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From: Andrew <andrew@spam.net>
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Subject: Re: ebook-reader permissions - no explanation given
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 17:35:41 -0000 (UTC)
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R.Wieser wrote on Tue, 28 May 2024 16:23:08 +0200 :

>> Did you try to make annotations?
>> If it has dictionary, did you use it?
> 
> Why are you thinking that the app offers either ?

The one thing I'd like in an ebook reader is for it to speak the words.
That would entail some kind of Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine I would think.

When I looked at the com.github.axet.bookreader Book Reader, I was
pleasantly surprised there are a ton of seemingly hidden menu features!

One of them is TTS!

a. Open the book to any given page in Book Reader.
b. The hamburger menu changes to the following
   Bookmarks, Font, TTS, Open File, Settings, About
c. Tap on "TTS" and a four-part menu shows up.
   leftarrow, rightarrow, playarrow & X

The left/right arrows seem to jump to the next word.
The TTS play is weird. It will play an entire selected set.
Otherwise, it plays phrases as it creates its own subsequent selected sets.

The point being there are more (hidden) features when you look deeper.