[NFB-Science] Emacspeak 60.0 (DreamDog) Unleashed!

[David Andrews]

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>EMACSPEAK The Complete Audio Desktop - Friday, May 3, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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>Emacspeak 60.0 (DreamDog) Unleashed!
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>1. For Immediate Release:
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>San Jose, CA, (May 4, 2024)
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>1.1. Emacspeak 60.0 (DreamDog) Unleashed! 🦮
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>— Innate Intelligencee (II)™ Makes Accessible Computing a dream!
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>Advaancing Accessibility In The Age Of 
>User-Aware Interfaces — Zero cost of Ownership 
>makes priceless software Universally affordable!
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>Emacspeak Inc (NASDOG: ESPK) — 
><http://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak>http://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak 
>— announces immediate woorld-wide availability 
>of 
><https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak/releases/download/60.0/emacspeak-60.0.tar.bz2>Emacspeak 
>60.0 (DreamDog) 🦮 — a non-LLM ppowered and 
>innately intelligent audio desktop that 
>leverages today's evolving Data, Social and 
>Assistant-Oriented Internet cloud to enable 
>working efficiently and effectively from anywhere!
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>2. Investors Note:
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>With several prominent tweeters (and mythical 
>elephants) expanding coverage of #emacspeak, 
>NASDOG: ESPK has now been consistently trading 
>over the social net at levels close to that once 
>attained by DogCom high-fliers—and is trading at 
>levels cclose to that achieved by once better known stocks in the tech sector.
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>3. What Is It?
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>Emacspeak is a fully functional audio desktop 
>that provides complete eyes-free access to all 
>major 32 and 64 bit operating environments. By 
>seamlessly blending live access to all aspects 
>of the Internet such as ubiquitous assistance, 
>Web-surfing, blogging, remote software 
>development, streaming media, social computing, 
>AI-Tools and electronic messaging into the audio 
>desktop, Emacspeak enables spoken access to 
>local and remote information with a consistent 
>and well-integrated user interface. A rich suite 
>of task-oriented tools provides efficient 
>speech-enabled access to the evolving assistant-oriented social Internet cloud.
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>3.1. Major Enhancements:
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>    * EMPV: Emacspeak And MPV 📺🔈
>    * Updated Keybindings ⌨
>    * BBC Sounds: Search, Play and Download 📻
>    * Supports HTML5 Audio/Video Tag In EWW 🕷🔈
>    * Extract readable views in EWW using 
> <https://github.com/eafer/rdrview%20>RDRView if available 🦊
>    * Piper: Neural-Net TTS 🎺
>    * Speech-Enabled LLM Front-Ends, ellama and gptel . 🧙
>    * Pipewire Support 🔊
>    * New Mac Speech Server: SwiftMac 🍏
>    * Tree-Sitter Support 🎄
>    * Smart Media Selector 🗄
>    * Smart EBook Selector📚
>    * Speech-Enable EBuku 🔖
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>— And a lot more than will fit this margiin. 
 🗞
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>Note: This version requires emacs-29..1 or later.
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>Announcing Emacspeak 60.0—DreamDog!
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><https://tvraman.github.io/tilden-face.jpg>
>Tilden
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>To express oneself well is impactful, but only 
>when one has something impactful to express! (TVR on Conversational Interfaces)
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>1. For Immediate Release:
>
>
>
>San Jose, CA, (May 4, 2024)
>
>
>1.1. Emacspeak 60.0 (DreamDog) Unleashed! 🦮
>
>
>
>— Innate Intelligence (II)™ „¢ Makes Accessible Computing a dream!
>
>Advancing Accessibility In The Age Of User-Aware 
>Interfaces — Zero ccost of Ownership makes 
>priceless software Universally affordable!
>
>Emacspeak Inc (NASDOG: ESPK) — 
>http://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak — announces 
>immediate world-wide availability of 
><https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak/releases/download/60.0/emacspeak-60.0.tar.bz2>Emacspeak 
>60.0 (DreamDog) 🦮 — a non-LLM powered annd 
>innately intelligent audio desktop that 
>leverages today's evolving Data, Social and 
>Assistant-Oriented Internet cloud to enable 
>working efficiently and effectively from anywhere!
>
>
>2. Investors Note:
>
>
>
>With several prominent tweeters (and mythical 
>elephants) expanding coverage of #emacspeak, 
>NASDOG: ESPK has now been consistently trading 
>over the social net at levels close to that once 
>attained by DogCom high-fliers—and is trading at 
>levels close to tthat achieved by once better known stocks in the tech sector.
>
>
>3. What Is It?
>
>
>
>Emacspeak is a fully functional audio desktop 
>that provides complete eyes-free access to all 
>major 32 and 64 bit operating environments. By 
>seamlessly blending live access to all aspects 
>of the Internet such as ubiquitous assistance, 
>Web-surfing, blogging, remote software 
>development, streaming media, social computing, 
>AI-Tools and electronic messaging into the audio 
>desktop, Emacspeak enables spoken access to 
>local and remote information with a consistent 
>and well-integrated user interface. A rich suite 
>of task-oriented tools provides efficient 
>speech-enabled access to the evolving assistant-oriented social Internet cloud.
>
>
>3.1. Major Enhancements:
>
>
>
>    * EMPV: Emacspeak And MPV 📺🔈
>    * Updated Keybindings ⌨
>    * BBC Sounds: Search, Play and Download 📻
>    * Supports HTML5 Audio/Video Tag In EWW 🕷🔈
>    * Extract readable views in EWW using 
> <https://github.com/eafer/rdrview%20>RDRView if available 🦊
>    * Piper: Neural-Net TTS 🎺
>    * Speech-Enabled LLM Front-Ends, ellama and gptel . 🧙
>    * Pipewire Support 🔊
>    * New Mac Speech Server: SwiftMac 🍏
>    * Tree-Sitter Support 🎄
>    * Smart Media Selector 🗄
>    * Smart EBook Selector📚
>    * Speech-Enable EBuku 🔖
>
>— And a lot more than will fit this margin. 
 ðŸ 🗞
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>Note: This version requires emacs-29.1 or later.
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>4. Establishing Liberty, Equality And Freedom:
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>Never a toy system, Emacspeak is voluntarily 
>bundled with all major Linux distributions. 
>Though designed to be modular, distributors have 
>freely chosen to bundle the fully integrated 
>system without any undue pressure—a documented 
>success for the integrated innovvation embodied 
>by Emacspeak. As the system evolves, both 
>upgrades and downgrades continue to be available 
>at the same zero-cost to all users. The 
>integrity of the Emacspeak codebase is ensured 
>by the reliable and secure Linux platform and 
>the underlying GIT versioning software used to 
>develop and distribute the system.
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>Extensive studies have shown that thanks to 
>these features, users consider Emacspeak to be 
>absolutely priceless. Thanks to this wide-spread 
>user demand, the present version remains free of 
>cost as ever—it is being made available at the 
>ssame zero-cost as previous releases.
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>At the same time, Emacspeak continues to 
>innovate in the area of eyes-free Assistance and 
>social interaction and carries forward the 
>well-established Open Source tradition of 
>introducing user interface features that 
>eventually show up in luser environments.
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>On this theme, when once challenged by a 
>proponent of a crash-prone but well-marketed 
>mousetrap with the assertion "Emacs is a system 
>from the 70's", the creator of Emacspeak evinced 
>surprise at the unusual candor manifest in the 
>assertion that it would take popular 
>idiot-proven interfaces until the year 2070 to 
>catch up to where the Emacspeak audio desktop is 
>today. Industry experts welcomed this refreshing 
>breath of Courage Certainty and Clarity (CCC) at 
>a time when users are reeling from the Fear 
>Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) unleashed by complex 
>software systems backed by even more convoluted press releases.
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>5. Independent Test Results:
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>Independent test results have proven that unlike 
>some modern (and not so modern) software, 
>Emacspeak can be safely uninstalled without 
>adversely affecting the continued performance of 
>the computer. These same tests also revealed 
>that once uninstalled, the user stopped 
>functioning altogether. Speaking with Aster 
>Labrador, the creator of Emacspeak once pointed 
>out that these results re-emphasize the 
>user-centric design of Emacspeak; “It is the 
>user — and not the computer– that stostops 
>functioning when Emacspeak is uninstalled!”.
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>5.1. Note from Aster,Bubbles and Tilden:
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>UnDoctored Videos Inc. is looking for volunteers 
>to star in a video demonstrating such complete user failure.
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>6. Obtaining Emacspeak:
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>Emacspeak can be downloaded from GitHub — see 
><https://github.com/ttvraman/emacspeak>https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak 
>you can visit Emacspeak on the WWW at 
><http://emacspeak.sf.net>http://emacspeak.sf.net. 
>  You can subscribe to the emacspeak mailing 
>list — 
><htttp://mail.emacspeak.net>emacspeak at emacspeak.net. 
>The <http://emacspeak.blogspot.com>Emacspeak 
>Blog is a good source for news about recent enhancements and how to use them.
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>The latest development snapshot of Emacspeak is 
>always available at <https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak>GitHub.
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>7. History:
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>    * Innately intelligent, Emacspeak 60 
> delivers a more idealized auditory environment.
>    * Emacspeak 59 delivers better ergonomics by 
> minimizing the need for chording, but sadly, with no dog to guide its way.
>        * Emacspeak 58 delivers better 
> ergonomics by minimizing the need for chording.
>        * Emacspeak 57.0 is named in honor of 
> <https://tvraman.github.io/tilden-face.jpg>Tilden Labrador.
>        * Emacspeak 56.0 (AgileDog) belies its age to be as agile as Tilden.
>        * Emacspeak 55.0 (CalmDog) attempts to be as calm as Tilden.
>        * Emacspeak 54.0 (EZDog) learns to take it easy from Tilden.
>        * Emacspeak 53.0 (EfficientDog) focuses on efficiency.
>        * Emacspeak 52.0 (WorkAtHomeDog) makes 
> working remotely a pleasurable experience.
>        * Bigger and more powerful than any 
> smart assistAnt, AssistDog provides
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>instant access to the most relevant information at all times.
>    * Emacspeak 50.0 (SageDog) embraces the 
> wisdom of stability as opposed to rapid change 
> and the concomitant creation of bugs.🚭: 
> Naturally Intelligent (NI)™ at how informatiion is spoken, Emacspeak
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>is entirely free of Artificial Ingredients (AI)™.
> >
>    * Emacspeak 49.0 (WiseDog) leverages the 
> wisdom gleaned from earlier releases to provide 
> an enhanced auditory experience.
>    * Emacspeak 48.0 (ServiceDog) builds on 
> earlier releases to provide continued end-user value.
>    * Emacspeak 47.0 (GentleDog) goes the next 
> step in being helpful while letting users learn and grow.
>    * Emacspeak 46.0 (HelpfulDog) heralds the coming of Smart Assistants.
>    * Emacspeak 45.0 (IdealDog) is named in 
> recognition of Emacs' excellent integration 
> with various programming language environments 
> — thanks to this, Emaccspeak is the IDE of 
> choice for eyes-free software engineering.
>    * Emacspeak 44.0 continues the steady pace 
> of innovation on the audio desktop.
>    * Emacspeak 43.0 brings even more end-user 
> efficiency by leveraging the ability to 
> spatially place multiple audio streams to provide timely auditory feedback.
>    * Emacspeak 42.0 while moving to GitHub from 
> Google Code continues to innovate in the areas 
> of auditory user interfaces and efficient, light-weight Internet access.
>    * Emacspeak 41.0 continues to improve on the 
> desire to provide not just equal, but superior 
> access — technology when correctly implemennted 
> can significantly enhance the human ability.
>    * Emacspeak 40.0 goes back to Web basics by 
> enabling 
> <http://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2013/11/reading-web-content-efficiently.html>efficient 
> access to large amounts of readable Web content.
>    * Emacspeak 39.0 continues the Emacspeak 
> tradition of increasing the breadth of user 
> tasks that are covered without introducing unnecessary bloatware.
>    * Emacspeak 38.0 is the latest in a series 
> of award-winning releases from Emacspeak Inc.
>    * Emacspeak 37.0 continues the tradition of 
> delivering robust software as reflected by its code-name.
>    * Emacspeak 36.0 enhances the audio desktop 
> with many new tools including full EPub support — hence the name EPubDoog.
>    * Emacspeak 35.0 is all about teaching a new 
> dog old tricks — and is aptly code-named 
> HeadDog in on of our new Press/Analyst contact. 
> emacspeak-34.0 (AKA Bubbles) established a new 
> beach-head with respect to rapid task completion in an eyes-free environment.
>    * Emacspeak-33.0 AKA StarDog brings 
> unparalleled cloud access to the audio desktop.
>    * Emacspeak 32.0 AKA LuckyDog continues to 
> innovate via open technologies for better access.
>    * Emacspeak 31.0 AKA TweetDog — adds tweeting to the Emacspeak desktop.
>    * Emacspeak 30.0 AKA SocialDog brings the 
> Social Web to the audio desktop—you caan't but be social if you speak!
>    * Emacspeak 29.0—”AKAAbleDog—is a testament 
> to the resilliance and innovaation embodied by 
> Open Source software—it would not exisst 
> without the thriving Emacs community that 
> continues to ensure that Emacs remains one of 
> the premier user environments despite perhaps also being one of the oldest.
>    * Emacspeak 28.0—AKA PuppyDog—exemplifies 
> the rapiapid pace of development evinced by Open Source software.
>    * Emacspeak 27.0—AKA FastDog—is the latest 
> in a sa sequence of upgrades that make previous 
> releases obsolete and downgrades unnecessary.
>    * Emacspeak 26—AKA LeeadDog—continues the 
> tradition of introducing innovativee access 
> solutions that are unfettered by the 
> constraints inherent in traditional adaptive technologies.
>    * Emacspeak 25 —AKA ActiveDog —re-activates 
> open, unfettettered access to online information.
>    * Emacspeak-Alive —AKA LiveDog —enlivens 
> open, unfettered information on access with a 
> series of live updates that once again 
> demonstrate the power and agility of open source software development.
>    * Emacspeak 23.0 — AKA Retriever—wentent the 
> extra mile in fetching full access.
>    * Emacspeak 22.0 —AKA GuideDog —helps users 
> navigate the Web mo more effectively than ever before.
>    * Emacspeak 21.0 —AKA PlayDog —continued 
> the Emacspeak tradition of rellying on enhanced 
> productivity to liberate users.
>    * Emacspeak-20.0 —AKA LeapDog —continues the 
> long estabtablished GNU/Emacs tradition of 
> integrated innovation to create a pleasurable 
> computing environment for eyes-free interaction.
>    * emacspeak-19.0 –AKA WorkDog– is de 
> designed to enhance user productivity at work and leisure.
>    * Emacspeak-18.0 –code named GoodDog– 
> continuedued the Emacspeak tradition of 
> enhancing user productivity and thereby reducing total cost of ownership.
>    * Emacspeak-17.0 –code named HappyDog– 
> enhances user producductivity by exploiting today's evolving WWW standards.
>    * Emacspeak-16.0 –code named CleverDog– the 
> follow-ow-up to SmartDog– continued the 
> tradition of working bettter, faster, smarter.
>    * Emacspeak-15.0 –code namedd 
> SmartDog–followed up on TopDog as the next in a 
> continnuing series of award-winning audio desktop releases from Emacspeak Inc.
>    * Emacspeak-14.0 –code named TopDoog–was
>
>the first release of this millenniuum.
>    * Emacspeak-13.0 –codenaamed YellowLab– was 
> the closing release of the 20th. cenntury.
>    * Emacspeak-12.0 –code named GoldenDog– b“ 
> began leveraging the evolving semantic WWW to 
> provide task-oriented speech access to Webformation.
>    * Emacspeak-11.0 –code named Aster– went the 
> final step in makiaking Linux a zero-cost 
> Internet access solution for blind and visually impaired users.
>    * Emacspeak-10.0 –(AKKA Emacspeak-2000) code 
> named WonderDog– continued the ttradition of 
> award-winning software releases designed to 
> make eyes-free computing a productive and pleasurable experience.
>    * Emacspeak-9.0 –(AKA Emacspeak 99) code 
> named BlackLab– continued to innovate in the 
> areas of sspeech interaction and interactive accessibility.
>    * Emacspeak-8.0 –(AKA Emacspeak-98++) code 
> named BlackDogg– was a major upgrade to the speech output extension too Emacs.
>    * Emacspeak-95 (code named Illinois) was 
> released as OpenSource on the Internet in May 
> 1995 as the first complete speech interface to 
> UNIX workstations. The subsequent release, 
> Emacspeak-96 (code named Egypt) made available 
> in May 1996 provided significant enhancements 
> to the interface. Emacspeak-97 (Tennessee) went 
> further in providing a true audio desktop. 
> Emacspeak-98 integrated Internetworking into 
> all aspects of the audio desktop to provide the 
> first fully interactive speech-enabled WebTop.
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>8. About Emacspeak:
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>Originally based at Cornell (NY) — 
><http://www.cs.cornelll.edu/home/raman>http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/raman 
>—home to Auditory User Interfaces (AUI) on the 
>WWW,, Emacspeak is now maintained on GitHub 
>—<https:://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak>https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak. 
>The system is mirrored world-wide by an 
>international network of software archives and 
>bundled voluntarily with all major Linux 
>distributions. On Monday, April 12, 1999, 
>Emacspeak became part of the 
><http://tvraman.github.io/emacspeak/blog/smithsonian-study.html>Smithsonian's 
>Permanent Research Collection on Information 
>Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
>
>The Emacspeak mailing list is archived at 
><https://www.emacspeak.net>Emacspeak Mail 
>Archive –the home of the Emacspeak maailing 
>list– thanks to Greg Priest-Dorman, and provides 
>a valuable knowledge base for new users.
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>9. Press/Analyst Contact: Tilden Labrador
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>Going forward, Aster, Hubbell and Tilden 
>acknowledge their exclusive monopoly on setting 
>the direction of the Emacspeak Audio Desktop 
>(🦮) and promise to exercise their freedom to 
>innovate and her resulting power responsibly (as 
>before) in the interest of all dogs.
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>*About This Release:
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>Windows-Free (WF) is a favorite battle-cry of 
>The League Against Forced Fenestration (LAFF). 
>–seee 
><http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm>http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm 
>for details on the ill-effects of Forced Fenestration.
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>CopyWrite )C( Aster, Hubbell and Tilden 
>Labrador. All Writes Reserved. HeadDog (DM), 
>LiveDog (DM), GoldenDog (DM), BlackDog (DM) 
>etc., are Registered Dogmarks of Aster, Hubbell 
>and Tilden Labrador. All other dogs belong to their respective owners.
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><https://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2024/05/emacspeak-600-dreamdog-unleashed.html>https://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2024/05/emacspeak-600-dreamdog-unleashed.html
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>If you need help using your assistive technology 
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