gone through the full calibration sequence, including getting all the test commands to flash?
Keep us posted!
Archie

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