From hzo at gmx.de Sat Feb 19 22:55:27 2005 From: hzo at gmx.de (Hans Zoebelein) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:55:27 +0100 (CET) Subject: EmapSpeak (MapDog) --- Talking Map Directions From Emacspeak Via Google Maps (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:46:52 -0800 From: T. V. Raman To: Hans Zoebelein Subject: EmapSpeak (MapDog) --- Talking Map Directions From Emacspeak Via Google Maps EmapSpeak (MapDog) --- Talking Map Directions From Emacspeak Via Google Maps For Immediate Release San Jose, CA, (February 18, 2005) EmapSpeak (MapDog) --- Talking Map Directions From Emacspeak Via Google Maps Emacspeak Inc (NASDOG: ESPK) announces the immediate world-wide availability of EmapSpeak (MapDog) --a powerful audio desktop tool for leveraging the wonderful resource provided by Google Maps. What Is It? The DHTML interface to Google Maps is difficult to access for someone using a speech-output interface. This tool uses the embeded XML metadata delivered by the Google Maps application to generate an audio-formatted representation of the content. Features 1. Obtain location of a specified business near a given address. 2. Obtain step-by-step directions between two given locations. How To Obtain And Use EmapSpeak The Emacspeak Google Maps tool (MapDog) is presently available from the Emacspeak CVS repository and will be bundled with the next major Emacspeak release. Here are brief usage instructions: o Obtain Emacspeak via CVS from SourceForge Emacspeak o Use smart URL emapspeak via google by invoking command emacspeak-url-template-fetch normally bound to key C-e u. Hit ema followed by the tab key to complete the name of the smart URL. o Specify the query using plain English, e.g. o A complete address o source address to destination address. o business name near source address You will need a correctly configured installation of Emacs W3, as well as a relatively new installation of xsltproc to be able to use this feature. -- Best Regards, --raman Email: raman at users.sf.net WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ AIM: emacspeak PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc From hzo at gmx.de Fri Feb 25 23:01:19 2005 From: hzo at gmx.de (Hans Zoebelein) Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:01:19 +0100 (CET) Subject: Speakup Modified Available At CheapBytes (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:32:06 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: emacspeak at cs.vassar.edu Subject: Speakup Modified Available At CheapBytes Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:32:22 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: emacspeak at cs.vassar.edu Dear Colleagues: The Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution is now available for purchase on CD ROM from Cheap Bytes at the following URL: http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070011139.html If you've had difficulty downloading the installation images for our distribution, ior if you'd just rather not bother with downloading over 2 gigabytes of installation data, you now have the option to purchase it directly on media. We will shortly update our web site to provide this link there. -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.