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3.4 Using Emacs Buffers ¶

As you type, character echo can speak individual characters and word echo can speak a word when you finish it. Completion interfaces announce candidates, the inserted completion, and the item currently selected. Prompts and error messages are spoken through the same Emacs feedback that appears on screen.

Most everyday feedback happens automatically. Emacsvox also provides three useful groups of explicit commands:

• Reading commands speak a character, word, line, region, or larger portion of a buffer without requiring you to move first. Their names usually begin with emacsvox-speak-, and their default keys use the main C-e prefix.¹
• Speech-system commands change settings such as rate, punctuation, and echo. Their names usually begin with tts-, and many are grouped under C-e d.²
• Help commands describe the active modes, available keys, and Emacsvox integrations in the buffer where you are working.

The following sections introduce a practical starter set. Use live Help or the generated reference when you need the complete commands for a particular application.