EMACSPEAK 41 (586) Release News

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EMACSPEAK 41 (586) Release News

Unread post by machinebacon » Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:03 pm

LinuxBBQ is happy to announce the immediate availability of Emacspeak 41 (NiceDog). Designed to be run as a live session, it gives visually impaired and blind users the opportunity to interactively communicate with a computer and the internet. This release has a strong focus on quick web search and improved Google integration.

Emacspeak is written by TV Raman. Kudos to you, good Sir!

Learn more about the NiceDog release here: http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/releas ... -41.0.html

After start-up, the user is greeted with the Emacspeak status messages verbally via espeak, and a welcome screen is presented.
espeak01.png
The release can be easily installed by visually impaired or blind users, as root, using

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bbqinstall /dev/sdX /dev/sdXY
where sdX is the drive to install to, and sdXY is the partition.
Of course there is also the traditional ncurses-driven "bbqinstaller".

LinuxBBQ has added a number of tools with Emacs integration:
- a working .emacs file with wanderlust, erc, org-mode/agenda, multi-term, EMMS, access to MELPA/Marmalade and more
- an organizer file for time management
- Getting Things Done integration (M-x gtd)
Modules:
- swr.el for one-click German radio live streams
- power-management in pm.el (M-x reboot/shutdown/suspend)
- automatic mount of all partitions in automount.el (M-x automount)
espeak02.png
Visually impaired or blind users can enable network access without ceni:
find your network devices as root using

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ifconfig -a
and edit the file /etc/network/interfaces as root (C-x C-f /sudo::/etc/network/interfaces), in which you add something like

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auto name-of-the-device
iface name-of-the-device inet dhcp
for dynamic configuration of the ethernet card. Bring it up with "ifup name-of-the-device"

The ncurses-driven ceni network configurator is included and can be started as root from a standard TTY shell (Alt-left/right arrow)

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sudo ceni
Download link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbb ... o/download
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Re: EMACSPEAK 41 (586) Release News

Unread post by darry1966 » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:08 pm

Gee Machinebacon I am amazed how many releaes you can produce in a short period of time. You have more stamina than a porn star. :D
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Re: EMACSPEAK 41 (586) Release News

Unread post by dkeg » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:22 am

wait, hold on, thinking ....

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Re: EMACSPEAK 41 (586) Release News

Unread post by machinebacon » Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:22 am

Darry, I *AM* a porn star :D

Actually these no-X things are quite easy to roast. Emacspeak on LinuxBBQ gets one upgrade every year, always from scratch, so I usually have a few months time.

By the way, if anybody wants to have a no-X Emacs release, just get yourself this one ;)
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