[Emacspeak] Re: Emacspeak at the forefront of innovation yet again

Agreed. One thing I do like about JAWS though is that with the Nuance voices I can choose a different voice for things like the PC cursor, the JAWS cursor, messages and typing feedback. I also like this little bit of extra feedback which comes at no cost.

Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain

Chaltain at Outlook

Not only are Emacspeak's soundscapes more varied, they can *change* based on context. No screen reader comes close to what Emacspeak does with using speech changes to convey information. Narrator, on Windows, tries, but is locked into the limits of theOneCore TTS engine. I'm hoping that Windows 11 has a slightly faster WSL GUI thing, so that I can use Emacspeak there, in Emacs on WSL.

Devin Prater

r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxxxx

gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 3:09 AM Tim Cross via Emacspeak <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Raman,

just thought I'd mention I just noticed in the newest ipadOS 15 they
have added a new 'focus' feature - basically, ability to play sounds in
the background to help improve focus. In simple terms, the same idea as
your sound-scapes you introduced in Emacspeak some years back.

Like the use of voice locking, which I also notice some screen readers
have added (at a far more rudimentary level), Emacspeak is still leading
the way with innovation for assistive technology.

We get so use to Emacspeak I think we sometimes forget how innovative it
is and how it brings new ideas and alternative perspectives to what is
generally offered by other assistive tech.

Great work and thanks for your many years of dedication in this area.
Much of what you have done is not only great for us emacspeak users, but
it has also contributed to better solutions and enhancements outside the
emacspeak sphere as ideas like voice locking, auditory icons and sound
scapes are borrowed by other solutions. I for one certainly appreciate
this effort.

regards,

Tim
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