Re: [orca-list] eBook readers that work with Orca

["Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson3182 opopanax net>]

To convert epub to html, you have to go
ebook-convert file.epub file.oeb
This creates a folder (file.oeb) where the html files within the epub have been merged into index.html.

----- Original Message -----
From: Didier Spaier via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
To: orca-list gnome org
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:06:55 +0200
Subject: Re: [orca-list] eBook readers that work with Orca

> Hello John,

instead of using an eBook reader, you could convert the eBook to an accessible format.

The utility ebook-convert, which is a command line application shipped in the calibre package, does that.

calibre is basically an eBook reader and manager, unfortunately its GUI is fully inaccessible, even with 
speech, using orca. I don't know why.

ebook-convert is supposed to be able to output to all formats listed in 
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/generated/en/ebook-convert.html but the version I installed, for reason 
unknown to me, can not convert an eBook to all these formats, forv instance not to html, anyway rtf and txt 
formats are available, which should be good enough.

There is a man page: man ebook-convert and a short help text: ebook-convert -h.

ebook-convert is shipped in the calibre package for Debian Bullseye.

HTH,

Didier


Le 13/09/2020 à 14:17, John J. Boyer a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> On further reflection, considering the number of audio packages that would be installed if I went ahead 
> with the installation of ebok-speaker
> I think that this application must be self-voicing and does not use the facilities of the screenreader. It 
> therefore does not support Braille.
>
> I wonder why  people make self-voicing applications, instead of just making them screenreader friendly.
>
> John
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 05:35:25PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does ebook-speaker work with Braille? I am deaf-blind. When I typed apt install ebok-speaker it listed a 
> > lot of audio libraries which I will never use.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 12:14:54AM +0200, Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:
> > > Hello John,
> > > ebook-speaker.
> > >
> > > In Bullseye you get version 5.4.0. That's good enough however Jos Lemeens just released version 5.5.2.
> > >
> > > You can get it directly from his website  http://jlemmens.nl/
> > >
> > > Download link of the Debian binary package:
> > > http://www.jlemmens.nl/homepage/ebook-speaker_5.5.2-1_amd64.deb
> > > Installation:
> > > dpkg -i ebook-speaker_5.5.2-1_amd64.deb
> > >
> > > Caveat: I don't know how it plays with orca and a Braille device.
> > >
> > > Anyway Jos is nice guy, I'm sure he will help you if need be:
> > > acjlemmens at gmail.com
> > >
> > > Happy reading!
> > >
> > > Didier
> > >
> > > Le 12/09/2020 à 23:43, John J. Boyer a écrit :
> > > > I have Debian Bullseye, Mate and the latest release of Orca that is available on Debian. What ebook 
> > > > readers would work with this setup?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John
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