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georgehuang · 04-23-2021, 06:22 AM

Although I see myself as an avid reader, I found that I am actually not very good at reading texts. As a result, I constantly rely on technologies like Calibre's Read Aloud to help me get meanings out of written words. However, only listening is not enough, I usually need to look at the text and listen at the same time to really get it, which means I will have to following along the spoken words and turn the pages accordingly.

On Calibre's browser reader, words being spoken by Read Aloud are not highlighted like those on the Viewer app, which is OK for me, but scrolling and turning of pages also seem to be disabled. This makes it quite hard to follow along. Of course, the best way to do this is to highlight the spoken text and also turn the pages automatically. But before that is supported, can we consider unblocking scrolling at least in "flow mode"?

FYI, I use Firefox on macOS and iOS.

04-23-2021, 06:22 AM	#1
georgehuang Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: MacBook, iPhone, Kindle Paperwhite	Browser reader suggestion: allow scrolling during Read Aloud Although I see myself as an avid reader, I found that I am actually not very good at reading texts. As a result, I constantly rely on technologies like Calibre's Read Aloud to help me get meanings out of written words. However, only listening is not enough, I usually need to look at the text and listen at the same time to really get it, which means I will have to following along the spoken words and turn the pages accordingly. On Calibre's browser reader, words being spoken by Read Aloud are not highlighted like those on the Viewer app, which is OK for me, but scrolling and turning of pages also seem to be disabled. This makes it quite hard to follow along. Of course, the best way to do this is to highlight the spoken text and also turn the pages automatically. But before that is supported, can we consider unblocking scrolling at least in "flow mode"? FYI, I use Firefox on macOS and iOS.