[Ecallan]

I am new to mobile reads. My principal reason for joining is to seek help. I am paralysed from my neck down and currently use my Kobo e-reader using a mouth stick. However I'd really like to be able to use my e-reader by voice, ie to be able to turn pages by saying "next page" or "previous page" to go back. I did see one possibility with a Kindle using HID commands in conjunction with a Raspberry pi. However I would prefer to stay with Kobo. So dear readers, any bright ideas out there?

In case anybody is thinking of a tablet, such as an iPad, while I know a software solution to this probably exists, it doesn't have the same readability as an E Ink reader, particularly outside so I'm discounting the tablet route. I am also not particularly interested in text to speech options such as audible. I want to read the written word.

Obviously, my E reader came as a transformative development in my ease of reading. For many years I struggled with great difficulty to turn pages using my mouthstick on regular books. While in hospital originally, I read Kane and Abel, The Day of the Jackal and many other books by asking somebody passing my bed to turn the page. As you can imagine, this required the book to be pretty good to persevere! Thankfully these days, my e-reader gives me the scope to read that I had longed for.

I am based in Dublin, Ireland. Many thanks in advance for at least reading my call for help.

Eugene