Once Emacspeak has been successfully installed, you should
become familiar with the Emacspeak commands and the
many applications you can run with Emacs. Although this HOWTO
does not cover this information, there are a number of excellent
tutorials that are available for new users of both Emacs
and Emacspeak. The following list provides a starting point:
"A gentle introduction to Emacspeak," by Gary
Lawrence Murphy, http://emacspeak-guide.sourceforge.net/tutorial.html/.
Gary provides a lighthearted but thorough introduction to
Emacs and Emacspeak, focusing on users who are
not familiar with either application. This
introduction is
recommend as a starting point, even before you
do the Emacs tutorial (see next item).
"The (Official) Emacs Tutorial," by the Free
Software Foundation. I call this the
"official" tutorial because it is included
with Emacs. To access this tutorial, start Emacspeak, then type C-h
t. This tutorial discusses the
basic Emacs commands, including navigation,
using Emacs as a text editor, and a bit about
how Emacs works "under the hood." For
new users this tutorial is strongly recommended, and
even those users who are familiar with Emacs might find
something new.
"Emacspeak Tutorial," by Nita Van Zandt,
available at http://www.mv.com/ipusers/vanzandt/emacspeak-tutorial-1.0.tar.gz.
This tutorial helps new Emacspeak users get up
and running and includes plenty of examples
and step-by-step instructions. Once you have a grasp of Emacs, this tutorial
is a must.
"The Emacs Beginner's HOWTO," by Jeremy
D. Zawodny. It is available at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Emacs-Beginner-HOWTO.html
and discusses many of the topics discussed in the Emacs
tutorial. However, it also includes overviews of some
of the more popular Emacs packages, including
VM, Gnus, BBDB, and AucTeX.
"Using Emacspeak HOWTO," by Jennifer Jobst,
available at http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net. This
HOWTO is a task-based guide on
getting the most out of Emacs and Emacspeak. From browsing
the Internet to coding to playing games, this
HOWTO tells you where to get the best Emacs
applications for each task and how to use them.