VCOF0056

OmniFocus: Append New Task

A voice command that will add a new task either to the currently selected project or task, or to the inbox. If a project or task is not selected when the command is executed, the new task will be placed in the Inbox.

By default, new tasks are appended to the end of existing task array.

Scope and Syntax

Language: English (United States 🇺🇸 · Great Britain 🇬🇧 · Australia 🇦🇺 · Canada 🇨🇦) • Scope: OmniFocus

Command phrase variations (words in [brackets] are optional):

Requirements

Downloads

Voice Command Code

Here’s the Omni Automation code for the command:

Add New Task


(async () => { try { function createUtterance(textToSpeak){ langCode = Speech.Voice.currentLanguageCode voiceObj = Speech.Voice.withLanguage(langCode) utterance = new Speech.Utterance(textToSpeak) utterance.voice = voiceObj utterance.rate = Speech.Utterance.defaultSpeechRate return utterance } synthesizer = new Speech.Synthesizer() // DETERMINE IF SINGLE TASK OR PROJECT IS SELECTED sel = document.windows[0].selection selCount = sel.tasks.length + sel.projects.length if(selCount === 1){ if (sel.tasks.length === 1){ var selectedItem = sel.tasks[0] } else if (sel.projects.length === 1){ var selectedItem = sel.projects[0] } else { var selectedItem = null } } // CREATE TEXT FIELD OBJECT textInputField = new Form.Field.String( "textInput", null, null, null ) // CREATE NEW FORM AND ADD FIELD inputForm = new Form() inputForm.addField(textInputField) // VALIDATE USER INPUT inputForm.validate = function(formObject){ textInput = formObject.values["textInput"] return ((!textInput) ? false:true) } // DISPLAY THE FORM formPrompt = "Enter name for new task:" buttonTitle = "Continue" utterance = createUtterance(formPrompt) synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance) formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt, buttonTitle) // RETRIVE FORM INPUT textInput = formObject.values["textInput"] // IF SINGLE TASK OR PROJECT SELECTED ADD TO ITEM if(selectedItem){ var task = new Task(textInput, selectedItem.ending) } else { var task = new Task(textInput, inbox.ending) } // SELECT NEW TASK URL.fromString("omnifocus:///task/" + task.id.primaryKey).open() // RESPOND USING INPUT utterance = createUtterance("Done!") synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance) } catch(err){ if(!err.message.includes("cancelled")){ utterance = createUtterance(err.message) synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance) //new Alert(err.name, err.message).show() } } })();

 

 

 

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