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Show HN: Lue – Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech

Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech. Contribute to superstarryeyes/lue development by creating an account on GitHub.

FeatureDescription📖 Multi-Format Support Support for EPUB, PDF, TXT, DOCX, DOC, HTML, RTF, and Markdown with seamless format detection 👄 Modular TTS System Edge TTS (default) and Kokoro TTS (local/offline) with extensible architecture for new models 🌌 Rich Terminal UI Clean, responsive interface with customizable color themes and full mouse & keyboard support 💾 Smart Persistence Automatic progress saving, state restoration, and cross-session continuity for seamless reading 🌍 Cross-Platform & Multilingual Full support for macOS, Linux, Windows with 100+ languages and consistent global experience ⚡️ Fast Navigation Intuitive shortcuts, flexible controls, and smooth scrolling for efficient book navigation Want to try Lue right away? Key BindingAction Description q Quit the application and save current reading progress automatically p Pause or resume the text-to-speech audio playback a Toggle auto-scroll mode to automatically advance during TTS playback t Select and highlight the top sentence of the current visible page h/ l Move the reading line to the previous or next paragraph in the document j/ k Move the reading line to the previous or next sentence in the document i/ m Jump up or down by full pages for rapid navigation through longer documents u/ n Scroll up or down by smaller increments for fine-grained position control y/ b Jump directly to the beginning or end of the document for quick navigation Check out the Developer Guide for instructions on adding new TTS models and contributing to the project.

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