Oh my fault then. Sorry about that. It looks like you will have to use fmt or fold to set your lines to a specific length. Ebook-convert does not seem to have parameters to set minimum line character lengths. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:35:07 +0100 Subject: Re: ebook-speaker/UTF-8 long files > Fixed it, that command was missing an i in --asciiize > > Even with the convert done, it says it's an ASCII file with long lines, > please wait, then dumps me back to the terminal as before however. Is it > that the book's too large for ebook-speaker to handle or? > > On 20/09/2020 15:30, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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