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From: kamprath@kagi.com
Subject: Application Commander v1.1.0
Application Commander is an utility that takes advantage of Apple¹s
Speech Recognition System in conjunction with the Application Switching
Manager to enable you to control and manage your running applications by
speaking some simple commands.
The Application Switching Manager is a public interface that several
third party utilities support. It is currently support by ClaireWare
Software¹s Program Switcher and Binary Software¹s PowerSwitch. For more
information on these programs, please visit one of the following web
pages:
http://www.kamprath.net/claireware/program_switcher.html
http://www.binarysoft.com/psmac/psmac.html
What is required?
Application Commander requires the following:
Apple¹s Speech Recognition System v1.5 or later (comes with MacOS
8.5)
PowerPC processor
Program Switcher v4.4.0 or PowerSwitch v1.0.0 or later
MacOS 8.0 or later
How do I use it?
All you need to do is enable the Speech Recognition Manager in the Speech
control panel and then launch Application Commander. Application
Commander is a ³background only application,² so there are no options or
other user interface to mess with. To cause Application Commander to do
something, all you have to do is say a command that Application Commander
recognizes and it will act on that command. Application Commander
recognizes the following commands:
Switch to the Finder
Switch to the Last Application
Switch to
Hide Other Applications
Hide the Current Application
Hide All Applications but the Finder
Show All Applications
Quit All Applications
Quit All Other Applications
Quit Application Commander
Launch
Most commands should be self explanatory. The ³Switch to
running application and Application Commander will take you to it.
The ³Launch
a special folder that Application Commander creates when it is run for
the first time. This folder is titled ³Launchable Files², and it is
located in the ³Application Commander² folder created in the ³Application
Support² folder in the System folder (MacOS 8.0 and later). Place any
file into the ³Launchable Files² folder that you wish Application
Commander to be able to launch. It is recomended, though, that you only
place alias of files into ³Launchable Files². Both applications and
document files can be launched by Application Commander.