What sort of error. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:19:50 +0100 Subject: Re: ebook-speaker/UTF-8 long files > That just give me an error on input/output files however though > > On 20/09/2020 14:32, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Try this > > ebook-convert file.mobi file.txt --linearize-tables --asciize > > See if that fixes your problem. > > Rob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 14:07:24 +0100 > > Subject: Re: ebook-speaker/UTF-8 long files > > > >> Tim, it's ebook-convert from the Calibre package, and yes they are .mobi > >> format originally, and given I've not found a way to natively read them > >> on Linux with Orca, I figured okay, I'll convert them. They do display > >> fine in Pluma however and I can read them that way, but I'd like the > >> convenience of ebook-speaker really. > >> > >> On 20/09/2020 13:30, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>> Tim here. You say "It tells me to wait", but it's hard to tell > >>> whether it's "ebook-converr" or "ebook-speaker" that's giving the > >>> error. So it's hard to tell whether it's source lines in the > >>> original ebook that are giving trouble (in which case it would help > >>> to know which type of ebook: EPUB, Mobi, etc), or the .txt output. > >>> If it's the former, it sounds like an issue with "ebook-converr" > >>> which I'm not sure I know how to deal with other than to try a > >>> different program. If it's successfully producing .txt files but > >>> they have long lines that choke "ebook-speaker", you might be able to > >>> use `fmt` or `fold` to re-wrap the lines in the .txt so that they're > >>> shorter and hopefully don't choke "ebook-speaker". > >>> > >>> -tim > >>> > >>> On September 20, 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>>> So I just ran into this and was wondering if anyone else has. I've > >>>> converted ebooks to .txt with ebook-converr and wanted to run them > >>>> by ebook-speaker. It tells me to wait since it's a UTF-8 file with > >>>> long phrases and give sme numbers, then does....precisely nothing, > >>>> boots me back to the terminal with a bell sound... > >>>> > >>>> Any ideas? > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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