Getting started with Emacspeak?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

One thing you forgot to ask: Can I read books in Emaacs with Emacspeak? The
answer is yes, through Nov.el (from the Melpa package archives). It's
pretty darn nice, preserves all the formatting, lets you move through
chapters and such, much better than converting to plain text and trying to
save your place there.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.prater at gmail.com




On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 11:04 AM Linux for blind general discussion <
blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi answers inline, but in short for the first three questions: yes it's
> possible.
>
>
> Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> writes:
>
> > I know i'm going to be in for a long, long, painful process.
> >
> > But here's my questions.
> >
> > Can I, on emacspeak...
> >
> > 1. Check and respond to my gemails? Dirent things online have
> > different answers
> You can use any of the email clients such as notmuch, Wanderlust, gnus
> or mu4e to do just that. The only thing I have to say is that like most
> terminal applications, you have to deal with  text files to enter IMAP
> and SMTP details.
>
> As for me, I use notmuch.
>
>
> >
> > 2. Have a telnet client up and going to connect to stuff like MUDs
> > without leaving emacspeak?
>
> Sure, you use tramp for that. For instance, entering /ssh:root!blahblah
> will connect you to a remote ssh server at blahblah.
>
> >
> > 3. Can I browse the modern net in emacspeak or?
>
> You can use eww or w3. If you set a variable for it to pretend as if it
> is FF or something else. However, personally, though I am a heavy Emacs
> user, I still find browsing with Firefox or Chrome with Orca a better
> option.
> >
> > And 4. Al, do you happen to know where I can get a hold o that book
> > you metnioned?
>
> I am not Al, but the book is called Harley's Emacs Field Guide and can
> be found from Bookshare.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ishe
>
>
> >
> > Those are my four questions. I the answer to any of the above is no,
> it's a deal breaker for me
> > --
> > Jace's words are up there. Quoted and old messages below this point
> >
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