Feature Request Timer for Viewer

kevn57 · 10-16-2021, 10:06 AM

Not sure how hard this would be, I use the clock in header feature. But I'd love to have a countdown timer or stopwatch in the book header or footer. Sometimes you get lost in the text and have no idea how long you've actually been reading.

Right now I use a separate program, but like I said it'd be great to have it if it didn't take a lot of work.

kovidgoyal · 10-16-2021, 10:44 AM

There is a time left in book feature already, that's what i use. Make a note of time at start and then i can know how long i've been reading.

kevn57 · 10-16-2021, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

There is a time left in book feature already, that's what i use. Make a note of time at start and then i can know how long i've been reading.

I tried to use that, but it always just displays Calculating... never resolves to a time. I read in tts mode almost exclusively, and I figured that maybe why it didn't display a time for me.

kovidgoyal · 10-16-2021, 11:45 AM

ah yes in tts mode the page turns are artificial so they donr register, i should fix that.

kevn57 · 10-16-2021, 12:25 PM

I love TTS mode, I follow the text along, it's so much better then an audio book. Sometimes I wonder if I'm a little dyslexic, not sure if that is a thing, like a little bit pregnant. Anyways TTS keeps me right in the text, I read much faster and have much better comprehension then straight reading. I'm so thankful that you implemented it.

I used to read everything on my phone or tablet in moonreader+ with tts until I upgraded my Portable Calibre to 5.0 and started reading everything in Viewer instead. I have a countdown timer app that I set the # of minutes in the book, figured from 320 wpm and off I go. No need to fix page turns for me I love it just the way it is.

10-16-2021, 10:06 AM	#1
kevn57 Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Albany NY Device: Moonreader+	Feature Request Timer for Viewer Not sure how hard this would be, I use the clock in header feature. But I'd love to have a countdown timer or stopwatch in the book header or footer. Sometimes you get lost in the text and have no idea how long you've actually been reading. Right now I use a separate program, but like I said it'd be great to have it if it didn't take a lot of work.

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10-16-2021, 10:44 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,307 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is a time left in book feature already, that's what i use. Make a note of time at start and then i can know how long i've been reading.

10-16-2021, 11:45 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,307 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	ah yes in tts mode the page turns are artificial so they donr register, i should fix that.

10-16-2021, 12:25 PM	#5
kevn57 Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Albany NY Device: Moonreader+	I love TTS mode, I follow the text along, it's so much better then an audio book. Sometimes I wonder if I'm a little dyslexic, not sure if that is a thing, like a little bit pregnant. Anyways TTS keeps me right in the text, I read much faster and have much better comprehension then straight reading. I'm so thankful that you implemented it. I used to read everything on my phone or tablet in moonreader+ with tts until I upgraded my Portable Calibre to 5.0 and started reading everything in Viewer instead. I have a countdown timer app that I set the # of minutes in the book, figured from 320 wpm and off I go. No need to fix page turns for me I love it just the way it is.

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