Leave it to an emacs user to call anything else complex. *grin* And leave it to T. V. Raman to consistently write the absolutely most ridiculous and hilarious press releases! Can't wait to try it out. It looks like it'll fix a couple of minor irritations. On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 11:09:17AM -0800, T. V. Raman wrote: > Emacspeak-23.0 (Retriever) Unleashed! > ---------------------------------- > > For Immediate Release: > > San Jose, Calif., (Nov 26, 2005) > Emacspeak-2005: Retrieving Complete Access For Enlightened Users > --Zero cost of ownership makes priceless software affordable! > > Emacspeak Inc (NASDOG: ESPK) --http://emacspeak.sf.net-- > announces the immediate world-wide availability of Emacspeak 23.0 > --a powerful audio desktop for leveraging today's evolving data > and service-oriented semantic Web. > > Investors Note: > --------------- > > With several prominent analysts expanding coverage, NASDOG: ESPK > has now been consistently trading over the net at levels close > to that once attained by DogCom high-fliers. > > 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 all aspects of the Internet > such as Web Services, Web-surfing and electronic messaging into the > audio desktop, Emacspeak enables speech 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 service-oriented semantic Web. > > Major Enhancements: > ------------------- > > 0) Alsa-powered speech server for software synthesis. > 1) Speech-enables emacs-jabber. > 2) New ssh-powered remote TTS servers. > 3) Atom support. > 4) Updated smart URLs including Blog Search > 5) Updated search wizards including PodCast search. > > See the NEWS file for additional details. > > Establishing Liberty, Equality And Freedom: > --------------------- > > Never a toy system, Emacspeak is now 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 the system. The integrity > of the Emacspeak codebase is ensured by the reliable and secure > Linux platform used to develop and distribute the software. > > 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 is being made available > at the same zero-cost as earlier releases. > > At the same time, Emacspeak-2005 continues to innovate in the > area of speech and multimodal interaction and carries forward the > well-established Open Source tradition of introducing user > interface features that eventually show up in luser environments. > > On this theme, when once challenged by a proponent of a > crash-prone but well-marketed windowing system 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. > > Independent Test Results: > ------------------------- > > 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!". > > Note from Aster and Bubbles: > ---------------------------- > > UnDoctored Videos Inc. is currently looking for volunteers to > star in a video demonstrating such complete user failure. > > Obtaining Emacspeak: > -------------------- > > Emacspeak can be downloaded from sourceforge --see > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/emacspeak/ You can visit > Emacspeak on the WWW at http://emacspeak.sf.net. You can subscribe > to the emacspeak mailing list emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx by sending > mail to the list request address emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > The latest development snapshot of Emacspeak is available via > anonymous CVS from sourceforge. > > History: > -------- > > Emacspeak 23.0 -- AKA Retriever --- goes the extra mile in > fetching full access. Emacspeak 22.0 -- AKA GuideDog -- helps > users navigate the Web more effectively than ever before. > Emacspeak 21.0 -- AKA PlayDog -- continued the Emacspeak > tradition of relying on enhanced productivity to liberate users. > 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. > emacspeak-19.0 --AKA WorkDog-- is designed to enhance user > productivity at work and leisure. Emacspeak-18.0 --code named > GoodDog-- continued the Emacspeak tradition of enhancing user > productivity and thereby reducing total cost of ownership. > Emacspeak-17.0 --code named HappyDog-- enhances user productivity > by exploiting today's evolving WWW standards. Emacspeak-16.0 > --code named CleverDog-- the follow-up to SmartDog-- continued > the tradition of working better, faster, smarter. Emacspeak-15.0 > --code named SmartDog--followed up on TopDog as the next in a > continuing a series of award-winning audio desktop releases from > Emacspeak Inc. Emacspeak-14.0 --code named TopDog--was the first > release of this millennium. Emacspeak-13.0 --codenamed > YellowLab-- was the closing release of the > 20th. century. Emacspeak-12.0 --code named GoldenDog-- 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 making Linux a zero-cost Internet > access solution for blind and visually impaired > users. 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. Emacspeak-9.0 --(AKA Emacspeak 99) code > named BlackLab-- continued to innovate in the areas of speech > interaction and interactive accessibility. Emacspeak-8.0 --(AKA > Emacspeak-98++) code named BlackDog-- was a major upgrade to the > speech output extension to 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. > > About Emacspeak: > ---------------- > > 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 > SourceForge --http://emacspeak.sf.net-- and 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. > > The Emacspeak mailing list is archived at Vassar --the home of the > Emacspeak mailing list-- thanks to Greg Priest-Dorman, and provides a > valuable knowledge base for new users. > > Press/Analyst Contact: Hubbell Labrador > > Going forward, BubbleDog acknowledges her exclusive monopoly on > setting the direction of the Emacspeak Audio Desktop, and > promises to exercise this freedom to innovate and her resulting > power responsibly (as before) in the interest of all dogs. > > About This Release: > ------------------ > > 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. > > CopyWrite )C( Aster and Hubbell Labrador. All Writes Reserved. > GoldenDog (DM), BlackDog (DM) etc., > are Registered Dogmarks of Aster and Hubbell Labrador. > All other dogs belong to their respective owners. > > -- > Best Regards, > --raman > > > Email: raman@xxxxxxxxxxxx > WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ > AIM: emacspeak GTalk: tv.raman.tv@xxxxxxxxx > PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc > Google: tv+raman > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list