This Public Domain console program speaks the ebooks and is controlled via the keyboard to make it handy for the vision accessibility. Fast and simple. Supported formats: TXT, EPUB, FB2, ABW, [X]HTML, ODT, DOCX. Uses Speech Dispatcher to speak, so you can use synths such as RHVoice, Festival, espeak-ng, etc.
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1.5.024 Dec 2024 12:33
major bugfix:
Epub support fix
1.4.030 May 2024 08:46
major bugfix:
internal changes and fixes
1.3.005 May 2024 09:18
major bugfix:
Non-Unicode FB2 fix
1.2.123 Apr 2024 17:15
major bugfix:
EPUB support fixed a lot, other fixes
1.2.016 Apr 2024 12:24
major feature:
+ Voice selection by pressing keys and
+ Select voice selection range from local to all supported languages - key Z
1.1.008 Apr 2024 19:07
major feature:
+ EPUB, KWD (old KWord format) support
+ Beseda can take the directory as the filename, to make this directory as the working one, so you can move through the files there (cursor left/right, Enter to load).
1.0.004 Apr 2024 17:00
major feature:
The first release ever.