Getting started with Emacspeak?

Fri Apr 15 19:02:21 UTC 2022

To kill the icons, do C-u C-e a. That's Control + U (universal argument),
Control + E for the Emacspeak layered command, then a for audio icons. Then
to change speech rate, do C-u C-e d r. To set that perminently, do C-h spc
(control + h then space) for customize, type emacspeak, pres Enter, find
the speech rate for whatever you're using, eSpeak or Outloud, then change
that number, then save the buffer with C-x s.

To install MELPA, add this to your .emacs.el file:

(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)

Save your .emacs.el file. Now, do C-h p. This opens a list of packages. You
can use your arrow keys, or n and p, to navigate packages. Press i to make
the ones you want to install, including the nov package for reading books,
then press x to install. You'll be asked if you want to install a number of
packages, press y.

Then, when done, you can add this to enable nov.el to open EPUB files:

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.epub\\'" . nov-mode))

You can read more about it at:

https://depp.brause.cc/nov.el/

Devin Prater
r.d.t.prater at gmail.com

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 1:20 PM Linux for blind general discussion <
blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:

> So. How would I go about installing all that from scratch then? I've a
> bone tock emacspeak install with paru -S emacspeak.
>
> Now. How do I get that book thing, tramp and gnus or notmuch and such. Is
> there a script I can run that does all the heavy lifting for me or is it a
> case of download this, extract it here, edit these files and such? I've no
> clue where Arch puts the configs and stuff for emacspeak or where to even
> look for editing stuf like that.
>
> So. Where do I begin?
>
> See what i want to do before anything else, is up the speech rate and kill
> the sound icons, the beeps and bleeps when I move around a buffer. I did
> look in the emacspeak manual but didn't find anything and the default
> speech rate is insanely slow for my liking
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 01:01:55PM -0500, Linux for blind general
> discussion wrote:
> > 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
> > > > --
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