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Mike the Knife · Nov 13, 2001, 02:40 PM

So here at my school (Rutgers University), they do some pretty neat stuff with Applescript. When you login, it'll do a text-to-speech that says "Welcome, username", etc. How can I do something similar to that in MacOS X?

Millennium · Nov 13, 2001, 05:56 PM

It's been a long time since I worked with speech in AppleScript (or, indeed, worked with AppleScript at all). But if I remember right, the basic command is just:

say string

where string is what you want the machine to say.

Typical AppleScript genius. I assume there are probably more arguments and such that you can give the function, but that's the most basic way of doing it.

Or it was, when I did anything with it. I think.

Angus_D · Nov 14, 2001, 01:32 AM

Easiest thing to do would be to make it a login item...

proluck · Nov 14, 2001, 04:03 AM

I've really wanted to make an applescript for iTunes so you can switch songs from other programs in 9 or X.

I was thinking the function keys in 9 would be so easy to hook up, and maybe there is also a simple way in X, assuming that you can write such a script.

Is anyone interested in doing this or telling me their thoughts on how to get it done?

Diggory Laycock · Nov 14, 2001, 05:25 AM

Originally posted by proluck:
<STRONG>I've really wanted to make an applescript for iTunes so you can switch songs from other programs in 9 or X. </STRONG>

have a look at this thread:
http://dual.macnn.com/cgi-bin/ultima...4&t=001565