So I've been finding, in my dives into using Emacs and Emacspeak more, that Emacspeak actually uses some tools that are quite old and abandonned.
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So I've been finding, in my dives into using Emacs and Emacspeak more, that Emacspeak actually uses some tools that are quite old and abandonned. TCLX isn't shipped in Arch Linux anymore, and it looks like neither is IWGetID in Fedora. Not all tools age well without maintinence, sadly, especially digital ones. With Tclx, AI was able to work around it by polyfilling the needed functions into TCL scripts. That's the most important part, since the speech engines Emacspeak uses, like ESpeak and Outloud and DecTalk, all rely on TCLX.
#tcl #tclx #emacs #emacspeak #linux #foss #accessibility #blind
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So I've been finding, in my dives into using Emacs and Emacspeak more, that Emacspeak actually uses some tools that are quite old and abandonned. TCLX isn't shipped in Arch Linux anymore, and it looks like neither is IWGetID in Fedora. Not all tools age well without maintinence, sadly, especially digital ones. With Tclx, AI was able to work around it by polyfilling the needed functions into TCL scripts. That's the most important part, since the speech engines Emacspeak uses, like ESpeak and Outloud and DecTalk, all rely on TCLX.
#tcl #tclx #emacs #emacspeak #linux #foss #accessibility #blind
@pixelate Is #emacspeak something worth learning if I am a terminal user? I am worried that because this tool chain may not be maintained I might be too late the the party and if I start now the technology will be aging out.
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@pixelate Is #emacspeak something worth learning if I am a terminal user? I am worried that because this tool chain may not be maintained I might be too late the the party and if I start now the technology will be aging out.
@khronos I'd say you should try it.
