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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
Ok, my 2c on this.
1. What is CoolReader? If it's what I've discovered so far, it's a text to speech system. The trouble is, the wiki says it's for Win, Linux and Mac, but the site only lists Windows!
2. What is FB2??
3. Leave the clock out entirely. I have no use for it.
4. What is LIT?
5. What's the advantage of Dictionary Support!?
Thanks for the input. Once I get some info, I'll give my 2c.
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Coolreader does more than text-to-speech, it also allows the user to further customise the application to suit them, such as font/size options, hyphenation, line spacing etc. I don't know about Mac but with Linux it should be available in the repositories of most distros (usually listed as 'cr').
FB2 is another ebook format, specifically created with the intention of fiction books. Unlike epub which is essentially a zip file containing .css and .html files, a fb2 file is just one big xml file. Once again it is a format, used in conjunction with Coolreader that gives the end reader quite a lot of flexibility in how they want the ebook displayed. In my opinion FB2 is a brilliant format, unfortunately the only real program to create compliant FB2 files is BookDesigner (unfortunately only a Windows app). Calibre does a rather poor job.
Unfortunately I can't give must help with LIT, as far as I know it is a format conjured up by Microsoft for use with their reading software. Apparently still a number of people use it and there is demand for ereaders to support it.
Hopefully I've been of some help.