Make add-on Python 3 compatible

[LeonarddeR]

Kodi 19 will switch to Python 3, see this page
If we want this add-on to stay for Kodi 19 and beyond, it needs to be made compatible.

[kwizrr]

Have thoroughly enjoyed using Kodi over the past few years thanks to this excellent add-on. I'm hoping the dev will make it Python 3 compatible. So many great Kodi add-ons have been abandoned over the years due to the dev no longer having the time to maintain them. Really hope the Kodi Screenreader isn't one of them. It's much too important.

[Drako1916]

Hell. Does kodi screen reader is available with Kodi 19?

[pvagner]

@Drako1916 If you are on windows the easiest method on how to install kodi along with the addon is this installer script by @ABuffEr
https://github.com/ABuffEr/kodiSRInstallerScript/

[frankmasio]

This is vital to all my blind clients especially the not so computer savvy ones who learned kodi. We all do not know what to do who do we pay money to? Desperate

[Drako1916]

Thank You for replies. It works perfect with kodi 20. Wil it work with kodi 21?

[ABuffEr]

Hi,
as pointed above, I'm the author of Kodi Screen Reader installer script.
This should be the easiest way to setup screen reader after Kodi manual installation, and should be quite generalized to be version independent (in a reasonable limit).
However, I not use it usually, so warn me on my repo above if something goes wrong, don't wait I notice by myself.

[frankmasio]

So i originaly downloaded the plugin and i copied the backend stuff into the backend folder (note i use linuxmint) it needed to be short one directory so i deleted the first folder and recopied all files into the backend folder the fact i was getting errors on missing files gave me that clue. It was windows instructions

So for Linux mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3.11

install kodi 20 i used the software manager to do it.

Go to the pvagner/service.xbmc.tts Python 3 branch
https://github.com/pvagner/service.xbmc.tts/tree/2to3

Click on Code, Download ZIP, and download the file named service.xbmc.tts-2to3.zip

Go to the pvagner/backends Python 3 branch
https://github.com/pvagner/backends/tree/2to3

Click on Code, Download ZIP, and download the file named backends-2to3.zip

Start Kodi

Go to Add-ons, Install from ZIP file, choose the file named service.xbmc.tts-2to3.zip

It will give a error ignor that
Exit Kodi

Extract the file named backends-2to3.zip
Extract the contents to the Directory where your .kodi is ~/.kodi/addons/service.xbmc.tts/lib/backends

in the backends-2to3.zip it has all the files in a directory called backend something you want all thous files in ~/.kodi/addons/service.xbmc.tts/lib/backends then restart kodi you should hear it talking

[Drako1916]

Yes It works on kodi 21 beta also. THank You

[soundwarrior20]

 Hi everyone quick question are the current versions of the add on  that are  being developed available for Mac OS if  so how do I install them please? Thank you very much for your kind help everybody :-)On 9 Mar 2024, at 21:00, Drako1916 ***@***.***> wrote: Yes It works on kodi 21 beta also. THank You —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>