Wed Jul 5 21:22:48 CEST 2006 pdm@brailcom.org

  * Fixes in README and ANNOUNCE

ANNOUNCE

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ The Free(b)soft project is pleased to announce speechd-el 2.0.
   possibly other alternative output devices), providing a complex speech
   and Braille interface to Emacs, focused especially on (but not limited
   to) the blind and visually impaired users.  It allows the user to work
-  with Emacs without looking on the screen, using speech output produced
-  by the synthesizers supported in Speech Dispatcher and Braille output
-  on displays supported by BrlTTY.
+  with Emacs without looking on the screen, listening to speech output
+  produced by the speech synthesizers supported in Speech Dispatcher and
+  watching Braille output on Braille displays supported by BrlTTY.
 
   Key speechd-el features are:
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The Free(b)soft project is pleased to announce speechd-el 2.0.
 
   This is a major release.  The primary change is separation and
   modularization of the output mechanism.  From the user's point of view
-  the main result of this is support of Braille output and input,
+  the main result of this change is support of Braille output and input,
   similar to the speech output interface.  So now you can use speechd-el
   with both Speech Dispatcher and BrlTTY.
 

README

@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
 speechd-el is an Emacs client to speech synthesizers, Braille displays and
-other alternative output interfaces.  It provides full speech and Braille
-output environment for Emacs.
+other alternative output devices.  It provides full speech and Braille output
+environment for Emacs.
 
 It consists of two parts:
 
 - User interface that makes Emacs speak or communicate through a Braille
   display during its common operation.  This makes Emacs accessible to visually
-  impaired users.  The user interface part is implemented in the
+  impaired users.  This user interface part is implemented in the
   speechd-speak.el file.
 
 - Backends, namely SSIP (Speech Dispatcher) and BrlTTY access libraries.  They
-  are used by the frontend and can be used to communicate 
+  are used by the frontend and can be also used to communicate with Speech
+  Dispatcher and BrlTTY for any purpose.
+
+speechd-el can make Emacs both a completely speech and BrlTTY enabled
+application suitable for visually impaired users or, depending on its
+configuration, it can only speak in certain situations or when asked, to serve
+needs of any Emacs user.
+
 
 Installation:
 
 - Install the `eieio' Elisp library, available from
-  http://cedet.sourceforge.net/eieio.shtml or perhaps your favorite operating
-  system distribution.
+  http://cedet.sourceforge.net/eieio.shtml or perhaps from your favorite
+  operating system distribution.
 
 - Copy the *.el files somewhere to your Emacs load path.
 
@@ -45,7 +52,7 @@ Now, your Emacs should speak and/or output to your Braille display.
 
 See the Texinfo manual for complete documentation.
 
-You can send your bug reports, patches, suggestions, etc. to the mailing list
-speechd@freebsoft.org.
+You can send bug reports, patches, suggestions, etc. to the mailing list
+speechd@lists.freebsoft.org.
 
 -- Milan Zamazal <pdm@freebsoft.org>