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diff --git a/2025/captions/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.vtt b/2025/captions/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.vtt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..780ff013 --- /dev/null +++ b/2025/captions/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.vtt @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@ +WEBVTT captioned by sachac + +NOTE Introduction + +00:00:01.460 --> 00:00:03.785 +Hi, I'm Yuval Langer. + +00:00:03.786 --> 00:00:09.479 +Some may know me as cow_2001 on IRC. + +00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:12.119 +I'd like to tell you about greader mode, + +00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:14.519 +a versatile text-to-speech package + +00:00:14.520 --> 00:00:18.399 +written by Michelangelo Rodriguez. + +00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:20.399 +Sometimes you want to read a bunch + +00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:23.039 +and cannot be bothered, right? + +00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:25.079 +You'd rather plop on your chair + +00:00:25.080 --> 00:00:27.519 +and let the words come to you. + +00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:31.157 +You can do it using greader Mode. + +NOTE What is greader mode? + +00:00:31.158 --> 00:00:33.119 +What is greader mode? + +00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:36.319 +Greader mode is a text-to-speech minor mode + +00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.399 +with which you can read any buffer using the point. + +00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:41.602 +You move your point + +00:00:41.603 --> 00:00:43.559 +right before the text you want to read + +00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:47.639 +and run greader-read command. + +00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:50.839 +You can then use the left and right arrow keys + +00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:56.599 +to jump to the previous sentence or the next sentence. + +NOTE Installing Greader + +00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.143 +Installing GReader: + +00:00:59.144 --> 00:01:05.439 +Greader is available on the GNU Emacs app store + +00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:07.285 +and its copyright assigned to + +00:01:07.286 --> 00:01:10.959 +the Free Software Foundation. + +00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:12.857 +To install Greader, + +00:01:12.858 --> 00:01:19.279 +you can run M-x list-packages RET. + +00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.099 +look it up with C-s greader, + +00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:26.679 +press i to mark it for installation, + +00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:31.759 +and then press x to execute the installation. + +NOTE Basic usage + +00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:33.211 +Basic usage: + +00:01:33.212 --> 00:01:37.559 +We can now open a text file and start reading. + +00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.599 +Let's open The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. + +00:01:42.600 --> 00:01:44.479 +I've never read the story, + +00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:48.279 +but HP Lovecraft said it was the best horror story + +00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.959 +he had ever read, so it is in my reading list. + +00:01:52.960 --> 00:02:01.519 +Now load greader using M-x greader-mode. + +00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:08.139 +To start reading, press C-r SPC. + +00:02:08.140 --> 00:02:10.559 +The Project Gutenberg ebook of The willows. + +00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:14.079 +This will run the greader-read command. + +00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.799 +To stop, press the SPC key. + +00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:20.819 +This will run the greader-stop command. + +NOTE Navigation + +00:02:20.820 --> 00:02:22.359 +Navigation: + +00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.679 +You can navigate like you normally do, + +00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.559 +but using the left or right arrow keys + +00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.199 +will move the point between sentences + +00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:33.087 +instead of characters. + +00:02:33.088 --> 00:02:36.639 +So... This ebook is... + +00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:38.095 +You may copy it, give it away, + +00:02:38.096 --> 00:02:41.479 +or reuse it if you are not. + +00:02:41.480 --> 00:02:43.580 +Let's move to the start of the story. + +00:02:57.040 --> 00:02:58.088 +"After leaving Vienna, + +00:02:58.089 --> 00:02:59.839 +and long before you come to Budapest, + +00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:00.919 +the Danube enters a region + +00:03:00.920 --> 00:03:02.919 +of singular loneliness and desolation, + +00:03:02.920 --> 00:03:04.879 +where its waters spread away on all sides, + +00:03:04.880 --> 00:03:06.199 +regardless of a main channel, + +00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:08.799 +and the country becomes a swamp for miles upon miles, + +00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.759 +covered by a vast sea of low willow bushes." + +NOTE Reading rate + +00:03:12.380 --> 00:03:15.839 +Reading rate: this reading rate is rather slow. + +00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.519 +Let's pick up the pace using the plus key. + +00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.519 +This will run the greader-inc-rate command. + +00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:26.780 +You must do that while greader is reading. + +00:03:37.885 --> 00:03:39.779 +Now it is too fast. + +00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:44.679 +We can slow down using the - key. + +00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:52.485 +This will run the greader-dec-rate command. + +00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:59.384 +"In high flood this great acreage + +00:03:59.385 --> 00:04:01.239 +of sand, shingle-beds, and willow-grown islands + +00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:02.439 +is almost topped by the water, + +00:04:02.440 --> 00:04:03.609 +but in normal seasons the bushes + +00:04:03.610 --> 00:04:04.919 +bend and rustle in the free winds, + +00:04:04.920 --> 00:04:06.399 +showing their silver leaves to the sunshine + +00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.320 +in an ever-moving plain of bewildering beauty." diff --git a/2025/info/greader-after.md b/2025/info/greader-after.md index 9156645a..ae172158 100644 --- a/2025/info/greader-after.md +++ b/2025/info/greader-after.md @@ -1,6 +1,89 @@ <!-- Automatically generated by emacsconf-publish-after-page --> +<div class="transcript transcript-mainVideo"><a name="greader-mainVideo-transcript"></a><h1>Transcript</h1> + + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:01.460" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Hi, I'm Yuval Langer.""" start="00:00:01.460" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Some may know me as cow_2001 on IRC.""" start="00:00:03.786" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I'd like to tell you about greader mode,""" start="00:00:09.480" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""a versatile text-to-speech package""" start="00:00:12.120" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""written by Michelangelo Rodriguez.""" start="00:00:14.520" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Sometimes you want to read a bunch""" start="00:00:18.400" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and cannot be bothered, right?""" start="00:00:20.400" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You'd rather plop on your chair""" start="00:00:23.040" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and let the words come to you.""" start="00:00:25.080" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You can do it using greader Mode.""" start="00:00:27.520" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""What is greader mode?""" start="00:00:31.158" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""What is greader mode?""" start="00:00:31.158" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Greader mode is a text-to-speech minor mode""" start="00:00:33.120" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""with which you can read any buffer using the point.""" start="00:00:36.320" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You move your point""" start="00:00:40.400" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""right before the text you want to read""" start="00:00:41.603" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and run greader-read command.""" start="00:00:43.560" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You can then use the left and right arrow keys""" start="00:00:47.640" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to jump to the previous sentence or the next sentence.""" start="00:00:50.840" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Installing Greader""" start="00:00:56.600" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Installing GReader:""" start="00:00:56.600" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Greader is available on the GNU Emacs app store""" start="00:00:59.144" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and its copyright assigned to""" start="00:01:05.440" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the Free Software Foundation.""" start="00:01:07.286" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""To install Greader,""" start="00:01:10.960" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""you can run M-x list-packages RET.""" start="00:01:12.858" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""look it up with C-s greader,""" start="00:01:19.280" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""press i to mark it for installation,""" start="00:01:23.100" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and then press x to execute the installation.""" start="00:01:26.680" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Basic usage""" start="00:01:31.760" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Basic usage:""" start="00:01:31.760" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""We can now open a text file and start reading.""" start="00:01:33.212" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Let's open The Willows by Algernon Blackwood.""" start="00:01:37.560" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I've never read the story,""" start="00:01:42.600" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but HP Lovecraft said it was the best horror story""" start="00:01:44.480" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""he had ever read, so it is in my reading list.""" start="00:01:48.280" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Now load greader using M-x greader-mode.""" start="00:01:52.960" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""To start reading, press C-r SPC.""" start="00:02:01.520" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""The Project Gutenberg ebook of The willows.""" start="00:02:08.140" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This will run the greader-read command.""" start="00:02:10.560" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""To stop, press the SPC key.""" start="00:02:14.080" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This will run the greader-stop command.""" start="00:02:16.800" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Navigation""" start="00:02:20.820" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Navigation:""" start="00:02:20.820" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You can navigate like you normally do,""" start="00:02:22.360" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but using the left or right arrow keys""" start="00:02:24.680" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""will move the point between sentences""" start="00:02:27.560" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""instead of characters.""" start="00:02:30.200" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""So... This ebook is...""" start="00:02:33.088" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You may copy it, give it away,""" start="00:02:36.640" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""or reuse it if you are not.""" start="00:02:38.096" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Let's move to the start of the story.""" start="00:02:41.480" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text=""""After leaving Vienna,""" start="00:02:57.040" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and long before you come to Budapest,""" start="00:02:58.089" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""the Danube enters a region""" start="00:02:59.840" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""of singular loneliness and desolation,""" start="00:03:00.920" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""where its waters spread away on all sides,""" start="00:03:02.920" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""regardless of a main channel,""" start="00:03:04.880" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and the country becomes a swamp for miles upon miles,""" start="00:03:06.200" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""covered by a vast sea of low willow bushes."""" start="00:03:08.800" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] + +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Reading rate""" start="00:03:12.380" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Reading rate: this reading rate is rather slow.""" start="00:03:12.380" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Let's pick up the pace using the plus key.""" start="00:03:15.840" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This will run the greader-inc-rate command.""" start="00:03:19.520" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""You must do that while greader is reading.""" start="00:03:23.520" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Now it is too fast.""" start="00:03:37.885" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""We can slow down using the - key.""" start="00:03:39.780" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""This will run the greader-dec-rate command.""" start="00:03:44.680" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text=""""In high flood this great acreage""" start="00:03:54.560" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""of sand, shingle-beds, and willow-grown islands""" start="00:03:59.385" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""is almost topped by the water,""" start="00:04:01.240" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""but in normal seasons the bushes""" start="00:04:02.440" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""bend and rustle in the free winds,""" start="00:04:03.610" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""showing their silver leaves to the sunshine""" start="00:04:04.920" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""in an ever-moving plain of bewildering beauty."""" start="00:04:06.400" video="mainVideo-greader" id="subtitle"]] + +</div> + +Captioner: sachac + Questions or comments? Please e-mail [yuval.langer@gmail.com](mailto:yuval.langer@gmail.com?subject=Comment%20for%20EmacsConf%202023%20greader%3A%20GNU%20Emacs%20Greader%20%28Gnam%C3%B9%20Reader%29%20mode%20is%20the%20best%20Emacs%20mode%20in%20existence) diff --git a/2025/info/greader-before.md b/2025/info/greader-before.md index edf36aea..632d9c4e 100644 --- a/2025/info/greader-before.md +++ b/2025/info/greader-before.md @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ The following image shows where the talk is in the schedule for Sat 2025-12-06. Format: 5-min talk ; Q&A: IRC <https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf,emacsconf-gen> Etherpad: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2025-greader> Etherpad: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2025-greader> Discuss on IRC: [#emacsconf-gen](https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf,emacsconf-gen) -Status: Ready to stream +Status: Now playing on the conference livestream <div>Times in different time zones:</div><div class="times" start="2025-12-06T19:35:00Z" end="2025-12-06T19:40:00Z"><div class="conf-time">Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~2:35 PM - 2:40 PM EST (US/Eastern)</div><div class="others"><div>which is the same as:</div>Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~1:35 PM - 1:40 PM CST (US/Central)<br />Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~12:35 PM - 12:40 PM MST (US/Mountain)<br />Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~11:35 AM - 11:40 AM PST (US/Pacific)<br />Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~7:35 PM - 7:40 PM UTC <br />Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~8:35 PM - 8:40 PM CET (Europe/Paris)<br />Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~9:35 PM - 9:40 PM EET (Europe/Athens)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~1:05 AM - 1:10 AM IST (Asia/Kolkata)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~3:35 AM - 3:40 AM +08 (Asia/Singapore)<br />Sunday, Dec 7 2025, ~4:35 AM - 4:40 AM JST (Asia/Tokyo)</div></div><div><strong><a href="/2025/watch/gen/">Find out how to watch and participate</a></strong></div> - +<div class="vid mainVideo"><video controls preload="none" id="mainVideo-greader"><source src="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.webm" />captions="""<track label="English" kind="captions" srclang="en" src="/2025/captions/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.vtt" default />"""<p><em>Your browser does not support the video tag. Please download the video instead.</em></p></video><div></div>Duration: 04:08 minutes<div class="files resources"><ul><li><a href="https://pad.emacsconf.org/2025-greader">Open Etherpad</a></li><li><a href="https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf,emacsconf-gen">Open public Q&A</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--intro.vtt">Download --intro.vtt</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--intro.webm">Download --intro.webm</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.opus">Download --main.opus (3.5MB)</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.png">Download --main.png</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.vtt">Download --main.vtt</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--main.webm">Download --main.webm (10MB)</a></li><li><a href="https://media.emacsconf.org/2025/emacsconf-2025-greader--gnu-emacs-greader-gnam-reader-mode-is-the-best-emacs-mode-in-existence--yuval-langer--split.txt">Download --split.txt</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/q1gmFAKYWBk">View on Youtube</a></li></ul></div></div> # Description <!-- End of emacsconf-publish-before-page -->
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