+ added a option to ignore emojis

~ better readme

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ Plugin for [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md)
 ![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/joethei/obsidian-tts)
 [![libera manifesto](https://img.shields.io/badge/libera-manifesto-lightgrey.svg)](https://liberamanifesto.com)
 ---
-**This plugin is currently in beta**
+Features:
+- Start playback for note from statusbar and ribbon
+- Only speaking selected text in edit mode:
+![Selection Demo](https://i.joethei.space/Obsidian_rjttPsYPwj.png)
+- usable with other plugins (currently [RSS Reader](https://github.com/joethei/obsidian-rss))
 
 You can create language specific voices, which will be used when you have a note with
 ```lang: {languageCode}```
@@ -20,7 +24,6 @@ to [this bug in the Webview](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?
 ## Adding languages
 
 This plugin uses the native API of your Operating System, to add a new language reference the documentation accordingly:
-
 - [Windows 10](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-download-text-to-speech-languages-for-windows-10-d5a6b612-b3ae-423f-afa5-4f6caf1ec5d3)
 - [MacOS](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-the-system-language-mh26684/mac)
 - [iOS](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/change-the-language-and-region-iphce20717a3/ios)
@@ -29,8 +32,7 @@ This plugin uses the native API of your Operating System, to add a new language
 
 ## Installing the plugin
 
-<!--- `Settings > Third-party plugins > Community Plugins > Browse` and search for `Text to Speech`-->
-
+- `Settings > Third-party plugins > Community Plugins > Browse` and search for `Text to Speech`
 - Using the [Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tester](https://github.com/TfTHacker/obsidian42-brat) plugin with the repo
   path: `joethei/obsidian-tts`
 - Copy over `main.js`, `styles.css`, `manifest.json` from the releases to your

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "obsidian-tts",
 	"name": "Text to Speech",
-	"version": "0.3.2",
+	"version": "0.3.3",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.12.0",
 	"description": "Text to speech for Obsidian. Hear your notes.",
 	"author": "Johannes Theiner",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-tts",
-	"version": "0.3.2",
+	"version": "0.3.3",
 	"description": "Text to speech for Obsidian. Hear your notes.",
 	"main": "main.js",
 	"scripts": {

src/TTSService.ts

@@ -10,25 +10,25 @@ export class TTSService {
 	}
 
 	stop(): void {
-		if(!this.isSpeaking()) return;
+		if (!this.isSpeaking()) return;
 		window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
 	}
 
 	pause(): void {
-		if(!this.isSpeaking()) return;
+		if (!this.isSpeaking()) return;
 		window.speechSynthesis.pause();
 	}
 
 	resume(): void {
-		if(!this.isSpeaking()) return;
+		if (!this.isSpeaking()) return;
 		window.speechSynthesis.resume();
 	}
 
-	isSpeaking() : boolean {
+	isSpeaking(): boolean {
 		return window.speechSynthesis.speaking;
 	}
 
-	isPaused() : boolean {
+	isPaused(): boolean {
 		return window.speechSynthesis.paused;
 	}
 
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ export class TTSService {
 		}
 
 		if (this.plugin.settings.speakTitle) {
-			content = title + " " + content;
+			content = title + " ! ! " + content;
+		}
+
+		if (!this.plugin.settings.speakEmoji) {
+			//regex from https://ihateregex.io/expr/emoji/
+			content = content.replace(/(\u00a9|\u00ae|[\u2000-\u3300]|\ud83c[\ud000-\udfff]|\ud83d[\ud000-\udfff]|\ud83e[\ud000-\udfff])/g, '');
 		}
 
 		//add pauses, taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/50944593/5589264
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ export class TTSService {
 
 	async play(view: MarkdownView): Promise<void> {
 		let content = view.getViewData();
-		let language = this.getLanguageFromFrontmatter(view);
+		const language = this.getLanguageFromFrontmatter(view);
 
 		if (!this.plugin.settings.speakFrontmatter)
 			if (content.startsWith("---")) {
@@ -106,10 +111,10 @@ export class TTSService {
 
 	}
 
-	getLanguageFromFrontmatter(view: MarkdownView) : string {
+	getLanguageFromFrontmatter(view: MarkdownView): string {
 		let language = "";
 		//check if any language is defined in frontmatter
-		if(!view.getViewData().startsWith("---")) return language;
+		if (!view.getViewData().startsWith("---")) return language;
 
 		const frontmatter = view.getViewData().match(/---[\s\S]*?---/);
 		if (frontmatter && frontmatter[0]) {

src/main.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class TTSPlugin extends Plugin {
 		this.addCommand({
 			id: 'start-tts-playback',
 			name: 'Start playback',
-			editorCallback: (editor, view) => {
+			editorCallback: (_, view) => {
 				this.ttsService.play(view);
 			}
 		});

src/settings.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface TTSSettings {
     speakSyntax: boolean;
 	speakCodeblocks: boolean;
     speakTitle: boolean;
+	speakEmoji: boolean;
     languageVoices: LanguageVoiceMap[];
 	stopPlaybackWhenNoteChanges: boolean;
 }
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: TTSSettings = {
     speakSyntax: false,
     speakTitle: true,
 	speakCodeblocks: false,
+	speakEmoji: false,
     languageVoices: [],
 	stopPlaybackWhenNoteChanges: false,
 }
@@ -272,6 +274,17 @@ export class TTSSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                     });
             });
 
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName("Emoji")
+			.addToggle(async (toggle) => {
+				toggle
+					.setValue(this.plugin.settings.speakEmoji)
+					.onChange(async (value) => {
+						this.plugin.settings.speakEmoji = value;
+						await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+					});
+			});
+
 		containerEl.createEl("h2", {text: "Misc"});
 		new Setting(containerEl)
 			.setName("Stop playback when a note is closed/new note is opened")

versions.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"0.1.0": "0.9.12",
 	"0.2.0": "0.9.12",
-	"0.3.2": "0.12.0"
+	"0.3.2": "0.12.0",
+	"0.3.3": "0.12.0"
 }