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Foliate is an ebook reader for Ubuntu and other GNU/Linux operating systems.

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How to change the robotic voice in Foliate ebook reader and other apps using speech dispatcher?

I am looking for a text to speech app for Ubuntu where I can read epubs and pdfs. I tried Foliate 3.1.1 and I cannot even access to the settings to change it. Calibre sounds pretty robotic.
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Foliate book reader, snap package, can't open ebooks from NTFS partitions

I have just installed the Foliate via snap sudo snap install foliate on Ubuntu 20.04. I can successfully open epub book that are in my home folder, but when I try opening books that are in mounted NTFS partitions, it returns an error. See screenshot…
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How to fix Foliate 3 being unable to open any books after recent update?

After the recent update, the Foliate ebook reader cannot open ebooks anymore (in both APT and Snap versions). This issue seems to occur in Ubuntu 22.04 with snap, as well as in Ubuntu 24.04. $ foliate Alcott, Louisa May - Little…
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Foliate can not open epubs

In Ubuntu 22.04, Foliate doesn't open epubs and gives errors but when I try to open the same epub on the app, book opens but foliate shows text as invisible. When I tried to copy the text with mouse middle click it copied and pasted. I saw someone…
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Is it possible to change Foliate's TTS client?

I am not a fan of reading books from a computer screen. I install Foliate to listen to my epub books while I am working on the PC. It uses festival tts by default. I have Glate on Ubuntu 20.04. And they say that Glate has Google TTS included. Can I…
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How to Install Ubuntu Apps (e.g. Foliate ebook reader) on my Android device running Ubuntu Base image?

I have set up Ubuntu Base image for Arm on my Android phone and now I want to install some apps. How do I set up the eBook reader Foliate?
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How to use google text to speech with Foliate ebook reader installed in Ubuntu Base image in Android phone?

I have installed the Foliate ebook reader after installing Ubuntu Base image for Android phone. I want to use gTTs, which uses Google speech to text service, as its voice is much better than espeak or festival. I have enabled sound in Termux. The…
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How to sync epub reading progress in Foliate ebook reader across different computers?

I use Foliate ebook reader to read epubs. My books are stored in the same directory structure across different computers (including same partition mount point). I want to sync my reading progress. How to do that?
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