Re: [orca-list] Forgive the cross posting: Reading Ebooks in Linux

[Rynhardt Kruger <rynkruger gmail com>]

Hi,

You can try Ppub, a verry basic epub reader using webkit. It seams to work with Orca. If you have Chrome with Chromevox, you can also try the Readium Chrome extension. There is also Ebook-Speaker, a console application using Espeak and possibly other TTS systems (I'm not sure). Finaly Emacspeak has an Epub extension as well.

Regards,

Rynhardt

On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Mallard <mallard ilgerone net> wrote:

Hello all,

I'm cross-posting this, because I have installed both Sonar and Vinux, and I tried to read an epub file using both Fbreader and Firevox extension, EpubReader.

The former is totally inaccessible; the latter used to be much more usable, but now I don't seem to be able to get out of the Content frame, and read teh actual chapters.

Does anyone have any viable suggestions to read ebooks?

I can only think of installing Calibre, and converting books to some readable format, like txt, and use Libre Office or something.

If you people have something better to suggest, I'd be very grateful..
I know there was talk on the Orca list about crowdfunding development of an ebook reader, for which I'd be more than ready to participate, but I don't hink it was ever followed up.

Thanks so much for your help.
Ciao,
Ollie
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