re: Emacspeak 36.0 (EPubDog) Unleashed!

	Looking forward to trying it out!

Alex M


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Subject: Emacspeak 36.0 (EPubDog) Unleashed!

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*               Emacspeak-35.0 (EPubDog) Unleashed!
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**  For Immediate Release:

San Jose, Calif., (May 4, 2011)
    Emacspeak:  Redefining Accessibility In The Era Of Cloud Computing
    --Zero cost of upgrades/downgrades makes priceless software =
affordable!

Emacspeak Inc (NASDOG: ESPK) --http://emacspeak.sf.net-- announces the =
immediate world-wide availability of Emacspeak
36.0 (EPubDog) --a powerful audio desktop for leveraging today's =
evolving data, social and service-oriented  Web cloud.

** Investors Note:


With several prominent tweeters expanding coverage of _emacspeak_, =
NASDOG: ESPK has now been consistently trading over the net at levels =
close to that once attained by DogCom high-fliers=E2=80=94and as of =
October 2009 is trading at levels close to that achieved by once better =
known stocks in the tech sector.

** What Is It?


Emacspeak is a fully functional audio desktop that provides complete =
eyes-free access to all major 32 and 64 bit operating environments. By =
seamlessly blending live access to all aspects of the Internet such as =
Web-surfing, blogging, social computing and electronic messaging into =
the audio desktop, Emacspeak enables speech access to local and remote =
information with a consistent and well-integrated user interface. A rich =
suite of task-oriented tools provides efficient speech-enabled access to =
the evolving service-oriented social Web cloud.

** Major Enhancements:
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  - Full EPub support: =F0=9F=93=91
  - Websearch enhancements and wizards: =F0=9F=90=9A
  - Speech-enables git interaction via magit: =E2=84=A3
  - Speech-enabled support for finding things fast: =F0=9F=9A=A4
  - TTS  enhancements: =F0=9F=99=8A
  - Updated url templates for task-oriented web actions: =E2=99=85
  - SSH port forwarding support for TTS servers=F0=9F=94=89
  - Emacs 24 Support :: Updated support for the forthcoming Emacs
       24 release.

Plus many more changes too numerous to fit in this margin ... =E2=88=9E

** Establishing Liberty, Equality And Freedom:


  Never a toy system, Emacspeak is voluntarily bundled with all major =
Linux distributions. Though designed to be modular, distributors have =
freely chosen to bundle the fully integrated system without any undue =
pressure=E2=80=94a documented success for the integrated innovation =
embodied by Emacspeak. As the system evolves, both upgrades and =
downgrades continue to be available at the same zero-cost to all users. =
The integrity of the Emacspeak codebase is ensured by the reliable and =
secure Linux platform used to develop and distribute the software.

Extensive studies have shown that thanks to these features, users =
consider Emacspeak to be absolutely priceless. Thanks to this
wide-spread user demand, the present version remains   priceless
as ever=E2=80=94it is being made available at the same zero-cost as =
previous releases.

At the same time, Emacspeak continues to innovate in the area of =
eyes-free social interaction and carries forward the well-established =
Open Source tradition of introducing user interface features that =
eventually show up in luser environments.

On this theme, when once challenged by a proponent of a crash-prone but =
well-marketed mousetrap with the assertion "Emacs is a system from the =
70's", the creator of Emacspeak evinced surprise at the unusual candor =
manifest in the assertion that it would take popular idiot-proven =
interfaces until the year
2070 to catch up to where the Emacspeak audio desktop is today. Industry =
experts welcomed this refreshing breath of Courage Certainty and Clarity =
(CCC) at a time when users are reeling from the Fear Uncertainty and =
Doubt (FUD) unleashed by complex software systems backed by even more =
convoluted press releases.

** Independent Test Results:


Independent test results have proven that unlike some modern (and not so =
modern) software, Emacspeak can be safely uninstalled without adversely =
affecting the continued performance of the computer. These same tests =
also revealed that once uninstalled, the user stopped functioning =
altogether. Speaking with Aster Labrador, the creator of Emacspeak once =
pointed out that these results re-emphasize the user-centric design of =
Emacspeak; "It is the user --and not the
computer-- that stops functioning when Emacspeak is uninstalled!".

*** Note from Aster,Bubbles and Tilden:


UnDoctored Videos Inc. is looking for volunteers to star in a video =
demonstrating such complete user failure.

** Obtaining Emacspeak:


Emacspeak can be downloaded from Google Code Hosting --see =
http://code.google.com/p/emacspeak/ You can visit Emacspeak on the WWW =
at http://emacspeak.sf.net.  You can subscribe to the emacspeak mailing =
list [email protected] by sending mail to the list request address =
[email protected].
The HeadDog release is at
[[http://emacspeak.googlecode.com/files/emacspeak-35.0.tar.bz2]].
The latest development snapshot of Emacspeak is available via Subversion =
from Google Code Hosting at http://emacspeak.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

** History:

Emacspeak 36.0 enhances the audio desktop with many new tools including =
full EPub support --- hence the name EPubDog. Emacspeak
35.0 is all about teaching a new dog old tricks --- and is aptly =
code-named HeadDog in honor of our new Press/Analyst contact. =
emacspeak-34.0 (AKA Bubbles) established a new beach-head with respect =
to rapid task completion in an eyes-free environment. Emacspeak-33.0 AKA =
StarDog brings unparalleled cloud access to the audio desktop. Emacspeak =
32.0 AKA LuckyDog continues to innovate via open technologies for better =
access. Emacspeak 31.0 AKA TweetDog --- adds tweeting to the Emacspeak =
desktop. Emacspeak 30.0 AKA SocialDog brings the Social Web to the audio =
desktop=E2=80=94you cant but be social if you speak!
Emacspeak 29.0=E2=80=94AKAAbleDog=E2=80=94is a testament to the =
resilliance and innovation embodied by Open Source software=E2=80=94it =
would not exist without the thriving Emacs community that continues to =
ensure that Emacs remains one of the premier user environments despite =
perhaps also being one of the oldest. Emacspeak 28.0=E2=80=94AKA =
PuppyDog=E2=80=94exemplifies the rapid pace of development evinced by =
Open Source software. Emacspeak 27.0=E2=80=94AKA FastDog=E2=80=94is the =
latest in a sequence of upgrades that make previous releases obsolete =
and downgrades unnecessary. Emacspeak 26=E2=80=94AKA =
LeadDog=E2=80=94continues the tradition of introducing innovative access =
solutions that are unfettered by the constraints inherent in traditional =
adaptive technologies. Emacspeak 25 =E2=80=94AKA ActiveDog =
=E2=80=94re-activates open, unfettered access to online information. =
Emacspeak-Alive =E2=80=94AKA LiveDog =E2=80=94enlivens open, unfettered =
information access with a series of live updates that once again =
demonstrate the power and agility of open source software development. =
Emacspeak 23.0 -- AKA Retriever=E2=80=94went the extra mile in fetching =
full access. Emacspeak 22.0 =E2=80=94AKA GuideDog =E2=80=94helps users =
navigate the Web more effectively than ever before. Emacspeak 21.0 =
=E2=80=94AKA PlayDog =E2=80=94continued the Emacspeak tradition of =
relying on enhanced productivity to liberate users. Emacspeak-20.0 =
=E2=80=94AKA LeapDog =E2=80=94continues the long established GNU/Emacs =
tradition of integrated innovation to create a pleasurable computing =
environment for eyes-free interaction. emacspeak-19.0 --AKA WorkDog-- is =
designed to enhance user productivity at work and leisure. =
Emacspeak-18.0 --code named GoodDog-- continued the Emacspeak tradition =
of enhancing user productivity and thereby reducing total cost of =
ownership. Emacspeak-17.0 --code named HappyDog-- enhances user =
productivity by exploiting today's evolving WWW standards. =
Emacspeak-16.0 --code named CleverDog-- the follow-up to SmartDog-- =
continued the tradition of working better, faster, smarter. =
Emacspeak-15.0 --code named SmartDog--followed up on TopDog as the next =
in a continuing a series of award-winning audio desktop releases from =
Emacspeak Inc. Emacspeak-14.0 --code named TopDog--was the first release =
of this millennium. Emacspeak-13.0 --codenamed YellowLab-- was the =
closing release of the 20th. century. Emacspeak-12.0 --code named
GoldenDog-- began leveraging the evolving semantic WWW to provide =
task-oriented speech access to Webformation. Emacspeak-11.0 --code named =
Aster-- went the final step in making Linux a zero-cost Internet access =
solution for blind and visually impaired users. Emacspeak-10.0 --(AKA =
Emacspeak-2000) code named
WonderDog-- continued the tradition of award-winning software releases =
designed to make eyes-free computing a productive and pleasurable =
experience. Emacspeak-9.0 --(AKA Emacspeak 99) code named BlackLab-- =
continued to innovate in the areas of speech interaction and interactive =
accessibility. Emacspeak-8.0 --(AKA
Emacspeak-98++) code named BlackDog-- was a major upgrade to the
speech output extension to Emacs.

Emacspeak-95 (code named Illinois) was released as OpenSource on the =
Internet in May 1995 as the first complete speech interface to UNIX =
workstations. The subsequent release, Emacspeak-96 (code named Egypt) =
made available in May 1996 provided significant enhancements to the =
interface. Emacspeak-97 (Tennessee) went further in providing a true =
audio desktop. Emacspeak-98 integrated Internetworking into all aspects =
of the audio desktop to provide the first fully interactive =
speech-enabled WebTop.

About Emacspeak:
----------------

Originally based at Cornell (NY)
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/raman --home to Auditory User Interfaces =
(AUI) on the WWW-- Emacspeak is now maintained on GoogleCode =
--http://code.google.com/p/emacspeak =E2=80=94and Sourceforge =
=E2=80=94http://emacspeak.sf.net. The system is mirrored world-wide by =
an international network of software archives and bundled voluntarily =
with all major Linux distributions. On Monday, April 12, 1999, Emacspeak =
became part of the Smithsonian's Permanent Research Collection on =
Information Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American =
History.

The Emacspeak mailing list is archived at Vassar --the home of the =
Emacspeak mailing list-- thanks to Greg Priest-Dorman, and provides a =
valuable knowledge base for new users.

* Press/Analyst Contact: Tilden Labrador

Going forward, Tilden acknowledges his exclusive monopoly on setting the =
direction of the Emacspeak Audio Desktop, and promises to exercise this =
freedom to innovate and her resulting power responsibly (as before) in =
the interest of all dogs.

**About This Release:
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Windows-Free (WF) is a favorite battle-cry of The League Against Forced =
Fenestration (LAFF).  --see =
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm for details on the =
ill-effects of Forced Fenestration.

CopyWrite )C( Aster and Hubbell Labrador. All Writes Reserved.
HeadDog (DM), LiveDog (DM), GoldenDog (DM), BlackDog (DM) etc., are =
Registered Dogmarks of Aster,  Hubbell  and Tilden Labrador.  All other =
dogs belong to their respective owners.

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