Emacspeak User's Guide

Jennifer Jobst

Revision History
Revision 1.3July 24,2002SDS
Updated the maintainer of this document to Sharon Snider, corrected links, and converted to HTML
Revision 1.2December 3, 2001JEJ
Changed license to GFDL
Revision 1.1November 12, 2001JEJ
Revision 1.0 DRAFTOctober 19, 2001JEJ

Abstract

This document helps Emacspeak users become familiar with Emacs as an audio desktop and provides tutorials on many common tasks and the Emacs applications available to perform those tasks.


Table of Contents

1. Legal Notice
2. Introduction
2.1. What is Emacspeak?
2.2. About this tutorial
3. Before you begin
3.1. Getting started with Emacs and Emacspeak
3.2. Emacs Command Conventions
3.3. Getting Help
4. System Administration
4.1. Changing your password
4.2. Installing applications
5. Working with files
5.1. Downloading files
5.2. Finding a file
5.3. FTPing a file
5.4. Manipulating files
6. Working online
6.1. Browsing the Internet
6.2. Chatting online
6.3. Using e-mail
7. Productivity
7.1. Coding in Emacs
7.2. Customizing Emacspeak
7.3. Reading Adobe Acrobat files
7.4. Scheduling appointments and calendar events
7.5. Writing text in Emacs
8. Entertainment
8.1. Burning a CD
8.2. Playing CDs
8.3. Playing mp3s
8.4. Playing games
9. Acknowledgments
10. Wish list for version 2.0