<![CDATA[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.]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/b68371b7-927d-4788-992e-29397a872d54/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.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 04:42:19 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 19:06:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:45:46 GMT]]>@khronos I'd say you should try it. 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/pixelate/statuses/116376466013487114https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tweesecake.social/users/pixelate/statuses/116376466013487114Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:45:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 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. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:44:49 GMT]]>@pixelate Is 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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/khronos/statuses/116376462263051062https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/khronos/statuses/116376462263051062Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:44:49 GMT