https://github.com/bvujovic/storyreader

Text/story is read by selected voices installed on Windows
https://github.com/bvujovic/storyreader

characters csharp story storytelling text-to-speech voices windows-application windows-desktop windows-forms

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Text/story is read by selected voices installed on Windows

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bvujovic/storyreader
• Owner: bvujovic
• Created: 2025-03-10T20:33:23.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-18T01:02:30.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-18T02:22:25.803Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: characters, csharp, story, storytelling, text-to-speech, voices, windows-application, windows-desktop, windows-forms
• Language: C#
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• Size: 82 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Story Reader

Text/story is read by selected voices installed on Windows

![Story Reader - Main Window](ScreenShots/FrmMain.png)

## TODO

- [x] Text search should always start from current position (cursor)

	- [x] Text search could work with regular expressions

- [x] Add some sign that there are changes to text/story and/or ask user if he wants to save changes

- [x] Improve btnChangeVoiceName.Click

- [x] DoubleClick on table [Character column] -> btnApply.PerfClick()

- [ ] Add volume and rate to Voices table (DGV). Maybe switch to DS as a datasource.

- [x] Install more voices

- [ ] Improve txtOut

	- [ ] Change its type to RichTextBox

	- [ ] Mark currently read sentences (underline)

	- [ ] Mark different characters lines (back color)

	- [ ] User should play sentences by clicking on them; arrow keys: next/prev sentence

- [ ] Add File/New: New text/story

- [ ] Save/Load options (in DataSet?)

- [ ] Add button Validate, on click check:

	- [ ] do all characters in a story have a voice name, 

	- [ ] are all voices in the table installed,

	- [ ] are all oppened voice tags closed properly