From 390733601fc98cd517fe464dd6b8ba831a460d1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pdm Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:29:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Wed Jul 5 21:22:48 CEST 2006 pdm@brailcom.org * Fixes in README and ANNOUNCE --- ANNOUNCE | 8 ++++---- README | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index cc81946..c2033e2 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/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. diff --git a/README b/README index 2aa269f..8029da3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/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