Lue – Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech
Shown HN: Lue - Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech Hello, Just went live on GitHub with this project. I really enjoy listening to my eBooks as audiobooks but was frustrated by the available options. Converting books into audiobooks with scripts is tedious, and most tools stumble over footnotes, headers, or formatting. I wanted something simple: just throw a book at it, and it starts reading immediately without any clicking or loading. I also wanted it to be customizable and modular because new, better TTS engines are released all the time. For this initial release, I settled on Edge…
Lue – Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech launched on August 16, 2025 with 99 votes, #379 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Lue is a terminal-based eBook reader that converts text to speech and reads books aloud. It supports multiple formats including EPUB, PDF, TXT, DOCX, HTML, RTF, and Markdown, handling footnotes and formatting automatically. The tool features a modular text-to-speech system with multiple engine options like Edge and Kokoro, allowing users to start listening immediately without setup or conversion steps. It is designed for readers who want to consume eBooks as audiobooks without the tedious manual conversion process.
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From the sources
Terminal eBook Reader with Audiobook-Quality Text-to-Speech — Supports EPUB, PDF, DOCX, HTML, RTF, TXT, and MD. - paulilaaso/lue
Lue is a versatile terminal eBook and document reader that is designed to seamlessly blend reading and listening. Built with multi-format support and modular multi-lingual text-to-speech integration, it provides synchronized word highlighting, smooth auto-scrolling, chapter navigation and persistent progress tracking to keep your reading workflow simple and streamlined. # 1. Install FFmpeg (required for audio processing) # macOS brew install ffmpeg # Ubuntu/Debian sudo apt install ffmpeg # 2. Install the latest version from PyPI pip install lue-reader # 3. Practice using Lue with the navigation guide lue --guide # 4. Start reading! lue path/to/your/book.epub Note: Quick start uses Edge TTS…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Shown HN: Lue - Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech Hello, Just went live on GitHub with this project. I really enjoy listening to my eBooks as audiobooks but was frustrated by the available options. Converting books into audiobooks with scripts is tedious, and most tools stumble over footnotes, headers, or…
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