lue
Terminal eBook reader with text-to-speech
TLDR
Read an eBook
$ lue [path/to/book.epub]
Start the navigation guide$ lue --guide
Read with a specific keyboard layout$ lue -k [layout] [path/to/book.epub]
SYNOPSIS
lue [options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
lue is a terminal-based eBook reader with audiobook-quality text-to-speech support. It handles multiple formats including EPUB, PDF, DOCX, HTML, RTF, TXT, and MD.
The interface offers three UI complexity modes (Minimal, Medium, and Full) that can be cycled through with the v key. Two built-in keyboard layouts are available for navigation.
PARAMETERS
-k, --key LAYOUT
Specify the keyboard layout to use.--guide
Launch the interactive navigation guide.
CAVEATS
Text-to-speech quality depends on the system's TTS engine. PDF rendering in the terminal may not preserve complex layouts.
HISTORY
lue was created by superstarryeyes and is written in Python. It can be installed via pip with `pip install lue-reader`.
