Action

AS Embedded Action

Posted by sylumer, Last update about 4 years ago - Unlisted

Steps

  • runAppleScript (macOS only)

    on execute(draft)
    	if content of the draft is "" then
    		set strOriginal to text returned of (display dialog "Enter string to convert" default answer "")
    	else
    		set strOriginal to content of the draft
    	end if
    	
    	return processString(strOriginal)
    end execute
    
    
    on processString(p_strInput)
    	set strConverted to listToString(stringToPhonetic(p_strInput, ""), " ")
    	-- Because we're passing a whole draft, let's forego speaking the conversion
    	-- say strConverted
    	return strConverted
    end processString
    
    on stringToPhonetic(p_strInput)
    	--Initialise alphabets and output
    	set strBase to "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
    	set listPhonetic to {"alfa", "bravo", "charlie", "delta", "echo", "foxtrot", "golf", "hotel", "india", "juliett", "kilo", "lima", "mike", "november", "oscar", "papa", "quebec", "romeo", "sierra", "tango", "uniform", "victor", "whiskey", "x-ray", "yankee", "zulu", "zero", "one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine"}
    	set strOutput to {}
    	
    	set listInput to stringToList(p_strInput, "")
    	
    	--For every character in the text to be converted, check if it is in the base alphabet string.
    	repeat with i from 1 to length of listInput
    		if strBase contains item i of listInput then
    			--If it is, get the position, then get the item at the equivalent position in the NATO phonetic alphabet list
    			set intPosition to offset of (item i of listInput as string) in strBase
    			set end of strOutput to item intPosition of listPhonetic
    		else
    			--If it is not, just put the original untransformed character in
    			set end of strOutput to item i of listInput
    		end if
    		
    	end repeat
    	return strOutput
    end stringToPhonetic
    
    
    on stringToList(p_strInput, p_strTempDelimiter)
    	--Save and switch delimiter
    	set strOriginalDelimiter to AppleScript's text item delimiters
    	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to p_strTempDelimiter
    	
    	--Convert string to list
    	set listOutput to (every text item of p_strInput)
    	
    	--Switch delimiter back and return new list
    	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to strOriginalDelimiter
    	return listOutput
    end stringToList
    
    on listToString(p_listInput, p_strTempDelimiter)
    	--Save and switch delimiter
    	set strOriginalDelimiter to AppleScript's text item delimiters
    	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to p_strTempDelimiter
    	
    	--Convert list to string
    	set listOutput to p_listInput as string
    	
    	--Switch delimiter back and return new string
    	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to strOriginalDelimiter
    	return listOutput
    end listToString
  • script (macOS only)

    draft.content = draft.content + "\n" + context.appleScriptResponses[0];
    draft.update();

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