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joelpurra / talkie

Text-to-speech browser extension button. Select text on any web page, and have the computer read it out loud for you by simply clicking the Talkie button.
https://joelpurra.com/projects/talkie/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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How to run the application on my machine #19

Closed PrathamDogra closed 3 years ago

PrathamDogra commented 3 years ago

Hi Joel I want to run this application on my laptop but couldn't find the proper steps to do so. Can you brief me a little on how to set up the application on my laptop?

joelpurra commented 3 years ago

@PrathamDogra: perhaps the documentation needs an update. Which lines in the *.md files are unclear to you?

PrathamDogra commented 3 years ago

I don't know how to load package folders as an unpacked extension. My package folders are empty after installation.

From the browser extensions settings page: Enable developer mode. Load one of the package folders as an unpacked extension. package/chrome/ for Google Chrome, Chromium, Vivaldi, and similar browsers. package/webextension/ for Firefox, and other browsers.

joelpurra commented 3 years ago

@PrathamDogra: did you build the project first?

https://github.com/joelpurra/talkie/blob/v6.0.1/DEVELOP.md#L57

If you did, were there any errors?

PrathamDogra commented 3 years ago

Issue resolved. I used the Ubuntu terminal( WSL) to run the application.

joelpurra commented 3 years ago

@PrathamDogra: oh, didn't know you are using Windows. Development on Windows is not (officially) supported, but glad to hear that using WSL works!