No keyboard shortcut for selecting specific drive in Photoshop, is there a way?

[jane]

hello. I have started writing voice commands for photoshop to avoid keyboard/ mouse, so that disabled, as myself, can use Photoshop to a certain degree.
Sadly there are not any shortcuts as far as I know, after searching on the internet.
Is there any way I can get around this problem* using VA?

*: Set a specific drive, path, and file name, to be used when the user wants to save a new file. (Save as)
Regards

[Pfeil]

Assuming Photoshop uses a relatively "normal" file saving dialog, it should accept either a full or relative path in the "File name:" field.

E.G. if you want to save a file to "D:\my folder\my file.psd", it should be possible to enter that directly, and press Enter to save.

[jane]

Assuming Photoshop uses a relatively "normal" file saving dialog, it should accept either a full or relative path in the "Filename:" field.

E.G. if you want to save a file to "D:\my folder\my file.psd", it should be possible to enter that directly, and press Enter to save.

Thanks. It seems that the filename is in focus.

The problem is limited to:
Saying (voice) the drive,path and add the filename to end of that
Is that doable in VA, storing voice inputs as text into text variable(s). Is this the easiest way?

[Pfeil]

Theoretically you can dictate that information, yes.

However, accurately dictating an arbitrary folder name may not be all that practical. Ideally you'd get a list of subfolders (or drive letters), and use those with the "Wait For Spoken Response" action, so that only existing and valid drive letters/folders need to be/can be recognized.

E.G.

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Start Indefinite Loop
    Inline C# Function: Get drive letters or subfolders as phrase list, wait until execution finishes
    Begin Text Compare : [~phraseList] Equals ''
        Loop Break
    End Condition
    Wait for spoken response: '{TXT:~phraseList}'
    Begin Text Compare : [~response] Equals 'use this directory'
        Loop Break
    Else If Text Compare : [~~currentpath] Equals ''
        Set text [~~currentPath] to '{TXT:~response}:\'
    Else
        Set text [~~currentPath] to '{TXT:~~currentPath}{TXT:~response}\'
    End Condition
    Write [Gray] 'Path: {TXT:~~currentPath}' to log
End Loop
Write [Purple] 'Speak file name' to log
Start Dictation Mode (Clearing Dictation Buffer)
Start Loop While : [{DICTATION}] Equals ''
End Loop
Stop Dictation Mode
Set text [~~currentPath] to '{TXT:~~currentPath}{DICTATION}.psd'
Write [Green] 'Final path: {TXT:~~currentPath}' to log

where "Get drive letters or subfolders as phrase list" contains

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using System.Text;
using System.IO;

public class VAInline
{
public void main()
{
string currentPath = VA.GetText("~~currentPath");

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentPath))
{
foreach (DriveInfo driveInfo in DriveInfo.GetDrives())
{
sb.Append(driveInfo.Name.Substring(0, 1));
sb.Append(";");
}
}
else
{
foreach (string folderPath in Directory.GetDirectories(currentPath))
{
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(folderPath);

if (!di.Attributes.HasFlag(FileAttributes.Hidden))
{
sb.Append(di.Name);
sb.Append(";");
}
}
}

if (sb.Length > 1)
{
sb.Append("use this directory");
}

VA.SetText("~phraseList", sb.ToString());
}
}

This is merely an example, of course. You'd likely want to save the path separately, so you can dictate just the file name without having to re-dictate the path every time.

[jane]

Theoretically you can dictate that information, yes.

However, accurately dictating an arbitrary folder name may not be all that practical. Ideally you'd get a list of subfolders (or drive letters), and use those with the "Wait For Spoken Response" action, so that only existing and valid drive letters/folders need to be/can be recognized.

E.G.

Code: [Select]

Start Indefinite Loop
    Inline C# Function: Get drive letters or subfolders as phrase list, wait until execution finishes
    Begin Text Compare : [~phraseList] Equals ''
        Loop Break
    End Condition
    Wait for spoken response: '{TXT:~phraseList}'
    Begin Text Compare : [~response] Equals 'use this directory'
        Loop Break
    Else If Text Compare : [~~currentpath] Equals ''
        Set text [~~currentPath] to '{TXT:~response}:\'
    Else
        Set text [~~currentPath] to '{TXT:~~currentPath}{TXT:~response}\'
    End Condition
    Write [Gray] 'Path: {TXT:~~currentPath}' to log
End Loop
Write [Purple] 'Speak file name' to log
Start Dictation Mode (Clearing Dictation Buffer)
Start Loop While : [{DICTATION}] Equals ''
End Loop
Stop Dictation Mode
Set text [~~currentPath] to '{TXT:~~currentPath}{DICTATION}.psd'
Write [Green] 'Final path: {TXT:~~currentPath}' to log

where "Get drive letters or subfolders as phrase list" contains

Code: [Select]

using System.Text;
using System.IO;

public class VAInline
{
public void main()
{
string currentPath = VA.GetText("~~currentPath");

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentPath))
{
foreach (DriveInfo driveInfo in DriveInfo.GetDrives())
{
sb.Append(driveInfo.Name.Substring(0, 1));
sb.Append(";");
}
}
else
{
foreach (string folderPath in Directory.GetDirectories(currentPath))
{
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(folderPath);

if (!di.Attributes.HasFlag(FileAttributes.Hidden))
{
sb.Append(di.Name);
sb.Append(";");
}
}
}

if (sb.Length > 1)
{
sb.Append("use this directory");
}

VA.SetText("~phraseList", sb.ToString());
}
}

This is merely an example, of course. You'd likely want to save the path separately, so you can dictate just the file name without having to re-dictate the path every time.

Thanks. I will study Your answer later today.
The following two pictures shows photoshop response on save as.
The other shows experimental code to receive spoken drive letter into a text variable.
Read the Drive variable, write it on the photoshop input field with a colon
Then get the path, continue writing on photoshop input field
Type ENTER
regards

[librarian]

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Press Left Alt+D keys and hold for 0.1 seconds and release
Set Windows clipboard to 'T:\path\to\common\used\folder'
Press Left Ctrl+V keys and hold for 0.1 seconds and release
Press Enter key and hold for 0.1 seconds and release

I use some unique programs for my work but they use a standard windows save as box. I use the Alt+D shortcut to select the address bar, send a common folder to the clipboard and then paste, enter.

My voice commands are "go to XXX", they work in file explorer as well as the save dialog boxes. Then i might need to use some other commands to navigate to a subfolder depending on other criteria.