Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail From: Android Owner Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: app to read a book to me on an airplane Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:31:10 -0000 (UTC) Organization: To protect and to server Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:31:10 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="566013"; posting-host="9W8EoudPqC84CncjTwLoXQ.user.paganini.bofh.team"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team"; posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A"; X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3 Bytes: 1633 Lines: 18 On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:13:05 +0100, Andy Burns wrote: >> I have a few ebooks in PDF (and other) formats. >> Is there a simple to use free app without ads that will just read the book >> to me > > Not all PDF pages are rendered in natural order (i.e. top down, left to > right order for Western script) some can be effectively random > characters sprinkled onto the page in the required places, I doubt a > reader would handle them well ... These are all epub books in a variety of epub formats, not just (text) PDF. Most are in mobi but some are azw/azw3 (only a few are in (text) PDF). They are designed for readers. I'm hoping to find a good voice output reader that speaks the entire book (without having to select every single paragraph, which is ridiculous) to my wired headphones for the trip on the plane.