read epub from a shell - Page 2

AZdave · 12-20-2011, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBT

@AZDave:
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I wonder if it is possible to implement a pause/play functionality? I can't think of a particularly good solution, sending STOP/CONT signals to festival seems the only feasible option, and I'm not sure how to do that in a sensible manner through lynx.

I'm on Holiday. My linux box at home doesn't have sound hooked up (yet). But this more or less should work. If Lynx can not handle pipes, wrapping more and festival into a simple shell script should also work.

But now you would have to hit the space bar to read a chapter. And the reading could occur mid-line.

Code:

PRINTER:TTSpause:more %s|festival --tts :80

Last Edited 13Jan2012: This does not pause the sound. It plays sound the same as not using more.

SBT · 12-28-2011, 04:49 PM

... or maybe it is possible to pipe festival to a music player - preferably a non-gui one. Both vlc and mplayer could do it.

AZdave · 01-13-2012, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZdave

But now you would have to hit the space bar to read a chapter. And the reading could occur mid-line.

Code:

PRINTER:TTSpause:more %s|festival --tts :80

Last Edited 13Jan2012: This does not pause the sound. It plays sound the same as not using more.

Just to let you know this DOES NOT work.

SBT · 01-23-2012, 03:14 PM

Grmf... Tried various ways of piping output from festival to some kind of music player, but no can do.
However, you could use festival's txt2wave to do a conversion of the entire chapter to a sound file. But then it becomes rather pointless to use lynx in the first place.

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12-28-2011, 04:49 PM	#17
SBT Fanatic Posts: 580 Karma: 810184 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Norway Device: prs-t1, tablet, Nook Simple, assorted kindles, iPad	... or maybe it is possible to pipe festival to a music player - preferably a non-gui one. Both vlc and mplayer could do it.

01-23-2012, 03:14 PM	#19
SBT Fanatic Posts: 580 Karma: 810184 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Norway Device: prs-t1, tablet, Nook Simple, assorted kindles, iPad	Grmf... Tried various ways of piping output from festival to some kind of music player, but no can do. However, you could use festival's txt2wave to do a conversion of the entire chapter to a sound file. But then it becomes rather pointless to use lynx in the first place.

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