Important Update: Calibre now supports TTS in the built in reader by default! Use that instead of this plugin.
A simple plugin for adding TTS support to Calibre's ebook viewer.
Requires SAPI 5 (already installed on most recent Windows versions).
Features:
- Press Play to start reading at the top of the visible page, or resume from last paused position
- Highlights the currently read paragraph and scrolls it into view if needed
- Note: on paged mode, the bottom part of the paragraph may be clipped
- Select mode: When select mode is enabled, click on any paragraph to start reading from that paragraph
- Voice configuration: Configure plugin to set the voice, rate, and volume
- Customizable hotkeys for play/stop/select mode
To do:
- highlight color options
- Highlight words instead of paragraphs