macOS whisperer

WHISPERER.md

what is this?

Applescript gadget that politely saves volume/mute settings, unmutes, sets volume very low, whispers some text provided on the commandline (the first CLI argument only) then politely restores the volume/mute settings. Polite!

Don't install this to unattended MacBooks. Definitely don't make it run as a cron job...

howto

chmod +x whisperer.osascript
./whisperer.osascript 'please be quiet! this is a library'

whisperer.osascript

#!/usr/bin/osascript

on run argv
  set saveVolume to get volume settings
  if output muted of saveVolume is true then
    set volume without output muted
  end if
  set volume output volume 10
  say item 1 of argv using "Whisper"
  set volume output volume (output volume of saveVolume)
  if output muted of saveVolume is true then
    set volume with output muted
  end if
end run