[jawsscripts] Re: scripting noobie (again)
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:58:33 -0700
No, Alex, it's Jaws. If a script is present, Jaws uses that keystroke
for itself unless the script instructs it to pass the keystroke to the
app. Try typing in TypeCurrentScriptKeyName() follwoing or preceding
the message being spoken & see if that doesn't solve your problem, ok?
On 7/4/10, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks!! My message is spoken. Oddly, though, the keystroke now does
> nothing in the program, as though jaws is eating it instead of
> catching it and passing it along. Is this the ot_No_DISABLE flag, or
> something specific in the program? That is, is it my script, or the
> program itself?
>
> On 7/4/10, Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Alex, this is quite straightforward. Firstly, from the application for
>> which u desire the keystroke to work, press insert 0 to open script
>> manager.
>>
>> Next, type in the following lines:
>> include "hjconst.jsh"
>> include "hjglobal.jsh"
>>
>> Now, press control e to bring up the new script dialog. Name your
>> script, check the 'can be attached to keystroke' box, write in a
>> synopsis & description, choose a category if desired, assign your
>> keystroke, & activate the ok button.
>>
>> U didn't say which key to assign, so, I'll take insert dash as an
>> example. There are several ways this can be done.
>>
>> The code looks like:
>> const
>> SALEXMSG = "Sock it to me baby, let it all hang out."
>>
>> script SpeakAlexMessage()
>> ; insert dash
>> sayMessage(ot_NO_DISABLE, SALEXMSG)
>> endScript
>>
>> the insert dash is simply a comment telling the key assignment. Press
>> ctrl s & compile. Your key should now work just fine.
>>
>> Another way to do this is to put the constant in a .jsh or .jsm file &
>> include it in the script, as so:
>> include "hjconst.jsh"
>> include "hjglobal.jsh"
>> include "alex.jsh"
>>
>> Then the .jsh file would contain the definition of SALEXMSG as above &
>> the script can use it to speak the message just as I illustrated.
>>
>> Including a message file is a bit different. One usually does this if
>> there are many messages, &/or the messages need to be formatted.
>>
>> It looks like:
>>
>> messages
>> @MSGAlexMSG
>> Sock it to me baby, let it all hang out.
>> @@
>> EndMessages
>>
>> The file begins w/messages & ends w/endMessages. Each message begins
>> w/an @ sign, followed by the message name. Press enter, type your
>> message, including line feeds, etc., & when done, put 2 @ signs to end
>> it.
>>
>> On 7/4/10, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> I was on here several months ago, trying to figure out how to write a
>>> basic script for jaws that would speak a hard-coded message when a key
>>> was pressed instead of speaking the keystroke itself. I am again
>>> trying to solve this problem, but I cannot locate any responses I
>>> received last time around. I am a long-time jaws user, and am
>>> comfortable in Python and Java, but the Jaws scripting language seems
>>> somewhat clunky and not as smooth or straightforward, though that is
>>> from an self-proclaimed scripting newb.
>>> Is there a simple way of doing this? That is, catch a keystroke, and
>>> speak a message in place of speaking the keys pressed. I apologize
>>> that I am asking again, but I now have more time than I had before. I
>>> wish I could locate the emails I had from my last try, but I am not
>>> sure where they would be.
>>> I have read through the scripts to Jamal Mazrui's Edsharp program, but
>>> I could not find where he set things up to speak custom messages. For
>>> example, in that program with the scripts installed, jaws will say
>>> "save" when control-s is pressed, and not "control s" at all.
>>>
>>> --
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>>
>>
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