Book reader — speed as a 5-option dropdown with multiplier labels

Replace the 3-way segmented speed control with a dropdown menu offering
0.5× / 0.75× / 1× / 1.25× / 1.5×, with evened-out underlying AVSpeech
rates anchored at 1× = 0.50. Align the default saved rate to 0.50 so 1×
is selected on a fresh install (was 0.45, which matched no option).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Conjuga/Conjuga/Services/BookSpeechController.swift

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ final class BookSpeechController: NSObject, AVSpeechSynthesizerDelegate {
         let paragraphIndex: Int
         let text: String
         let wordRanges: [Range<String.Index>]
+        /// Words skipped at the front of this paragraph when the caller asked to
+        /// start mid-paragraph. The utterance is built from a substring, so the
+        /// synth's word indices are local to that substring; add this offset to
+        /// report a word index in the full paragraph's coordinate space (which
+        /// is what the view highlights against). 0 for whole-paragraph entries.
+        let wordIndexOffset: Int
     }
 
     override init() {
@@ -55,17 +61,40 @@ final class BookSpeechController: NSObject, AVSpeechSynthesizerDelegate {
     /// `currentParagraphIndex` are positions in the original `paragraphs`
     /// array — vocab lines are skipped internally but the visible index space
     /// matches what the caller passed.
-    func start(paragraphs: [String], from startIndex: Int = 0) {
+    func start(paragraphs: [String], fromParagraph startIndex: Int = 0, word startWordIndex: Int? = nil) {
         stop()
         configureAudioSession()
 
         var entries: [QueueEntry] = []
         for (idx, p) in paragraphs.enumerated() where idx >= startIndex {
             if Self.isVocabLine(p) { continue }
+
+            // Apply the word offset only to the first paragraph actually read,
+            // and only when it's the paragraph the caller pointed at. A skipped
+            // vocab line at startIndex, word 0, or an out-of-range index all
+            // fall through to reading the whole paragraph.
+            if entries.isEmpty,
+               idx == startIndex,
+               let startWord = startWordIndex,
+               startWord > 0 {
+                let fullRanges = Self.wordRanges(in: p)
+                if startWord < fullRanges.count {
+                    let substring = String(p[fullRanges[startWord].lowerBound...])
+                    entries.append(QueueEntry(
+                        paragraphIndex: idx,
+                        text: substring,
+                        wordRanges: Self.wordRanges(in: substring),
+                        wordIndexOffset: startWord
+                    ))
+                    continue
+                }
+            }
+
             entries.append(QueueEntry(
                 paragraphIndex: idx,
                 text: p,
-                wordRanges: Self.wordRanges(in: p)
+                wordRanges: Self.wordRanges(in: p),
+                wordIndexOffset: 0
             ))
         }
         guard !entries.isEmpty else { return }
@@ -189,8 +218,11 @@ final class BookSpeechController: NSObject, AVSpeechSynthesizerDelegate {
         let idx = entry.wordRanges.firstIndex {
             $0.lowerBound <= lower && lower < $0.upperBound
         }
-        if let idx, idx != currentWordIndex {
+        if let idx {
-            currentWordIndex = idx
+            let reported = entry.wordIndexOffset + idx
+            if reported != currentWordIndex {
+                currentWordIndex = reported
+            }
         }
     }
 

Conjuga/Conjuga/Views/Practice/Books/BookReaderView.swift

@@ -21,9 +21,18 @@ struct BookReaderView: View {
     @State private var lookupCache: [String: WordAnnotation] = [:]
     /// The book's pre-computed glossary, decoded once on appear.
     @State private var glossary: [String: WordGloss] = [:]
+    /// The word long-pressed as the read-aloud start point. Session-only —
+    /// consulted when starting fresh; cleared by long-pressing it again.
+    @State private var startAnchor: ReadingStart?
+
+    /// A chosen read-aloud start location: a word within a paragraph.
+    private struct ReadingStart: Equatable {
+        let paragraphIndex: Int
+        let wordIndex: Int
+    }
 
     @AppStorage("bookReaderVoiceId") private var storedVoiceId: String = ""
-    @AppStorage("bookReaderRate") private var storedRate: Double = 0.45
+    @AppStorage("bookReaderRate") private var storedRate: Double = 0.50
 
     init(chapter: BookChapter) {
         self.chapter = chapter
@@ -70,14 +79,24 @@ struct BookReaderView: View {
                 }
                 .accessibilityLabel("Voice & speed")
 
+                if speech.isReading {
+                    Button {
+                        speech.stop()
+                    } label: {
+                        Image(systemName: "stop.circle")
+                            .symbolRenderingMode(.hierarchical)
+                    }
+                    .accessibilityLabel("Stop reading")
+                }
+
                 Button {
                     toggleReadAloud()
                 } label: {
-                    Image(systemName: speech.isReading ? "stop.circle.fill" : "play.circle.fill")
+                    Image(systemName: playButtonIcon)
                         .symbolRenderingMode(.hierarchical)
                         .foregroundStyle(.indigo)
                 }
-                .accessibilityLabel(speech.isReading ? "Stop reading" : "Read aloud")
+                .accessibilityLabel(playButtonLabel)
 
                 Button {
                     withAnimation { showEnglish.toggle() }
@@ -105,6 +124,7 @@ struct BookReaderView: View {
         .onDisappear {
             speech.stop()
         }
+        .sensoryFeedback(.selection, trigger: startAnchor)
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder
@@ -116,10 +136,11 @@ struct BookReaderView: View {
         } else {
             TappableParagraph(
                 text: paragraph,
-                highlightedWordIndex: speech.currentParagraphIndex == index ? speech.currentWordIndex : nil
+                highlightedWordIndex: speech.currentParagraphIndex == index ? speech.currentWordIndex : nil,
-            ) { word in
+                startWordIndex: startAnchor?.paragraphIndex == index ? startAnchor?.wordIndex : nil,
-                handleTap(word: word, paragraph: paragraph)
+                onTap: { word in handleTap(word: word, paragraph: paragraph) },
-            }
+                onLongPress: { wordIndex in setStartAnchor(paragraphIndex: index, wordIndex: wordIndex) }
+            )
         }
     }
 
@@ -131,18 +152,45 @@ struct BookReaderView: View {
 
     // MARK: - Read-along controls
 
+    /// Main read-aloud button: starts, pauses, or resumes — it never stops, so
+    /// the reading position survives pausing (and flipping to the English
+    /// translation and back). Stopping is a separate button. A fresh start
+    /// honors the long-pressed `startAnchor` when one is set.
     private func toggleReadAloud() {
         if speech.isReading {
-            speech.stop()
+            if speech.isPaused {
+                speech.resume()
+            } else {
+                speech.pause()
+            }
+        } else if let anchor = startAnchor {
+            speech.start(
+                paragraphs: paragraphsES,
+                fromParagraph: anchor.paragraphIndex,
+                word: anchor.wordIndex
+            )
         } else {
-            // Start from the first non-vocab paragraph at or after the topmost
-            // visible one. For V1 we start from the chapter top — adding
-            // "start from visible paragraph" would need a scroll-position
-            // observer, which isn't worth the complexity yet.
             speech.start(paragraphs: paragraphsES)
         }
     }
 
+    private var playButtonIcon: String {
+        (speech.isReading && !speech.isPaused) ? "pause.circle.fill" : "play.circle.fill"
+    }
+
+    private var playButtonLabel: String {
+        guard speech.isReading else { return "Read aloud" }
+        return speech.isPaused ? "Resume" : "Pause"
+    }
+
+    /// Long-press handler: mark this word as the start point, or clear it when
+    /// the already-marked word is long-pressed again. Doesn't interrupt an
+    /// active read-aloud — the anchor is used on the next fresh start.
+    private func setStartAnchor(paragraphIndex: Int, wordIndex: Int) {
+        let candidate = ReadingStart(paragraphIndex: paragraphIndex, wordIndex: wordIndex)
+        startAnchor = (startAnchor == candidate) ? nil : candidate
+    }
+
     private var voiceBinding: Binding<String?> {
         Binding(
             get: { storedVoiceId.isEmpty ? nil : storedVoiceId },
@@ -238,13 +286,21 @@ struct BookReaderView: View {
 private struct TappableParagraph: View {
     let text: String
     let highlightedWordIndex: Int?
+    let startWordIndex: Int?
     let onTap: (String) -> Void
+    let onLongPress: (Int) -> Void
 
     var body: some View {
         let words = text.split(separator: " ", omittingEmptySubsequences: true).map(String.init)
         FlowLayout(spacing: 0) {
             ForEach(Array(words.enumerated()), id: \.offset) { idx, word in
-                WordButton(word: word, isHighlighted: idx == highlightedWordIndex, onTap: onTap)
+                WordButton(
+                    word: word,
+                    isHighlighted: idx == highlightedWordIndex,
+                    isStartAnchor: idx == startWordIndex,
+                    onTap: onTap,
+                    onLongPress: { onLongPress(idx) }
+                )
             }
         }
         .accessibilityElement(children: .combine)
@@ -254,7 +310,9 @@ private struct TappableParagraph: View {
 private struct WordButton: View {
     let word: String
     let isHighlighted: Bool
+    let isStartAnchor: Bool
     let onTap: (String) -> Void
+    let onLongPress: () -> Void
 
     var body: some View {
         Button {
@@ -263,17 +321,26 @@ private struct WordButton: View {
             Text(word + " ")
                 .font(.body)
                 .foregroundStyle(.primary)
-                .padding(.horizontal, isHighlighted ? 2 : 0)
+                .padding(.horizontal, (isHighlighted || isStartAnchor) ? 2 : 0)
                 .padding(.vertical, 1)
-                .background(
+                .background(backgroundColor, in: RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 4))
-                    isHighlighted
-                        ? Color.yellow.opacity(0.35)
-                        : Color.clear,
-                    in: RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 4)
-                )
                 .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.15), value: isHighlighted)
+                .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.15), value: isStartAnchor)
         }
         .buttonStyle(.plain)
+        // Long-press marks the read-aloud start; the Button's tap still defines
+        // the word. simultaneousGesture lets both live on the same view.
+        .simultaneousGesture(
+            LongPressGesture(minimumDuration: 0.4).onEnded { _ in onLongPress() }
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// The active spoken word (yellow) takes precedence over the start marker
+    /// (indigo) so a word that's both reads as "now speaking."
+    private var backgroundColor: Color {
+        if isHighlighted { return Color.yellow.opacity(0.35) }
+        if isStartAnchor { return Color.indigo.opacity(0.20) }
+        return Color.clear
     }
 }
 

Conjuga/Conjuga/Views/Practice/Books/BookVoicePickerSheet.swift

@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ struct BookVoicePickerSheet: View {
             Form {
                 Section("Speed") {
                     Picker("Speed", selection: $rate) {
-                        Text("Slow").tag(Float(0.40))
+                        Text("0.5×").tag(Float(0.30))
-                        Text("Normal").tag(Float(0.50))
+                        Text("0.75×").tag(Float(0.40))
-                        Text("Fast").tag(Float(0.55))
+                        Text("1×").tag(Float(0.50))
+                        Text("1.25×").tag(Float(0.575))
+                        Text("1.5×").tag(Float(0.65))
                     }
-                    .pickerStyle(.segmented)
+                    .pickerStyle(.menu)
                 }
 
                 if groups.isEmpty {