Making Entourage Commands Speakable like OSX MAIL already is

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phoenixto

Hi there.
I am wondering about whether I can make my Entourage X mail program
speakable.

I know that MAIL (which came with OSX) is speakable and has several
commands you can speak e.g, get mail, open new message, make bold,
forward message...etc. I ahve tried it and I enjoy how it works but I
prefer Entourage instead.

Is there a way to set up these types of speakable commands (open new
message/forward message/send reply/delete message/move to trash/ etc.
etc.) in Entourage?

I read some of the help menus but I'm confused (looks like i need to
write commands in apple script?...not sure how)

Any help greatly appreciated!

Cheers!
phoenixto
 
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Barry N. Wainwright

Hi there.
I am wondering about whether I can make my Entourage X mail program
speakable.

I know that MAIL (which came with OSX) is speakable and has several
commands you can speak e.g, get mail, open new message, make bold,
forward message...etc. I ahve tried it and I enjoy how it works but I
prefer Entourage instead.

Is there a way to set up these types of speakable commands (open new
message/forward message/send reply/delete message/move to trash/ etc.
etc.) in Entourage?

I read some of the help menus but I'm confused (looks like i need to
write commands in apple script?...not sure how)

Any help greatly appreciated!

Cheers!
phoenixto
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All of the 'speakable items' commands are either applications or
applescripts.

Entourage can be scripted to do many things, so there is no problem writing
a script and putting it in the 'speakable Items' folder. This will
accomplish what you want to do.

Take a look in the Applescript dictionary for Entourage (start up 'script
editor' and choose 'Open Dictionary' from the file menu. Entourage should be
listed there.)

Also, to learn how entourage can be scripted, take a look at many of the
scripts at www.scriptbuilders,net - this should give you some useful
pointers to get you started.

If you get stuck anywhere, shout up here - there are several experienced
scripters on this list.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Seen the Entourage FAQ pages? - Check them out:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

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