# Lines beginning with the pound sign describe the following screen. |
# Create and cd into a directory. Use wget to download the tar file. |
knoppix@0[knoppix]$ mkdir myaudiobook knoppix@0[knoppix]$ cd myaudiobook knoppix@0[myaudiobook]$ wget http://kabook.sourceforge.net/kabook-1.03.tar.gz
# Unpack the files. Copy one mp3 file into this directory. |
knoppix@0[myaudiobook]$ tar -xvvpzf *.tar.gz
# Period 0000 makes the first bookmark. Enter 0--- to play. |
knoppix@0[myaudiobook]$ .0000
Welcome To KABook Audiobook Controller
Do Not use names or directories with spaces
The mp3 files are:
Siddhartha.mp3
Creating a bookmark for:
Siddhartha.mp3
To play enter: ./0--- or 0---
knoppix@0[myaudiobook]$ 0---
# You hear the mp3. The frame and time change. |
---PLAY------K-A-B-O-O-K----K-A-u-d-i-o-B-o-o-k---
Siddhartha.mp3
./0--- Base=0 Tens=0 Jump=100
TTS=y VERBOSE=n LANG=en
---KEY-------------FUNCTIONS----------------------
/ pause pause menu / unpause
. quit bookmark 0-0-
1 - 0 bookmark 0-0#
+ - jump ahead jump back
* GoTo Execute ACTION TEXT LINE
--ACTION-----------TEXT--LINE---------------------
0
Frame# 3 [662960], Time: 00:00.07 [288:38.15],
# After one minute / has been hit to pause play. |
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PAUSE MENU / RESUME PLAY
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/ Unpause restart playing
* Forward to next menu
+ - increase decrease mp3 Volume
0 9 Set the jump interval
. Read introduction and Help Menu
ACTION TEXT LINE
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2352 [660611], Time: 01:01.44 [287:36.7
# While paused period or comma speaks the frame number. |
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HELP MENU / RESUME PLAY
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. Current frame
0 - 9 More Help
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(SayText "2352 Frames. . . . . . .
")
# Key / resumed play. + + + moved ahead while playing. |
---PLAY------K-A-B-O-O-K----K-A-u-d-i-o-B-o-o-k---
Siddhartha.mp3
./0-0- Base=0 Tens=0 Jump=100
TTS=y VERBOSE=n LANG=en
---KEY-------------FUNCTIONS----------------------
/ pause pause menu / unpause
. quit bookmark 0-0-
1 - 0 bookmark 0-0#
+ - jump ahead jump back
* GoTo Execute ACTION TEXT LINE
--ACTION-----------TEXT--LINE---------------------
2352
j 5516 You may hit enter to correct the screen.
j 5627 You may hit enter to correct the screen.
j 5736 You may hit enter to correct the screen.
Frame# 5759 [657204], Time: 02:30.43 [286:07.79],
# Keys / * Paused and Menu1. Festival speaks Menu 1. |
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26191 [636772], Time: 11:24.17 [277:14.0
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MENU 1 / RESUME PLAY
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. Read help
/ unpause resume play
+ - increase decrease TTS volume
0-9 View Text File 0 - 9 Specaial Files are:
9 overwitten by the latest search results
* Forward to Menu 2
(SayText "menu one")
# Key 0 was hit. Text mode shows lines 1 to 10 of file 0 |
-------------------------------------------------- LINES 1 to 10 FILE=0 / Menu 1 // Play * Goto S=26191 1-0 Read line . Help + - 10 Ahead Back ENTER refresh SPACE line 1 s enter a search S view search in file 9 -------------------------------------------------- WELCOME to Kabook . . . . an audiobook controler of both mp3 and f l a c audio files. Copyright 2004 David Marc Tan Creti G N U OpenSource License www.gnu.org/copyleft Let's learn about KA-Links . audiobook links jump within and between text files and audio files. A link line will begin with /// After the line has been selected with 1 to 0 you may go to that link with the * key. Now hit the + to see the next 10 lines. --------------------------------------------------
# Key + advanced to 11 to 20. Key 5 speaks line 5. |
-------------------------------------------------- LINES 11 to 20 FILE=0 / Menu 1 // Play * Goto S=/// 1-0 Read line . Help + - 10 Ahead Back ENTER refresh SPACE line 1 s enter a search S view search in file 9 -------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents . . . . KA-Links for File 0 /// 0 1 Welcome to Kabook /// 0 11 Table of Contents /// 0 31 Basic play control keys /// 0 51 Navagating kabook text files /// 0 71 Festival Volume /// 0 81 Festival Save Volume Offset /// 0 91 Jump to an audio point in the play file /// 0 101 Jump to text in an Auto Seek Index /// 0 121 Jump to a new KABook bookmark -------------------------------------------------- (SayText "/// 0 51 Navagating kabook text files")
# Line 5 was a text link. Key * jumped to that location. |
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LINES 51 to 60 FILE=0
/ Menu 1 // Play * Goto S=26191
1-0 Read line . Help
+ - 10 Ahead Back ENTER refresh SPACE line 1
s enter a search S view search in file 9
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Navagating kabook text files.
Leaving play with / * and then pick a
text file 1 to 0. File 9 is reserved
for search results and is overwritten.
The standard kabook text file is view in fixed
pages of ten lines. The prefered line length is
50 characters. You jump by ten line with the plus
and minus keys. Hit the period or comma to to get
current file and line information.
Hit keys 1 to 0 to hear these ten lines.
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# Key \ go to Menu1, key 1 to text 1, 9 select line 9 |
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LINES 1 to 10 FILE=1
/ Menu 1 // Play * Goto S=26191
1-0 Read line . Help
+ - 10 Ahead Back ENTER refresh SPACE line 1
s enter a search S view search in file 9
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Table Of Contents
Book Name Demonstrationr
Author Copyright
If the first word on a line is a nmuber, it is
an mp3 frame number. Select a line with 0 to 9.
Then * will play at that frame number.
0 Introduction
100 Contents
1555 Chapter 1
2990 Chapter 2
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(SayText "1555 Chapter 1")
# Key * has started playing at frame 1555 |
---PLAY------K-A-B-O-O-K----K-A-u-d-i-o-B-o-o-k---
Siddhartha.mp3
./0--- Base=0 Tens=_ Jump=100
TTS=y VERBOSE=n LANG=en
---KEY-------------FUNCTIONS----------------------
/ pause pause menu / unpause
. quit bookmark 0-_-
1 - 0 bookmark 0-_#
+ - jump ahead jump back
* GoTo Execute ACTION TEXT LINE
--ACTION-----------TEXT--LINE---------------------
1555
Frame# 1585 [661378], Time: 00:41.40 [287:56.82],
# At frame 4075 / * 5 has gone to auto seek file 5 |
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LINES 11 to 20 FILE=5
/ Menu 1 // Play * Goto S=4075
1-0 Read line . Help
+ - 10 Ahead Back ENTER refresh SPACE line 1
s enter a search S view search in file 9
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03500 This information is on page 2
Data between 3500 and 4499 is
found here.
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(SayText "Reference line 11")
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