Continuous reading in Emacspeak and Cursor Movement

[Linux for blind general discussion]

The intent of emacspeak is to be a working environment for computers.

On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 09:51:22
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Continuous reading in Emacspeak and Cursor Movement
>
> Unfortunately, due to the good Doctor Raman's views on
> Emacspeak's obstinance from being anything close to a "screen reader,"
> there is no such feature. You're supposed to use Emacs like a sighted
> person, mainly just using C-v and M-v to scroll, stuff like that. But then,
> he did add C-e n, that command is there, so who knows. I just use C-v to
> scroll, and C-s and just search for where I left off at.
> Devin Prater
> sent from Gmail.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 2:28 AM Linux for blind general discussion <
> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am used to continuous reading in Orca whereby the cursor moves along
> > with the speech. In Emacspeak, however, I don't seem to get this
> > feature. So my question is: is there any way one can do continuous
> > reading while cursor is moving? I would prefer to have a cursor
> > positioned at the place where I call the pause or stop functions.
> > By the way, I use C-E n (Control +E and n) for continuous reading. The
> > frustrating thing is that even after reading a big chunk of a document,
> > once Emacs receives notification, I have to try to find the spot where I
> > think the last word spoken was. I think it may not be the optimal
> > situation for reading or reviewing documents.
> >
> >
> > If anyone is using Emacs, please can you share how you deal with reading
> > documents? I am open to any ideas for this situation even if it means
> > using any other screen reader  other than Emacspeak.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> >
> >
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