1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
|
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>Introduction</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.59"><LINK
REL="HOME"
TITLE="Emacspeak User's Guide"
HREF="index.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
TITLE="Legal Notice"
HREF="legal-notice.html"><LINK
REL="NEXT"
TITLE="Before you begin"
HREF="before-you-begin.html"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="SECT1"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
TEXT="#000000"
LINK="#0000FF"
VLINK="#840084"
ALINK="#0000FF"
><DIV
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TH
COLSPAN="3"
ALIGN="center"
>Emacspeak User's Guide</TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="legal-notice.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="80%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom"
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="before-you-begin.html"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="INTRODUCTION"
>2. Introduction</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="WHAT-IS-EMACSPEAK"
>2.1. What is Emacspeak?</A
></H2
><P
>
Many users are familiar with Emacs as a text editor and have
used it extensively in that capacity. But Emacs is not just a
text editor -- it is actually a desktop, in some ways like the
graphical desktops that many use today. As a
desktop, Emacs comes with all kinds of built-in functions, much
like the Windows ™ desktop, including an e-mail
application, calendar/appointment program, cd-player, games,
and more. And like Windows ™, there are many additional
applications that you can download and add to Emacs that
expand its functionality -- web browsers, the LaTeX text
editor, mp3 players, and others. Unlike Windows, all of these powerful
tools are under the GPL (Gnu Public License), so you can use them free of charge.
</P
><P
> For visually impaired users, adding Emacspeak to Emacs might
be compared to adding Jaws to Windows, except that instead of
simply reading the screen to you as a standard "screenreader"
might do, Emacspeak treats speech as first-class
output. Because Emacspeak interacts directly with Emacs instead of just being an add-on, it provides much more context-specific
information about what is going on than a typical
screenreader would. In addition, there are many special
commands just for Emacspeak that enhance interaction with a variety
of Emacs applications.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="ABOUT-THIS-TUTORIAL"
>2.2. About this tutorial</A
></H2
><P
> Because Emacs and Emacspeak are unlike any environments you
may have used before, it helps to know a little bit about how
they work. This tutorial assumes that you have either used and
are
familiar with Emacs and Emacspeak or that you have completed some
of the Emacs and Emacspeak tutorials. For a list of
recommended tutorials, please refer to <A
HREF="before-you-begin.html#GETTING-STARTED"
>Section 3.1</A
>.
</P
><P
> This tutorial is organized by task and sub-task. For example,
the Internet section contains sub-sections on browsing the
Internet, using email, chatting online, and other tasks. The
File Manipulation section contains information on downloading
and installing files, finding files, etc. For a complete
listing of the available tasks, refer to the table of contents.
</P
><P
> Within this tutorial, you will find references to a number of
Emacspeak-enabled applications, some that are included within
the Emacs application, and some that are add-ons and must
be downloaded. Please note that the applications listed in
this tutorial should not be considered a complete collection of applications but only a
small subset. The complete list of Emacspeak-enabled
applications is available at <A
HREF="http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/applications.html"
TARGET="_top"
>http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/applications.html</A
>.
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="legal-notice.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="index.html"
>Home</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="before-you-begin.html"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
>Legal Notice</TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
> </TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
>Before you begin</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
>
|
