[MV] Script packs for the sciences, programming and arts

[Donald MacCormick]

John:

Appreciate the feedback, we'll put those on the list of ScriptPaks to
create.

As an FYI, you can also create own your Application Specific Vocabularies
(ScriptPaks).


To do so:

Select Commands... From the File Menu
Click New...
Select the Application for which you are creating commands

Now you can create youw own scripts that will be available whenever that
application is running.

Create the command themselves is easy, for best results a command name
should be a phrase not a single word.

To voice enable a menu such 'Print' from the File Menu, you would create an
AppleScript

tell application "iListen"
    try
        choose menu item "Print" of menu "File"
    end try
end tell

To voice enable a menu such 'Print... Cmd P' from the File Menu, you would
create an AppleScript

tell application "iListen"
    try
        choose menu item "Print.*" of menu "File"
    end try
end tell

If an application is scriptable and you willing to delve into the world of
complex Applescripts, you can become very creative in what you can enable by
voice.

It does look more complex than it actually is. The process is described in
detail in the user manual.

Regards,

Donald


 

> There was a recent Macspeech questionnaire on Legal and medical dictionaries.
> 
> Here are some other comments related to speech control of
> applications rather than dictation.
> 
> I would be more interested in a script pack for MATLAB, MATHEMATICA,
> MAPLE, MuPad, Logic Programming, GNU theorem provers, SPSS 10 and
> Labview/Robolab. Also for things like Developers tools (controlling
> Apples Project Builder and Interface Builder and of course, the
> Metrowerks Codewarrior product line).
> 
> Also script packs for Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator,
> GoLive and Quark. [2-D graphics]
> 
> Also script packs for Final Cut Pro and After Effects. Also
> Discreet's Cleaner. Also Quicktime Pro. [Video]
> 
> Then there is 3-D.
> 
> Carrara, Amapi are the low end modelling and animation apps.
> Lightwave, Electric Image and Maya are the high end apps. Then there
> are the CAD and architecture apps such as Form-Z, Vector Works and
> Vellum.
> 
> It is my opinion that the the 2-D graphics community, the video
> community and the Arcitectural and CAD community would be able to
> afford expensive script packs. Naturally they will also buy
> inexpensive script packs with high end features.
> 
> The scientific and academic community and the low end animation
> community do have some budgets but there are many that don't have the
> budget.
> 
> John F. Richardson