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I use FBReader for Android. It's open source and free. The big win for me is that it handles ePub, FB2, Mobi and various other things "native", and stuff like PDF, DjVu, and CBZ/CBR via plugins. I mostly don't have to care about what format a book is in. There is a Premium payware version I use that builds in things like PDF support an Bookshelf view, rather than requiring plugins to add the features. The possible deal breaker is that FBReader does not handle volumes protected by DRM. I don't care, because I don't get stuff with DRM. YMMV.
See https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android
I started reading a lot of books, so I bought FBReader. The free app gives you a massive amount of features, and it just felt wrong to not support that developer.
Edit: reviews seem to say that the free app is not too good anymore. I can't speak to that since I used it for 2 years before buying the paid version 4 years ago.
I used FBReader with the Text-to-Speech plugin to listen to some books while driving. It's not perfect, but it's not too bad either if the book is formatted properly.
(if you have an iPhone I guess there's an app for that too)
The iPad platform is the best, but I'm unfamiliar with it because I am cheap.
A Samsung Tab S3 is a great bargain right now, and it supports split-screen, which I think is necessary for what you want to do.
The S3 also has some neat custom stylus actions developed by Samsung that will go well with what you want to do. These actions include screen cutting, motion gif catpure, and of course text copying.
For apps, I personally prefer FBReader. It even has a plug in for calibre, though I've never tried that. The android ecosystem has lots of calibre clients you can try.
For note-taking, evernote is probably the best premium option. I didn't find a free options I can recommend, but the free tier of evernote is pretty solid so you might be able to get away with that.
Thanks for your inputs.
I read PDFs (copied to my Tablet) using FBReader android app. It has nice highlighting option too. I'll check out LaTeX later.
Got an Android device? FBreader with the TTS Plugin.
I bought a bebook a couple of years ago but it's now broken.
Thought it over and rather than spend some money on a new one I just used this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android&hl=en
The thing that's great is the app has a separate setting for the screen brightness. You just swipe up/down on the left side.
I would highly recommend FB reader; I find it both incredibly intuitive to use and highly configurable
It also has a highly customizable TTY plugin: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.fbreader.plugin.tts_plus
> "Enhanced control panel to set book language, open system TTS Settings to change speech engine, control speech rate, pitch and volume, more..."
If you already have non-DRMed ebook files FBReader is a free, open source reader. Does epub, mobi with plugins for pdf and other formats.
There is a paid version, but the base is free.
FBReader
I use it for all ebooks, not just epubs. Has a night mode and even allows for custom user styles if you are inclined to do so.
Links for the lazy:
I highly recommend FB Reader. Love it so much I bought premium.
I've used FBReader in the past. It is open-source, with optional premium version with some extra features. It also has book sync with Google Drive.
Now I ask: Why would Universal Book Reader be better? Or even Moon+ Reader?
for epub I use
it has plugins for pdf and other formats, but I havent used those.
For pdf I use
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader&hl=en\_US&gl=US
Those are actually two separate questions.
What I use as a viewer is FBReader for Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android
It's open source, though there is a payware Premium version that adds features. (You can get the features in the free version by adding plugins. The Premium version builds them in. I happily bought it to support development.)
I began using FBReader in an older version written in C that was available for Windows and Linux. It could display Pub, Mobi, FB2 (a popular Russian format) and several other things. (A win for me was that it handled the Plucker format used by the Plucker offline HTML viewer for Palm OS PDAs. I converted a lot of HTML to Plucker format to read on my PDA, and have about 4,000 Plucker documents. It was nice to read them on my desktop.)
The Android version is a rewrite in Java for devices that use Java as the programming language. (There are versions in Java for things like Blackberries.)
The nice thing about FBReader for me is support for multiple eBook formats. Like the C version for desktops, FBReader displays ePub, Mobi, FB2 and some other things as installed. It can display PDF, DjVu, and CBR/CBZ files via plugins. While I prefer ePub, I mostly don't have to care what format a book is in. I can view it with FBReader. FBReader does not handle voiumes with DRM, but I don't get books with DRM and don't care.
My eBooks live on an external microSD card in my various devices, and FBReader can load and display them from there.
FBReader is highly configurable, and you can control, text size, justification, image display and a variety of other things to get FBReader to display in the most comfortable form for you to read. On my 7" tablet primarily used as an eBook viewer, FBReader produces what is effectively a mass marker paperback page size and display.
FBReader is the viewer side of the equation. For curation and library management, I use Calibre. https://calibre-ebook.com/
Calibre is an open source "Swiss Army Knife" for eBooks. It's available for Windows, Linux, and OS/X.
Its main function is to create and maintain an eBook library, but it does other things as well. (I first got it because I had documents in ePub format I wanted to read on a device that only supported Mobi. Calibre handily converted them.) You add books to Calibre, and it places them in a directory hierarchy it manages. You just tell Calibre when you set it up where you want the library kept. When you add books, you can then go in and update metadata. Calibre can go online and automatically fill in details on volumes, like author, title, publisher, and category. You use tags to further identify books like genre, and Calibre can keep track of series and display volumes in series order.
Once volumes are in Calibre, you can use it to manage books on your device. Once configured, Calibre can communicate with your viewing device and add books to it or remove books from it.
Calibre is under very active development, and there is an active support forum on Mobileread.com where the author participates. If you are into eBooks in any significant manner, Calibre is indispensable.
>Did it take long?
It took a number of hours. I have a lot of down time at work on Sundays, so I spent it downloading the files.
>Can you do more nikayas?
I can do all of what is available over the the next couple of weeks. The SN will be a bit of a chore like the AN. I will share them as they are downloaded.
Are you aware of paliaudio.com?
If you have a smartphone, it likely has tts built in. Ebook apps like FBReader with the tts plugin make it possible to listen to ebooks. Google has a number of high quality tts voices to choose from.
Epubs of Bhikkhu Sujato's translations can be found here.
>I suggest making public on archive.org . It is free without limits. Very few Dhamma people know about this and you don't need to fill up your google account. Archive.org is searchable and will probably outlast other download sites. But nothing is guaranteed. Likewise, they have shortcodes for WordPress without the need for plugins. Shall I upload for you? I'd be happy to do so.
I am a little reluctant simply because it appears that sutta central is still actively developing their tts implementation. While what I compiled is better than nothing, it isn't a finished product. My concern is about fragmentation of iterations.
If you feel moved to upload the nikaya to archive.org, please feel free to do so. I downloaded them for your convenience and use. I assume the tts files are under the same copyright license as the texts themselves. I couldn't find anything that specified one way or the other.
FBReader - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android
Cool Reader - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.coolreader
Both work with folders.
FBReader. E-books (drm-free e-books) have changed my life.
You have two choices here:
use accessibility function on your android to read everything on your screen (includes the texts from Kindle) or
I recommend Ivona TTS because it's the best in the market right now. Although you may have to settle with a British accent because the American's one are exclusive (it's on e-ink Kindle) IIRC.
Agree on FBReader, I've occasionally been using it for the past 11 years.
- Firefox - web browser with extensions on your phone
- A book reader app and some e-books. I personally favour FBReader (free version has no ads, just a few missing premium features.)
- Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite - an app that lets you query all your phone's sensors, compass, GPS, sound meter, gyroscope, etc.
- Total Commander - powerful phone file browser
- Unit Converter - handy for quickly converting between Metric and Imperial measurements, mostly.
- JourneyPlanner - real time bus and train timetables
- Leap Top-up - Leap card app for public transport
I'd also consider AdAway to be absolutely essential, but you need a rooted phone for that. And I'd recommend Magisk for rooting the phone.
I use FBreader. There are free and a pay versions. I used the free for quite a while but finally paid for it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android
Here you go . Fbreader is one word. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android
I recently rediscovered the joy of ebooks when I put together a few tools.
- FBReader on android (premium for tts)
- ODPS network ebook libraries
- Project Gutenberg
- The Anarchist Library
I added the 2 library url's to Network Libraries. Then I have instant access to almost any public domain book. It tracks my reading progress. It integreates with the rest of my library. And I paid to integrate the text-to-speach engine.
On my Andriod phone I use FB Reader with the TTS+ plugin.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.fbreader.plugin.tts_plus&hl=en
Android users : if your phone won't remember what page of a PDF you were up to, FBReader will help.
Have you tried FBReader?
FBReader: free ebook reader that does what you wanted plus can do TTS with another free add-on.