The Linux Emacspeak HOWTO

Jim Van Zandt, jrv@vanzandt.mv.com

1. Introduction

2. Stage 1. DOS with speech

• 2.1 Getting Linux on CDROM
• 2.2 Getting Linux by FTP
• 2.3 Linux Documentation

3. Stage 2. Terminal to remote UNIX system

• 3.1 Learning Unix
• 3.2 Learning Emacs

4. Stage 3. Terminal to local Linux system

• 4.1 Installing Linux
• 4.2 Learning Unix System Administration

5. Stage 4. Emacspeak under Linux

• 5.1 Emacspeak Introduction - Speech Enabled Normal Commands
• 5.2 Emacspeak Introduction - New Commands
• 5.3 Emacspeak Introduction - Using the Help System

6. Footnotes and References

• 6.1 JAWS
• 6.2 TELIX
• 6.3 COMMO
• 6.4 SimTel
• 6.5 InfoMagic
• 6.6 Walnut Creek
• 6.7 Red Hat
• 6.8 Craftwork
• 6.9 Yggdrasil
• 6.10 Emacs for DOS
• 6.11 GNU Mirror Sites
• 6.12 Emacspeak with Earlier Slackware Releases

7. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• 7.1 Why does it say "space" after each character?
• 7.2 Why the high pitched tone from a DECtalk?
• 7.3 Why the "No library autorevert in search path" message?
• 7.4 How do I change Emacspeak defaults?
• 7.5 What if an error message is not spoken?
• 7.6 The terminal emulator is the most problematic portion of Emacspeak.
• 7.7 In a term buffer, the first half screen is not spoken
• 7.8 Term mode gets flaky after a long session.

8. Legalese