Hello Mike, if what you want is listen to the ebook, just get the application ebook-speaker. Its usage is very simple, just type in mate-terminal: ebook-speaker <bookname>.epub Maybe in Ubuntu the command has a capital B like this: eBook-speaker <bookname>.epub Caveat: the applications (re)write at each start the file ~/.eBook-speaker.xml with your TTS settings, including a "fallback" command using espeak, that is supposed to include your current language as a two letters code like en or fr. But currently only the LC_ALL environment variable is looked at. So to actually hear the book you should set LC_ALL in the command. for instance type: LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 ebook-speaker <bookname>.epub or if the command name includes a capital B: LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 eBook-speaker <bookname>.epub Didier -- Didier Spaier Slint distribution: http://slint.fr On 13/12/2018 06:42, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hello List: > > I am a brand new user of linux. I read over the rules and see that we are to read through the archaives. > > My question is how current is the information on those archaives? > > I am running Ubuntu Mate. My questions are simple for now at least. > > I was wondering if there was a epub book reader and what tyupe of applications most people on the list use. > > Also if there is anywhere I could read to learn and see what applications are accessible with Orca. > > Any help or comments would be sincerely appreciated. > > it is frustrating as a new user and not knowing where to turn for assistance. > > Sincerely, > > Mike Maslo > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list