book-reader v1.1.1

book-reader v1.1.1

Android app for reading physical books aloud. Point your phone's camera at a page, capture a frame, tap the text blocks you want to hear, and the app reads them out loud using text-to-speech. Supports French and English with a one-tap language toggle.

Install (Android)

Sideload the APK on Android 8.0+ (API 26+):

curl -LO https://github.com/Gofer59/tools/releases/download/book-reader-v1.1.1/book-reader-1.1.1.apk
curl -LO https://github.com/Gofer59/tools/releases/download/book-reader-v1.1.1/book-reader-1.1.1.apk.sha256
sha256sum -c book-reader-1.1.1.apk.sha256
adb install book-reader-1.1.1.apk      # via USB / wireless ADB

Or transfer the .apk to the phone (Files / Drive / cable) and tap to install.
Enable Settings → Apps → Special access → Install unknown apps for the source app.

Verify checksum

sha256sum -c book-reader-1.1.1.apk.sha256

This release ships the unsigned debug APK — fine for personal sideloading. Production-signed releases require an Android keystore secret (ANDROID_KEYSTORE_B64) and a signingConfigs block in app/build.gradle.kts; not enabled in this workflow.