[Emacspeak] Re: Getting Started

[T.V Raman <raman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Wells via Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes:


Emacs installs on any self-respecting Linux system and you dont need to
pick slint. Emacspeak is completely agnostic re distros.

There is a lot of documentation including tutorials etc in the info
subdirectory -- be prepared to read  as you learn.
> I have Voxin on that ubuntu laptop, but if I get into too much trouble
> trying to install emacs, I may give up and go for slint. I hope I can
> get my Voxin installed on slint and working if I have to go that
> route.
>
> On 11/30/2021 10:51 AM, Devin Prater via Emacspeak wrote:
>
>     For Ubuntu, install Emacs: 
>     sudo apt install emacs
>     also install git, mplayer, espeak-ng, tcl, and tclx You might have
>     to instal tcl-dev* or tclx-dev* if it exists.
>
>     Now,:
>
>     git clone https://www.github.com/tvraman/emacspeak/
>     cd emacspeak
>     make
>
>     now you have two options. Well, you could have more, but I doubt
>     you have any hardware speech synthesizers. You can use ESpeak, and
>     it works okay, but doesn't sound great. Or, you can install Voxin,
>     from:
>
>     Voxin: Home (oralux.org)
>
>     It sounds a lot better, and works better with Emacspeak, too. Now,
>     if you want to use Emacspeak with ESpeak:
>
>     make espeak
>
>     or with Voxin:
>
>     make outloud
>
>     Do pay attention to any error messages you get during any of these
>     steps. If it says you don't have something, like:
>
>     make: GCC: command not found
>
>     install GCC like:
>
>     sudo apt install gcc
>
>     also it's a good idea to have the command-not-found package:
>
>     sudo apt install command-not-found
>
>     Now, install nano:
>
>     sudo apt install nano
>
>     and do
>
>     nano ~/.emacs.el
>
>     and paste, or write, the following, using the call to the speech
>     server you're going to use:
>
>     (load-file "~/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-setup.el")
>     ;; If you're using ESpeak:
>     ;; (espeak)
>     ;; If you're using Voxin:
>     (outloud)
>
>     If you don't git clone stuff into the root of your home directory,
>     which you shouldn't do as I do because it can get messy if you let
>     it, do change the load path to wherever you cloned Emacspeak.
>
>     The call to the speech server is a hack and Doctor Raman may have
>     a good 16 reasons not to do this, but it works, and I don't have
>     to fiddle with .profile, .bash_profile, .bashrc, .shrc, .rc, or
>     any other file to get Emacs working with Emacspeak.
>
>     Now, save your .emacs.el file, which Emacs loads when it starts,
>     by pressing Control o, then Enter, then Control x. Now, you should
>     be back at a shell, so try running Emacs by typing
>
>     emacs
>
>     and pressing Enter. Let us know if it works.
>
>     Devin Prater
>     r.d.t.prater(a)gmail.com
>
>     On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:26 AM Richard Wells via Emacspeak
>     <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> wrote:
>
>         I have a working ubuntu distribution running on a little
>         laptop, but I can do something different if I need to in order
>         to make the setup easier.
>
>         On 11/30/2021 8:27 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
>
>             First, which OS are you planning on using Emacspeak on?
>             Devin Prater
>             r.d.t.prater(a)gmail.com
>
>             On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 8:06 PM Richard Wells via
>             Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> wrote:
>
>                 Hello: My name is Richard wells. I have been hearing
>                 about this 
>                 environment for many years but have never investigated
>                 it for myself. 
>                 For someone like me who has no idea at all where to go
>                 to get started, 
>                 how would you suggest I begin learning? My experience
>                 with computers has 
>                 been diverse with some Linux, but mostly Microsoft
>                 Windows and Apple 
>                 Macintosh. Please be gentle with a user with
>                 absolutely no idea of what 
>                 emacspeak is and how to get productive using it.
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