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Old 06-05-2011, 06:40 PM   #4
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by WaltC;1568344.

Does anyone know of other E-readers that work well/better for impaired vision?
Something with larger font sizes than the Kindle?[.
Are you looking solely at eink readers?
Do you have a preference/commitment to a specific commercial ebookstore?
Are you familiar with deDRM?

If lcd-based devices are an option you might want to look at android tablets.
If you're not afraid of DRM removal, you could then look at several reader apps that allow fine-grained font size control two which (fbreaderj and coolreader 3 ) allow extremely large font sizes in both portrait and landscape. (On a 7in 800x600 screen in landscape, you get five lines of text about a half inch high, depending on font face, on a 10in screen maybe an inch high.)

If you prefer eink readers, the Pocketbook line allows optional installs of fbreader and coolreader with, effectively, no upper limit on font size; on my 5in Pocketbook 360 I have specified text as big as an inch. Realistically, if that size is necessary, you probably want to look at the 902/903.

Other options exist; I believe there is a font hack for Kindles that enables larger font sizes and other second tier reader vendors also allow large font sizes. I expect you'll hear about some models here.

Hopefully you'll find a satisfactory solution soon.
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