From 3aecd3f564a09657f01bdf18257db1ad9bc3021c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:07:14 -0400 Subject: add listen --- 2026/info/emacspeak-nav.md | 2 +- 2026/info/listen-after.md | 10 ++++++++++ 2026/info/listen-before.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 2026/info/listen-nav.md | 7 +++++++ 2026/info/planning-nav.md | 2 +- 2026/schedule-details.md | 3 ++- 2026/talks/listen.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 2026/info/listen-after.md create mode 100644 2026/info/listen-before.md create mode 100644 2026/info/listen-nav.md create mode 100644 2026/talks/listen.md (limited to '2026') diff --git a/2026/info/emacspeak-nav.md b/2026/info/emacspeak-nav.md index 9a4915d5..b35c3275 100644 --- a/2026/info/emacspeak-nav.md +++ b/2026/info/emacspeak-nav.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Back to the [[talks]] -Previous by track: The Emacs Planning Habits of a Questionably Effective Person: My 40-year journey of planning with Emacs, Org Mode, paper journals, etc. +Previous by track: Controlling Emacs by voice using Emacslisten Next by track: Plain text presentations in GNU Emacs with ffs Track: General
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+Back to the [[talks]] +Previous by track: The Emacs Planning Habits of a Questionably Effective Person: My 40-year journey of planning with Emacs, Org Mode, paper journals, etc. +Next by track: Multi-dimensional information processing with Emacs and Emacspeak: a blind man's perspective +Track: General +
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Back to the [[talks]] Previous by track: Saturday opening remarks -Next by track: Multi-dimensional information processing with Emacs and Emacspeak: a blind man's perspective +Next by track: Controlling Emacs by voice using Emacslisten Track: General
diff --git a/2026/schedule-details.md b/2026/schedule-details.md index 1cabac37..fc8db422 100644 --- a/2026/schedule-details.md +++ b/2026/schedule-details.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ Jump to: B -

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General (18 talks)

[[!template id=sched title="""Saturday opening remarks""" url="""/2026/talks/sat-open""" speakers="""Sacha Chua""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""sat-open""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""The Emacs Planning Habits of a Questionably Effective Person: My 40-year journey of planning with Emacs, Org Mode, paper journals, etc.""" url="""/2026/talks/planning""" speakers="""George Jones""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""planning""" note=""""""]] +[[!template id=sched title="""Controlling Emacs by voice using Emacslisten""" url="""/2026/talks/listen""" speakers="""Erik Präntare""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""listen""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Multi-dimensional information processing with Emacs and Emacspeak: a blind man's perspective""" url="""/2026/talks/emacspeak""" speakers="""Arkadiusz""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""emacspeak""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Plain text presentations in GNU Emacs with ffs""" url="""/2026/talks/ffs""" speakers="""Amin Bandali""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""ffs""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Close the writing accountability gap with Emacs""" url="""/2026/talks/writing""" speakers="""Blaine Mooers""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""writing""" note=""""""]] diff --git a/2026/talks/listen.md b/2026/talks/listen.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..32e95936 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/talks/listen.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +[[!meta title="Controlling Emacs by voice using Emacslisten"]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2026 Erik Präntare"]] +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/listen-nav)" raw="yes"]] + + + + + +# Controlling Emacs by voice using Emacslisten +Erik Präntare - Pronunciation: Erik Prenn-tah-reh, and , + +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/listen-before)" raw="yes"]] + +After suffering from repetitive strain injury, I started using speech +recognition software to do my computing. To give me an environment I +could mold to my needs, I also started using Emacs. + +The software integration for voice recognition in Emacs was clunky to +use, so I started developing packages to improve this. This has +culminated in Emacslisten, an environment for driving Emacs by voice. +Emacslisten includes macros for defining spoken command grammars in +Elisp, along with a predefined command grammar for navigating Emacs +and editing text. Emacslisten also provides a graphical overlay for +referring to different parts of the buffer. + +About the speaker: + +My name is Erik Präntare. I am currently pursuing a PhD in static +program analysis. Emacs is what has allowed me to keep working with +computers even after my injury. + + + +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/listen-after)" raw="yes"]] + +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/listen-nav)" raw="yes"]] + + -- cgit v1.2.3