Hi Raman, thanks for another release/update for Emacspeak. Just FYI, I noticed a small inconsistency between using outloud and espeak as your speech server. I've not looked into this in any depth, but thought I'd mention it for the record. In my setup, I set a default speech rate for the speech server I'm using. When using outloud, I set outloud-default-speech-rate to the rate I want and then start emacspeak - all works fine. However, with espeak, I set espeak-default-speech-rate, but it does not seem to take effect. I can set the rate by using C-e d r and that takes effect fine, but setting espeak-default-speech-rate prior to starting emacspeak in the same way I do for the outloud server does not work. I did try using setq-default as well, but that made no difference. I did briefly look at it, but nothing jumped out as being different between the two speech servers. As I tend to use outloud rather than espeak (which I have configured just as a backup), I've not really looked at it in any real depth. As a simple work around, you can add a call to (dtk-set-speech-rate espeak-default-speech-rate t) after loading emacspeak and all works. Tim "T.V Raman via Emacspeak" <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes: > Announcing Emacspeak 55.0—CalmDog! > > Announcing Emacspeak 55.0—CalmDog! > > The enjoyment of one's tools is an essential ingredient of successful work. – Donald E. Knuth > > 1. For Immediate Release: > > San Jose, CA, (Nov 24, 2021) > > 1.1. Emacspeak 55.0 (CalmDog) Unleashed! 🦮 > > — Making Accessible Computing Effortless! > > Advancing Accessibility In The Age Of User-Aware Interfaces — Zero cost of Ownership makes priceless software Universally affordable! > > Emacspeak Inc (NASDOG: ESPK) — http://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak announces immediate world-wide availability of > Emacspeak 55.0 (CalmDog) 🦮 — a powerful audio desktop that leverages today's evolving Data, Social and Assistant-Oriented > Internet cloud to enable working efficiently and effectively from anywhere! > > 2. Investors Note: > > With several prominent tweeters expanding coverage of #emacspeak, NASDOG: ESPK has now been consistently trading over the > social net at levels close to that once attained by DogCom high-fliers—and is trading at levels close to that achieved by once better > known stocks in the tech sector. > > 3. What Is It? > > Emacspeak is a fully functional audio desktop that provides complete eyes-free access to all major 32 and 64 bit operating > environments. By seamlessly blending live access to all aspects of the Internet such as ubiquitous assistance, Web-surfing, blogging, > remote software development, social computing and electronic messaging into the audio desktop, Emacspeak enables spoken access to > local and remote information with a consistent and well-integrated user interface. A rich suite of task-oriented tools provides efficient > speech-enabled access to the evolving assistant-oriented social Internet cloud. > > 4. Major Enhancements: > > 1 Speech-enable Emacs Application Framework Ÿ > 2 Updated Soundscapes 🔊 > 3 Updated Auditory Icons 🎧 > 4 Updated Transient Support 𝥍 > 5 Speech-Enabled CalibreDB 📚 > 6 External Browsers From EWW 🕸 > > — And a lot more than will fit this margin. … 🗞 > > Note: This version requires emacs-27.1 or later. > > 5. Establishing Liberty, Equality And Freedom: > > Never a toy system, Emacspeak is voluntarily bundled with all major Linux distributions. Though designed to be modular, distributors > have freely chosen to bundle the fully integrated system without any undue pressure—a documented success for the integrated > innovation embodied by Emacspeak. As the system evolves, both upgrades and downgrades continue to be available at the same > zero-cost to all users. The integrity of the Emacspeak codebase is ensured by the reliable and secure Linux platform and the underlying > GIT versioning software used to develop and distribute the system. > > Extensive studies have shown that thanks to these features, users consider Emacspeak to be absolutely priceless. Thanks to this > wide-spread user demand, the present version remains free of cost as ever—it is being made available at the same zero-cost as > previous releases. > > At the same time, Emacspeak continues to innovate in the area of eyes-free Assistance and social interaction and carries forward the > well-established Open Source tradition of introducing user interface features that eventually show up in luser environments. > > On this theme, when once challenged by a proponent of a crash-prone but well-marketed mousetrap with the assertion "Emacs is a > system from the 70's", the creator of Emacspeak evinced surprise at the unusual candor manifest in the assertion that it would take > popular idiot-proven interfaces until the year 2070 to catch up to where the Emacspeak audio desktop is today. Industry experts > welcomed this refreshing breath of Courage Certainty and Clarity (CCC) at a time when users are reeling from the Fear Uncertainty and > Doubt (FUD) unleashed by complex software systems backed by even more convoluted press releases. > > 6. Independent Test Results: > > Independent test results have proven that unlike some modern (and not so modern) software, Emacspeak can be safely uninstalled > without adversely affecting the continued performance of the computer. These same tests also revealed that once uninstalled, the user > stopped functioning altogether. Speaking with Aster Labrador, the creator of Emacspeak once pointed out that these results > re-emphasize the user-centric design of Emacspeak; “It is the user — and not the computer– that stops functioning when Emacspeak is > uninstalled!”. > > 6.1. Note from Aster,Bubbles and Tilden: > > UnDoctored Videos Inc. is looking for volunteers to star in a video demonstrating such complete user failure. > > 7. Obtaining Emacspeak: > > Emacspeak can be downloaded from GitHub — see https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak you can visit Emacspeak on the WWW > at http://emacspeak.sf.net. You can subscribe to the emacspeak mailing list — emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org. The Emacspeak > Blog is a good source for news about recent enhancements and how to use them. > > The latest development snapshot of Emacspeak is always available at GitHub. > > 8. History: > > * Emacspeak 55.0 (CalmDog) attempts to be as calm as Tilden. > * Emacspeak 54.0 (EZDog) learns to take it easy from Tilden. > * Emacspeak 53.0 (EfficientDog) focuses on efficiency. > * Emacspeak 52.0 (WorkAtHomeDog) makes working remotely a pleasurable experience. > * Bigger and more powerful than any smart assistAnt, AssistDog provides > > instant access to the most relevant information at all times. > > * Emacspeak 50.0 (SageDog) embraces the wisdom of stability as opposed to rapid change and the concomitant creation of bugs.🚭: > Naturally Intelligent (NI)™ at how information is spoken, Emacspeak > > is entirely free of Artificial Ingredients (AI)™. > > * Emacspeak 49.0 (WiseDog) leverages the wisdom gleaned from earlier releases to provide an enhanced auditory experience. > * Emacspeak 48.0 (ServiceDog) builds on earlier releases to provide continued end-user value. > * Emacspeak 47.0 (GentleDog) goes the next step in being helpful while letting users learn and grow. > * Emacspeak 46.0 (HelpfulDog) heralds the coming of Smart Assistants. > * Emacspeak 45.0 (IdealDog) is named in recognition of Emacs' excellent integration with various programming language > environments — thanks to this, Emacspeak is the IDE of choice for eyes-free software engineering. > * Emacspeak 44.0 continues the steady pace of innovation on the audio desktop. > * Emacspeak 43.0 brings even more end-user efficiency by leveraging the ability to spatially place multiple audio streams to provide > timely auditory feedback. > * Emacspeak 42.0 while moving to GitHub from Google Code continues to innovate in the areas of auditory user interfaces and > efficient, light-weight Internet access. > * Emacspeak 41.0 continues to improve on the desire to provide not just equal, but superior access — technology when correctly > implemented can significantly enhance the human ability. > * Emacspeak 40.0 goes back to Web basics by enabling efficient access to large amounts of readable Web content. > * Emacspeak 39.0 continues the Emacspeak tradition of increasing the breadth of user tasks that are covered without introducing > unnecessary bloatware. > * Emacspeak 38.0 is the latest in a series of award-winning releases from Emacspeak Inc. > * Emacspeak 37.0 continues the tradition of delivering robust software as reflected by its code-name. > * Emacspeak 36.0 enhances the audio desktop with many new tools including full EPub support — hence the name EPubDog. > * Emacspeak 35.0 is all about teaching a new dog old tricks — and is aptly code-named HeadDog in on of our new Press/Analyst > contact. emacspeak-34.0 (AKA Bubbles) established a new beach-head with respect to rapid task completion in an eyes-free > environment. > * Emacspeak-33.0 AKA StarDog brings unparalleled cloud access to the audio desktop. > * Emacspeak 32.0 AKA LuckyDog continues to innovate via open technologies for better access. > * Emacspeak 31.0 AKA TweetDog — adds tweeting to the Emacspeak desktop. > * Emacspeak 30.0 AKA SocialDog brings the Social Web to the audio desktop—you cant but be social if you speak! > * Emacspeak 29.0—AKAAbleDog—is a testament to the resilliance and innovation embodied by Open Source software—it would not > exist without the thriving Emacs community that continues to ensure that Emacs remains one of the premier user environments > despite perhaps also being one of the oldest. > * Emacspeak 28.0—AKA PuppyDog—exemplifies the rapid pace of development evinced by Open Source software. > * Emacspeak 27.0—AKA FastDog—is the latest in a sequence of upgrades that make previous releases obsolete and downgrades > unnecessary. > * Emacspeak 26—AKA LeadDog—continues the tradition of introducing innovative access solutions that are unfettered by the > constraints inherent in traditional adaptive technologies. > * Emacspeak 25 —AKA ActiveDog —re-activates open, unfettered access to online information. > * Emacspeak-Alive —AKA LiveDog —enlivens open, unfettered information access with a series of live updates that once again > demonstrate the power and agility of open source software development. > * Emacspeak 23.0 — AKA Retriever—went the extra mile in fetching full access. > * Emacspeak 22.0 —AKA GuideDog —helps users navigate the Web more effectively than ever before. > * Emacspeak 21.0 —AKA PlayDog —continued the Emacspeak tradition of relying on enhanced productivity to liberate users. > * Emacspeak-20.0 —AKA LeapDog —continues the long established GNU/Emacs tradition of integrated innovation to create a > pleasurable computing environment for eyes-free interaction. > * emacspeak-19.0 –AKA WorkDog– is designed to enhance user productivity at work and leisure. > * Emacspeak-18.0 –code named GoodDog– continued the Emacspeak tradition of enhancing user productivity and thereby reducing > total cost of ownership. > * Emacspeak-17.0 –code named HappyDog– enhances user productivity by exploiting today's evolving WWW standards. > * Emacspeak-16.0 –code named CleverDog– the follow-up to SmartDog– continued the tradition of working better, faster, smarter. > * Emacspeak-15.0 –code named SmartDog–followed up on TopDog as the next in a continuing series of award-winning audio desktop > releases from Emacspeak Inc. > * Emacspeak-14.0 –code named TopDog–was > > the first release of this millennium. > > * Emacspeak-13.0 –codenamed YellowLab– was the closing release of the 20th. century. > * Emacspeak-12.0 –code named GoldenDog– began leveraging the evolving semantic WWW to provide task-oriented speech access to > Webformation. > * Emacspeak-11.0 –code named Aster– went the final step in making Linux a zero-cost Internet access solution for blind and visually > impaired users. > * Emacspeak-10.0 –(AKA Emacspeak-2000) code named WonderDog– continued the tradition of award-winning software releases > designed to make eyes-free computing a productive and pleasurable experience. > * Emacspeak-9.0 –(AKA Emacspeak 99) code named BlackLab– continued to innovate in the areas of speech interaction and interactive > accessibility. > * Emacspeak-8.0 –(AKA Emacspeak-98++) code named BlackDog– was a major upgrade to the speech output extension to Emacs. > * Emacspeak-95 (code named Illinois) was released as OpenSource on the Internet in May 1995 as the first complete speech interface > to UNIX workstations. The subsequent release, Emacspeak-96 (code named Egypt) made available in May 1996 provided significant > enhancements to the interface. Emacspeak-97 (Tennessee) went further in providing a true audio desktop. Emacspeak-98 integrated > Internetworking into all aspects of the audio desktop to provide the first fully interactive speech-enabled WebTop. > > 9. About Emacspeak: > > Originally based at Cornell (NY) — http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/raman —home to Auditory User Interfaces (AUI) on the WWW, > Emacspeak is now maintained on GitHub —https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak. The system is mirrored world-wide by an > international network of software archives and bundled voluntarily with all major Linux distributions. On Monday, April 12, 1999, > Emacspeak became part of the Smithsonian's Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at the Smithsonian's > National Museum of American History. > > The Emacspeak mailing list is archived at Emacspeak Mail Archive –the home of the Emacspeak mailing list– thanks to Greg > Priest-Dorman, and provides a valuable knowledge base for new users. > > 10. Press/Analyst Contact: Tilden Labrador > > Going forward, Tilden acknowledges his exclusive monopoly on setting the direction of the Emacspeak Audio Desktop (🦮) and > promises to exercise this freedom to innovate and her resulting power responsibly (as before) in the interest of all dogs. > > *About This Release: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Windows-Free (WF) is a favorite battle-cry of The League Against Forced Fenestration (LAFF). –see > http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm for details on the ill-effects of Forced Fenestration. > > CopyWrite )C( Aster, Hubbell and Tilden Labrador. All Writes Reserved. HeadDog (DM), LiveDog (DM), GoldenDog (DM), BlackDog (DM) > etc., are Registered Dogmarks of Aster, Hubbell and Tilden Labrador. All other dogs belong to their respective owners. > > Author: T.V Raman > > Created: 2021-11-20 Sat 09:05 > > Validate
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