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Emacspeak News --History Of User-Visible Changes

Author: T. V. Raman <tv.raman.tv@gmail.com>


* Emacspeak 54 --- Emacspeak 54 User Visible Changes

This version requires Emacs-27.1 or later.


** Capitalization And AllCaps

Emacspeak used to convey capitalization and all-caps via beeps when
options _dtk-capitalize_ and/or _dtk-allcaps_ were turned on. 
This
worked wlel with the Dectalk that could splice in tones, but doesn't
work well with other engines.  As of this version, Emacspeak replaces
thos beeps with short utterances --- _cap_ for an initial capital
letter, and _ac_ for a word in all-caps. 

Those options have been replaced with a single _dtk-caps_ option that
 is now on by default in all programming modes.

** Faster Startup

 Emacspeak startup has been speeded up by loading larger modules on a
 separate thread using ~make-thread~.

** MP3 Files In Dired

   Command ~emacspeak-dired-play-duration~ bound to _;_ in
   ~dired-mode~ speaks the play duration of MP3 files using ~soxi~.
   
** Gopher And Gemini

   Module ~emacspeak-elpher~ speech-enables package ~elpher~, a
   gopher/gemini client for accessing content on the Internet using
   Gopher and Gemini protocols.

** Emacs 28 (Development Version) And Native Compilation

   Tested under native compilation in emacs 28.

**  Updated Soundscapes

   The Nature and SurfWaves scapes have been updated.
