retitle 636408 ITA: emacspeak -- speech output interface to Emacs owner 636408 debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org thanks
Hi all, On 28-03-13 14:25, Mario Lang wrote: > Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> writes: > >> I just saw that emacsspeak is up for adoption (already a long time), >> that upstream is active, that there is a much newer release than the one >> currently in Debian. I myself am no user of such software, but as I am >> contributor to debian-accessibility, I was wondering how much of you are >> using it and if we (d-a11y) should start to maintain the package. What >> are your experiences with the package? Are alternatives that are >> actively maintained better options and should we just request removal? > > While I can not really step up to maintain it, I can answer your last > question. Removal of Emacspeak is simply not acceptable. There is an > alternative impelementation, but I am not sure if it is actively > maintained by its upstream still. Emacspeak has its fanbase, and we > should provide (up-to-date) packages to satify them. I have seen your answers and so I believe it is good if this package is maintained by the Debian Accessibility Project. Therefore, when I have the time, I will try to update the packaging and make a new release. Be warned, off course this will not be part of the wheezy release. Paul
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