I’ve finished writing my first Ruby script for ConnectedText…it’s a simple RSS feed reader similar to an earlier one I wrote in Python. It may not be pretty, but it works and it was an interesting exercise to work with another scripting language. I’m not planning on abandoning Python, but I anticipate writing more Ruby scripts for CT in the near future.
I’ve posted a new item to the ConnectedText Scripts repository: a Python script that makes use of Microsoft’s Speech API (SAPI) and Peter Parente’s PyTTS module which enables your ConnectedText topic pages to be read aloud. Check it out.
I’ve dusted off my GooglePages site and added a section devoted to extending ConnectedText’s functionality via scripting. Right now all I’ve got are some rather simple Python scripts, but hey…it’s a start.