Thank you very much. Out of curiosity, do you know if cozy audio player works with ubundu mate? If so, do you know how to install it? I tried but got errors when I tried. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I was wondering for outside a epub reader I would like to find a audio book audio player which keeps the place where you stopped at Again, I sincerely thank you for your help. Sincerely, Michael maslo > On Dec 13, 2018, at 08:36, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list