Newbie to linux

Newbie to linux

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Hello List:

I am a brand new user of linux. I read over the rules and see that we are to read through the archaives.

My question is how current is the information on those archaives?

I am running Ubuntu Mate. My questions are simple for now at least.

I was wondering if there was a epub book reader and what tyupe of applications most people on the list use.

Also if there is anywhere I could read to learn and see what applications are accessible with Orca.

Any help or comments would be sincerely appreciated.

it is frustrating as a new user and not knowing where to turn for assistance.

Sincerely,

Mike Maslo

Sent from my iPad

Re: Newbie to linux

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Ebook-convert infile.epub outfile.txt

Is what I do to turn epub files into text.


You should learn about apt-get

Apt-get install ebook-convert

Will install that program if you don't have it yet.

Good luck.

--Brian Tew

Re: Newbie to linux

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Thank you very much

Sincerely,

Michael maslo

> On Dec 13, 2018, at 01:27, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Ebook-convert infile.epub outfile.txt
> 
> Is what I do to turn epub files into text.
> 
> 
> You should learn about apt-get
> 
> Apt-get install ebook-convert
> 
> Will install that program if you don't have it yet.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> --Brian Tew
> 
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Re: Newbie to linux

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Hello Mike,

if what you want is listen to the ebook, just get the application ebook-speaker.

Its usage is very simple, just type in mate-terminal:
ebook-speaker <bookname>.epub
Maybe in Ubuntu the command has a capital B like this:
eBook-speaker <bookname>.epub

Caveat: the applications (re)write at each start the file ~/.eBook-speaker.xml
with your TTS settings, including a "fallback" command using espeak, that is
supposed to include your current language as a two letters code like en or fr.
But currently only the LC_ALL environment variable is looked at.
So to actually hear the book you should set LC_ALL in the command.
for instance type:
LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 ebook-speaker <bookname>.epub
or if the command name includes a capital B:
LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 eBook-speaker <bookname>.epub

Didier
--
Didier Spaier
Slint distribution: http://slint.fr 


On 13/12/2018 06:42, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hello List:
> 
> I am a brand new user of linux. I read over the rules and see that we are to read through the archaives.
> 
> My question is how current is the information on those archaives?
> 
> I am running Ubuntu Mate. My questions are simple for now at least.
> 
> I was wondering if there was a epub book reader and what tyupe of applications most people on the list use.
> 
> Also if there is anywhere I could read to learn and see what applications are accessible with Orca.
> 
> Any help or comments would be sincerely appreciated.
> 
> it is frustrating as a new user and not knowing where to turn for assistance.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Mike Maslo
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>

Re: Newbie to linux

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Thank you very much.

Out of curiosity, do you know if cozy audio player works with ubundu mate? If so, do you know how to install it? I tried but got errors when I tried.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I was wondering for outside a epub reader I would like to find a audio book audio player which keeps the place where you stopped at

Again, I sincerely thank you for your help. 

Sincerely,

Michael maslo

> On Dec 13, 2018, at 08:36, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Mike,
> 
> if what you want is listen to the ebook, just get the application ebook-speaker.
> 
> Its usage is very simple, just type in mate-terminal:
> ebook-speaker <bookname>.epub
> Maybe in Ubuntu the command has a capital B like this:
> eBook-speaker <bookname>.epub
> 
> Caveat: the applications (re)write at each start the file ~/.eBook-speaker.xml
> with your TTS settings, including a "fallback" command using espeak, that is
> supposed to include your current language as a two letters code like en or fr.
> But currently only the LC_ALL environment variable is looked at.
> So to actually hear the book you should set LC_ALL in the command.
> for instance type:
> LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 ebook-speaker <bookname>.epub
> or if the command name includes a capital B:
> LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 eBook-speaker <bookname>.epub
> 
> Didier
> --
> Didier Spaier
> Slint distribution: http://slint.fr 
> 
> 
>> On 13/12/2018 06:42, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Hello List:
>> 
>> I am a brand new user of linux. I read over the rules and see that we are to read through the archaives.
>> 
>> My question is how current is the information on those archaives?
>> 
>> I am running Ubuntu Mate. My questions are simple for now at least.
>> 
>> I was wondering if there was a epub book reader and what tyupe of applications most people on the list use.
>> 
>> Also if there is anywhere I could read to learn and see what applications are accessible with Orca.
>> 
>> Any help or comments would be sincerely appreciated.
>> 
>> it is frustrating as a new user and not knowing where to turn for assistance.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Mike Maslo
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Blinux-list mailing list
>> Blinux-list@redhat.com
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>> 
> 
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