EPUB Reader with Text-to-Speech and Chat Mode

Overview

This script allows you to read EPUB books with text-to-speech (TTS) support and an interactive chat mode. You can navigate through sentences, replay text, and ask questions about the current sentence. Everything runs on your machine for free.

Features

• Extracts text from EPUB files
• Uses TTS for sentence-by-sentence playback
• Allows navigation with keyboard shortcuts:
  • Right Arrow: Next sentence
  • Left Arrow (single click): Repeat current sentence
  • Left Arrow (double click): Previous sentence
  • Space: Enter chat mode for current sentence
  • ESC: Exit program
• Chat mode using Llama3.1 for context-aware discussions

Installation

Requirements

Ensure you have Python installed (>=3.8). Then, install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Additional Setup

• The script will automatically download the punkt tokenizer if not already installed.
• The TTS model will be loaded on first use.
• Ollama has to be installed and running (it's free, see https://ollama.com/)

Usage

Run the script and provide an EPUB file path when prompted:

python epub_reader.py

Follow the on-screen instructions to navigate and interact with the book.