nnn/plugins/pdfread

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#!/usr/bin/env sh
# Description: Read a text or PDF file in British English
#
# Shell: POSIX compliant
# Author: Arun Prakash Jana
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if [ -n "$1" ]; then
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tmpf="$(basename "$1")"
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tmpf="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/"${tmpf%.*}"
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if [ "$(head -c 4 "$1")" = "%PDF" ]; then
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# Convert using pdftotext
pdftotext -nopgbrk -layout "$1" - | sed 's/\xe2\x80\x8b//g' > "$tmpf".txt
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pico2wave -w "$tmpf".wav -l en-GB "$(tr '\n' ' ' < "$tmpf".txt)"
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rm -- "$tmpf".txt
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else
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pico2wave -w "$tmpf".wav -l en-GB "$(tr '\n' ' ' < "$1")"
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fi
# to jump around and note the time
mpv "$tmpf".wav
# flat read but better quality
# play -qV0 "$tmpf".wav treble 2 gain -l 2
rm -- "$tmpf".wav
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fi