Apps: E-macs Speaks

What? You can talk to your editor? Why would you do that? . . .

This should be the next "new!" revolution in computer use. Voice applications and text to voice, voice to text.

Of course, there already are several such applications and OS supported programs. However, until everyone has it on their computer and it becomes "normal" to talk to your computer. The revolution won't be underway, until that point, to me. (People with disabilities are already using such systems.) (I've always wanted to learn braille and get a braille computer output display. Not a bad option to have open for getting older.)

• So, what does XEmacs have to do with speech-enabled applications? Just so happens, there is an E-macspeaks package. I'm not going to cover it here, yet. I don't have such a system. Wish I did. (This is the other Emacsen editor. However, I'm sure the package will work on XEmacs, as well. This gives me something to check into and confirm, later.)

However, here is a manual on it. Feel free to read it and think about the possibilities.

Platform: Linux
Level: Amateur
GlR