I’m running Termux with XFCE desktop on Android. I only just realized that the only program I currently have installed that can properly open PDFs is GIMP, and that’s extreme overkill as I just want a lightweight reader, no need to manipulate them as images ya know.
Also, related side question, are there any lightweight Linux terminal programs that can export PDF as plain text? I’m kinda hoping to pipe the text output of George Orwell 1984 through espeak reader and have Linux read it out to me…
Edit: Plain text and speech engine questions solved, and rather simple no less. This is the refined version BTW, --stdin is necessary to make espeak read the entire document.
pdftotext go-1984.pdf -|espeak --stdin
Oh that’s funny, Termux ain’t your regular cup of penguin tea. Initially, it doesn’t even come with nano, the terminal based text editor. Termux runs on top of Android, non-rooted, and the base install might as well be like booting a barebones Linux terminal off of a few floppy disks.
So, there’s no such thing as a default app that comes with the ‘operating system’, you basically gotta build it up yourself.
It’s a fun journey though…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__bpMIBj30