keyboardmacosvoice-dictation
I have a set customized keyboard bindings located in a plist file at ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.Dict which works with Hex keys like..
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:"; /* Home */
or for "Non-Printable Key Codes", like so..
Backtab ( ⇧tab) \U0019
I'd like to add a new keyboard shortcut for the start dictation commands in Mountain lion, aka, ⌘⌘.
Is there such a code? Or is NSresponder making them up on the fly, other private magic, etc.?
Briefly looking at the Dragon Dictate manual:
A script like this will let you select the next item of a Finder window:
--key code 126 -- up arrow Key
--key code 125 -- down arrow Key
activate application "Finder"
tell application "System Events"
key code 125 using shift down
end tell
You should be able to easily change the shortcut for Dictation from the Dictation preference pane in System Preferences.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Dictation & Speech. Turn on Dictation, then choose from these Dictation options:
Choose the keyboard shortcut you will use to signal that you're ready to start dictating.
Best Answer
Changing the actions of double-presses of modifier keys is probably impossible. There isn't even a code point for the fn key in CORPCHAR.TXT.
But if you're looking to add a different shortcut for toggling speech, you should be looking for method names instead of shortcut strings.
I tried using strings to find method names for starting dictation.
startDictation:andstartSpeechCaptureForDictation:seemed promising, but neither worked inDefaultKeyBinding.dict.Even if you were able to change the shortcut in
DefaultKeyBinding.dict, it wouldn't work in applications that don't support the customizable keybindings.What's wrong with just changing it in System Preferences?
If you want to use a shortcut that isn't allowed, you might be able to change
CustomizedDictationHotKeyin~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.speech.recognition.AppleSpeechRecognition.prefs.plist.