From 2328862f1daeff2cab1b9c6999261bed3bc1167a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "T.V Raman" Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 11:04:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 60 --- html/releases/release-60.html | 615 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 615 insertions(+) create mode 100644 html/releases/release-60.html diff --git a/html/releases/release-60.html b/html/releases/release-60.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ce5cd94234 --- /dev/null +++ b/html/releases/release-60.html @@ -0,0 +1,615 @@ + + + + + + + +Announcing Emacspeak 60.0—DreamDog! + + + + + +
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Announcing Emacspeak 60.0—DreamDog!

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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:

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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 Intelligence (II)™ Makes Accessible Computing a dream! +

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+Advancing 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 — +announces immediate world-wide availability of Emacspeak 60.0 +(DreamDog) 🦮 — a non-LLM powered 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 close 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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  1. EMPV: Emacspeak And MPV 📺🔈
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  2. Updated Keybindings ⌨
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  3. BBC Sounds: Search, Play and Download 📻
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  4. Supports HTML5 Audio/Video Tag In EWW 🕷🔈
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  5. Extract readable views in EWW using RDRView if available 🦊
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  6. Piper: Neural-Net TTS 🎺
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  7. Speech-Enabled LLM Front-Ends, ellama and gptel . 🧙
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  8. Pipewire Support 🔊
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  9. New Mac Speech Server: SwiftMac 🍏
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  10. Tree-Sitter Support 🎄
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  11. Smart Media Selector 🗄
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  12. Smart EBook Selector📚
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  13. Speech-Enable EBuku 🔖
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+— And a lot more than will fit this margin. … 🗞 +

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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 innovation 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 same 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 stops 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/tvraman/emacspeak you can visit Emacspeak on the +WWW at http://emacspeak.sf.net. You can subscribe to the emacspeak +mailing list — emacspeak@emacspeak.net. The 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 +GitHub. +

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7. History:

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  • Innately intelligent, Emacspeak 60 delivers a more idealized auditory environment.
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  • Emacspeak 59 delivers better ergonomics by minimizing the need for chording, but sadly, with no dog to guide its way. +
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    • Emacspeak 58 delivers better ergonomics by minimizing the need for chording.
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    • Emacspeak 57.0 is named in honor of Tilden Labrador.
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    • Emacspeak 56.0 (AgileDog) belies its age to be as agile as Tilden.
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    • Emacspeak 55.0 (CalmDog) attempts to be as calm as Tilden.
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    • Emacspeak 54.0 (EZDog) learns to take it easy from Tilden.
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    • Emacspeak 53.0 (EfficientDog) focuses on efficiency.
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    • Emacspeak 52.0 (WorkAtHomeDog) makes working remotely a pleasurable experience.
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    • Bigger and more powerful than any smart assistAnt, AssistDog provides
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+instant access to the most relevant information at all times. +

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  • 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 information is spoken, Emacspeak
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  • Emacspeak 49.0 (WiseDog) leverages the wisdom gleaned from +earlier releases to provide an enhanced auditory experience.
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  • Emacspeak 48.0 (ServiceDog) builds on earlier releases to provide +continued end-user value.
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  • Emacspeak 47.0 (GentleDog) goes the next step in being helpful +while letting users learn and grow.
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  • Emacspeak 46.0 (HelpfulDog) heralds the coming of Smart Assistants.
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  • Emacspeak 45.0 (IdealDog) is named in recognition of Emacs' +excellent integration with various programming language +environments — thanks to this, Emacspeak is the IDE of choice +for eyes-free software engineering.
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  • Emacspeak 44.0 continues the steady pace of innovation on the +audio desktop.
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  • Emacspeak 43.0 brings even more end-user efficiency by leveraging the +ability to spatially place multiple audio streams to provide timely +auditory feedback.
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  • 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.
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  • Emacspeak 41.0 continues to improve +on the desire to provide not just equal, but superior access — +technology when correctly implemented can significantly enhance the +human ability.
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  • Emacspeak 40.0 goes back to Web basics by enabling +efficient access to large amounts of readable Web content.
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  • Emacspeak 39.0 continues the Emacspeak tradition of increasing the breadth of +user tasks that are covered without introducing unnecessary +bloatware.
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  • Emacspeak 38.0 is the latest in a series of award-winning +releases from Emacspeak Inc.
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  • Emacspeak 37.0 continues the tradition of +delivering robust software as reflected by its code-name.
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  • Emacspeak 36.0 enhances the audio desktop with many new tools including full +EPub support — hence the name EPubDog.
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  • 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.
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  • Emacspeak-33.0 AKA StarDog brings +unparalleled cloud access to the audio desktop.
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  • Emacspeak 32.0 AKA +LuckyDog continues to innovate via open technologies for better +access.
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  • Emacspeak 31.0 AKA TweetDog — adds tweeting to the Emacspeak +desktop.
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  • Emacspeak 30.0 AKA SocialDog brings the Social Web to the +audio desktop—you can't but be social if you speak!
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  • Emacspeak 29.0—AKAAbleDog—is a testament to the resilliance and innovation +embodied by Open Source software—it would not exist 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.
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  • Emacspeak 28.0—AKA PuppyDog—exemplifies the rapid pace of +development evinced by Open Source software.
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  • Emacspeak 27.0—AKA +FastDog—is the latest in a sequence of upgrades that make previous +releases obsolete and downgrades unnecessary.
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  • Emacspeak 26—AKA +LeadDog—continues the tradition of introducing innovative access +solutions that are unfettered by the constraints inherent in +traditional adaptive technologies.
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  • Emacspeak 25 —AKA ActiveDog +—re-activates open, unfettered access to online +information.
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  • Emacspeak-Alive —AKA LiveDog —enlivens open, unfettered +information access with a series of live updates that once again +demonstrate the power and agility of open source software +development.
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  • Emacspeak 23.0 — AKA Retriever—went the extra mile in +fetching full access.
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  • Emacspeak 22.0 —AKA GuideDog —helps users +navigate the Web more effectively than ever before.
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  • Emacspeak 21.0 +—AKA PlayDog —continued the +Emacspeak tradition of relying on enhanced +productivity to liberate users.
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  • Emacspeak-20.0 —AKA LeapDog —continues +the long established GNU/Emacs tradition of integrated innovation to +create a pleasurable computing environment for eyes-free +interaction.
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  • emacspeak-19.0 –AKA WorkDog– is designed to enhance +user productivity at work and leisure.
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  • Emacspeak-18.0 –code named +GoodDog– continued the Emacspeak tradition of enhancing user +productivity and thereby reducing total cost of +ownership.
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  • Emacspeak-17.0 –code named HappyDog– enhances user +productivity by exploiting today's evolving WWW +standards.
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  • Emacspeak-16.0 –code named CleverDog– the follow-up to +SmartDog– continued the tradition of working better, faster, +smarter.
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  • Emacspeak-15.0 –code named SmartDog–followed up on TopDog +as the next in a continuing series of award-winning audio desktop +releases from Emacspeak Inc.
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  • Emacspeak-14.0 –code named TopDog–was
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  • Emacspeak-13.0 –codenamed +YellowLab– was the closing release of the +20th. century.
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  • Emacspeak-12.0 –code named GoldenDog– began +leveraging the evolving semantic WWW to provide task-oriented speech +access to Webformation.
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  • Emacspeak-11.0 –code named Aster– went the +final step in making Linux a zero-cost Internet access solution for +blind and visually impaired users.
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  • Emacspeak-10.0 –(AKA +Emacspeak-2000) code named WonderDog– continued the tradition of +award-winning software releases designed to make eyes-free computing a +productive and pleasurable experience.
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  • Emacspeak-9.0 –(AKA +Emacspeak 99) code named BlackLab– continued to innovate in the areas +of speech interaction and interactive accessibility.
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  • Emacspeak-8.0 –(AKA Emacspeak-98++) code named BlackDog– was a major upgrade to +the speech output extension to Emacs.
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  • 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.cornell.edu/home/raman —home to Auditory User +Interfaces (AUI) on the WWW, Emacspeak is now maintained on GitHub +—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 Smithsonian's Permanent +Research Collection on Information Technology at the Smithsonian's +National Museum of American History. +

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+The Emacspeak mailing list is archived at +Emacspeak Mail Archive –the home of the +Emacspeak mailing 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). –see +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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Author: T.V Raman

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