NAME

       emacspeak - speech output interface to Emacs

SYNOPSIS

       emacspeak [ options ] [ file... ]

DESCRIPTION

       This script starts emacs(1) with speech extensions.  emacspeak comes with support for the following
       speech synthesizers: DECtalk Express, DECtalk MultiVoice, software DECtalk on the DEC Alpha, and the
       software synthesizers eflite and espeakf.  Separate speech servers are available to support other
       hardware and software synthesizers.

       emacspeak reads the type of text to speech device and the port where it is connected from
       /etc/emacspeak.conf.

       For runtime commands supplied by emacspeak, see the Emacspeak-HOWTO, or consult the .info file:
           info emacspeak

OPTIONS

       -o     Use IBM ViaVoice Outloud speech server.

       -m     Use multispeech(1) for speech output.

       -e     Use espeak(1) for speech output.

       -d     Use Software Dectalk(1) for speech output.

       -q     Do not process the startup file ~/.emacs.

AUTHOR

       T. V. Raman, Google Incorporated  <raman@users.sf.net>

FILES

       /etc/emacspeak.conf

SEE ALSO

       emacspeakconfig(8),
       emacspeak.info,
       ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/blinux.

                                                  July 17, 2008                                     EMACSPEAK(1)