Useful scripts

This project consists of some scripts that I find useful

Google Hangouts in Google Chrome

This directory contains 3 stripts for automating use of Google Hangouts:

• google_hanguts/toggle_microphone.applescript: this script can be used as part of an Automator script for muting and unmuting a Google Hangouts microphone without needing to switch to the Hangouts window.
• google_hanguts/toggle_camera.applescript: this script can be used as part of an Automator script for toggling a Google Hangouts camera without needing to switch to the Hangouts window.
• google_hanguts/focus_window.applescript: this script can be used as part of an Automator script to focus a Google Hangouts window -- THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

Setting up an Automator Service

I find these scripts to be most useful when implemented as a Service using Automator:

1. Start up the Automator application
2. Create a new Service
3. set the Service Receives dropdown to be no input and the in dropdown to be any application.
4. Drop in a Run Shell Script task
5. Type in osascript << wherever you put the applescript file >>
6. Start up a Google Hangout in Chrome
7. Click the Run button and verify that it works
8. Save the Service with a filename that's relatively short -- there's apparently an upper-limit to the file name if you want to use it along with keyboard shortcuts (see below)

Set up a keyboard shortcut

1. Start System Preferences
2. Open Keyboard
3. Switch to the Shortcuts tab
4. Click Services on the left side
5. Scroll down to the General section
6. Select the row containing the name of the service you just created
7. Click add shortcut and press the keys you want to use as a global shortcut... e.g. fn-Ctrl-m for mute/unmute and fn-Ctrl-c for camera on/off