I like iTunes on my iBook, but I often forget the name of a track (I just listen to the album[s] whilst programming) so thanks to the hotkey ability of Keyboard Maestro, I’ve got an AppleScript solution (my first !) that takes up no screen space at all. I also threw in a pause and play pair of scripts too, so other people can interrupt me and I don’t need to hunt for the right app and button.
I bind these to F9 (speak), F10 (pause) and F11 (play) because it suits me although I’m not brave enough to take a magic marker to my iBook’s keyboard. Yet.Pause:
tell application "iTunes" if player state is playing then pause say "Paused" else say "Not playing" end if end tell
Play:
tell application "iTunes" say "Play" play end tell
Current tune:
tell application "iTunes" if player state is playing then say artist of current track as string say name of current track as string else say "Not playing" end if end tell
Enjoy !