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Old 12-11-2020, 09:51 AM   #1
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@Kovid,

I can only speak from a Windows POV but let me say how thrilled I am that you've added TTS to the calibre Viewer.

I thought I'd pass on a bit of feedback from my initial testing...
  • calibre 64-bit: All the Voices I expected to see (both MS and 3rd-party purchases) appeared in the config table.

    The only small issue I had was that if I selected a new Voice in config, although it worked correctly when resuming speech, if I re-opened config the wrong Voice was highlighted in the table, i.e. not the one I'd previously selected.

  • calibre 32-bit portable: The same issue with wrongly-highlighted Voice in config table.

    Plus ... I may be one of very few calibre users who will experience this bug but I'm passing it on anyway. I actually encountered a bug when trying to open the config to select a Voice. I tracked it down to line 26 in windows_config.py
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    self.current_voices = tuple((x['name'], language(x), x['age'], x['gender'], x['id']) for x in voice_data)
    The problem was that several of my 3rd-party purchased 32-bit Voices are so old that the 'Age' attribute did not exist in the Win registry. I guess all Voices were 'Adult' in 2007. I fixed my registry by manually adding the attribute 'Age' with a value of 'Adult' to the Voices where it was missing and the calibre bug duly disappeared. It might be worth adding a default value of 'Adult' if the 'Age' attribute doesn't exist.
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Old 12-11-2020, 10:18 AM   #2
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You're welcome and thanks for the bug reports, will be fixed.
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Old 12-11-2020, 11:41 AM   #3
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@Kovid Will it be compatible with Linux?
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Old 12-11-2020, 01:02 PM   #4
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@Kovid Will it be compatible with Linux?
It works for me using Linux Mint 20.

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Old 12-11-2020, 02:40 PM   #5
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I just discovered that I cant add the Icon to the viewer toolbar. Please...
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Old 12-11-2020, 07:33 PM   #6
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The same thing happens to me, that's why I thought it was not compatible with linux Mint 20
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I'm finding an issue with the reading speed. I'm finding that the levels between faster and slower needs more levels. One speed to too slow and the next faster is too fast. I'd like an in between speed.
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The icon does not go in the toolbar, but when you select the text.
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Old 12-11-2020, 08:39 PM   #9
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The icon does not go in the toolbar, but when you select the text.
There is two ways to read the text aloud:

1) You can select some text and click on Read Aloud on the popup bar. This will read only the selected text.

2) If you bring the Viewer controls, there is a Read Aloud button (shortcut is Ctrl+S). This option will read aloud the whole book, starting at the current page.
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There is two ways to read the text aloud:

1) You can select some text and click on Read Aloud on the popup bar. This will read only the selected text.

2) If you bring the Viewer controls, there is a Read Aloud button (shortcut is Ctrl+S). This option will read aloud the whole book, starting at the current page.
That was what I tried (and wanted), but I wanted it on the toolbar so it was easy to start (and hopefully, pause)
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That was what I tried (and wanted), but I wanted it on the toolbar so it was easy to start (and hopefully, pause)
Yes, It can't be added to the toolbar. Maybe Kovid will let us do that.
But I must say that the Ctrl+S shortcut is just perfect for me.

As for pausing, once you start reading aloud, there is a floating bar with pause and other controls (you can pause and resume using the space bar either).
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yeah, I just didnt get around to adding it to the toolbar yet.
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How do I enable this feature? I have several of the Windows 10 TTS voices downloaded and enabled, but when I select text in the viewer, I don't see that little speaker icon?
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https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/viewer.html#read-aloud
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Thank you! Sorry to be a nuisance, but how do I switch voices? I have books in Hindi, French and Italian that I would love to have a machine reader narrate for me as I read along. I have the MS voices downloaded, how do I use them in the viewer?
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