Macro Maestro

Robert and Allison have the pleasure of spending this Tech Doctor episode with Keith Watson. Keith is a creative and talented Apple power user who has taught himself to write sophisticated macros using Apple’s built-in scripting language called Apple Script. Recently, Keith began integrating his apple script macros into an extremely feature-rich Mac utility called Keyboard Maestro. With the touch of a key, Keith’s macros can do such things as speak the current weather, announce free disk space and check the state of an otherwise inaccessible application called Caffeine. Keith is making these macros available to anyone who has Keyboard Maestro installed. You can get more information and download the macros at Keith’s Website. In addition to thanking Keith for his work, Robert and Allison want to express our appreciation to Peter, the developer of Keyboard Maestro, who has worked hard to improve support for VoiceOver. In this Blog Post Peter even offers some sample code to show developers how he has improved VoiceOver access in Keyboard Maestro. This is an excellent example of how the Apple Community works together to improve accessibility.