Thorium Reader and Readium Desktop both rely on Electron.js, node.js and typescript, which are efficient cross-platform technologies.
Thorium Reader is based on the set of open-source chrome-less modules, a toolkit named Readium Desktop. Print disabled people now benefit from an EPUB 3 reading app which supports screen readers like Jaws and NVDA on Windows, Voice Over on Mac.
Why developing Thorium Reader?įor a long time, there was no modern EPUB 3 compliant reading application usable on Windows, OSX and Linux, properly accessible for print disabled people, with a good support for the LCP DRM and capable of browsing OPDS catalogs.ĮDRLab decided to build such an application and release it for free, in order to provide users a great way to enjoy on a large screen EPUB publications, comics / manga / bandes dessinées, audiobooks, LCP protected PDF documents. If your unable to open a Github issue for any reason, you can also send an email to thorium-support at replaced to avoid spam), we’ll make our possible to answer. Here is the link to the EDRLab Github Thorium Reader issues repository.
The Linux (.deb) version on the Github platform, compatible with Debian type distributions, including Ubuntu 20.04 and newer (requires GLIBC 2.28+).įor testers willing to check our latest developments, nightly builds of the Windows 10, MacOS and Linux versions can also be downloaded from the Readium Github platform.Īs every open-source project, support is mainly done via Github issues. The Linux (.AppImage) on the Github platform, compatible with multiple distributions including Ubuntu 20.04 and newer (please tell us on which it works perfectly or not). The MacOS version on the Github platform. The Windows version on the Github platform. The Windows 11 version on the Windows Store. Updated translations: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Spanish, Swedish.Īnd a large set of fixes detailed in the release page. Possibility to edit the title and URL of an OPDS feed. Support of the Calibre content server as a source of ebooks, via is OPDS feed, with an optional authentication. Enhancements in MathML support via MathJax, for screen reader interaction (accessibility). Single centered pages on EPUB Fixed-Layout publications when the aspect ratio of the screen is portrait instead of landscape (this overrides the authored values). EPUB FXL Fixed-Layout zoom now with keyboard shorcuts (increase, decrease and reset). Navigation history when following hyperlinks, with back / forward buttons (+ keyboard shortcuts for accessibility). The display of accessibility metadata in publication info dialog.
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