NAME¶
eBook-speaker - read aloud eBooks using a software speech-synthesizer
SYNOPSIS¶
eBook-speaker eBook_file [-l language]
DESCRIPTION¶
eBook-speaker reads the specified
eBook_file and uses espeak for
output.
A list of items on the eBook will appear. Press <ENTER> to start playing.
When reading of an item has finished,
eBook-speaker will play the next
item and the cursor will automatically skip to that item, so that an attached
braille-terminal will display the name of that item.
OPTIONS¶
- eBook_file
- Give an eBook_file as argument to
eBook-speaker. Currently the EPUB format and the Microsoft Reader
eBook format (lit) are supported.
- -l language
- eBook-speaker tries to detect the language of
the specified eBook. With this option the detected language can be
overridden. By some eBooks this option is mandatory.
SCREEN¶
The name and version of this program and the name of the author will be
displayed left aligned at the top of the screen. The name of the current
loaded book will be displayed right aligned.
The second row of the screen will display the number of pages of the current
loaded book (if any), the current selected level and the total number of
levels, the current displayed screen and the total number of screens.
The next rows will display the title of the item, the first page of the item
within brackets (if there are pages) and the total number of phrases in this
item. Items in higher levels will be indented. (Three spaces each level.) When
"just playing this item" is active, a "J" will be viewed
at the first column of that item.
CONTROL KEYS¶
eBook-speaker recognizes the following keyboard-commands:
- cursor down
- move cursor to the next item
- cursor up
- move cursor to the previous item
- cursor right
- skip to next phrase
- cursor left
- skip to previous phrase
- page-down
- view next screen
- page-up
- view previous screen
- enter
- Start playing
- space
- pause/resume playing
- home
- play on normal speed
- /
- search for a label
- D
- decrease playing speed
- f
- find the currently playing item and place the cursor
there
- g
- go to page number (if any)
- h or ?
- give this help
- j
- just play current item and place a "J" at the
first column.
- l
- switch to next level
- L
- switch to previous level
- n
- search forewards
- N
- search backwards
- o
- select next output sound device
- p
- place a bookmark
- q
- quit eBook-speaker. The playing-point will be saved
as bookmark.
- s
- stop playing
- U
- increase playing speed
FILES¶
- ~/.eBook-speaker/
- This directory contains the bookmarks. Each file has the
name of the book and contains the name of the current item, the
start-phrase of that item and the current level, each on a own line.
- ~/.eBook-speaker.rc
- This file contains the name of the desired audio device,
the desired playing speed and the desired language.
AUTHOR¶
Jos Lemmens <jos@jlemmens.nl>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C)2011 Jos Lemmens <jos@jlemmens.nl>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This
program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You
should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this
program (see the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA