bug#72827: [PATCH] Adds NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription to Info.plist.in

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Cc: copyright-clerk@fsf.org, 72827@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:57:25 +0800
> From:  Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro@xenodium.com> writes:
> 
> > Here's a tiny patch to add NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription to
> > Info.plist.in.
> >
> > Without NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription, we cannot launch
> > processes that use macOS's speech recognition APIs (including built-in
> > shells).
> >
> > Here's an eshell example:
> >
> > $ macosrec --speech-to-text --input /tmp/audio.mp3
> >  abort trap: 6
> >
> > With NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription in place, macOS displays a
> > dialog asking users to grant permission and allows the speech APIs to
> > be used from the process.
> >
> > Added change to Emacs 31 NEWS. If there's any chance the permission
> > can make it to 30, I'd be happy to rework the patch as needed.
> >
> > Cheers,
> 
> What speech recognition services exist on Free (GNU/Linux) systems, and
> do they require like intervention on our part to function in Emacs?

Can you explain why this question is relevant to the patch?

AFAIU, the patch does not invoke any services nor adds any features to
Emacs, it just avoids interfering with existing system features.  IOW,
it makes Emacs behave according to the platform requirements and
conventions.