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Originally Posted by kacir
I have used Libre Office Writer to prepare example pdf file with various font sizes, with black background and white text.
If you open it on almost any e-ink reader, it will work.
Used font is Ubuntu Font Bold. http://font.ubuntu.com/
The development of this highly readable font was paid for by the Canonical company - authors of Ubuntu Linux
You "just" need to prepare such pdf for each book the visually impaired user wants to read. First you need to experiment a bit with format that is ideal for him/her.
I can provide odt document, or instructions, so you just copy and paste text into it and save. Preparation of such document just takes a few minutes and it can provide hours and hours of entertainment.
To get text for visually impaired person you need to register at some organization in your country that grants access for such people to many, many texts. There are also many texts available on Internet free of charge. I used a bit of "Sherlock Holmes adventures" from Project Gutenberg web site. |
That's very cool, but a lot of work. I'm a semi-geeky Linux user myself (Linux Mint FTW!), but your average person is not going to be able or willing to do all that work for every book. With an ereading app, you can just change the settings once and it will stay that way for every book.
Also, a lot of the visually impaired people I've seen post here say that a back-lit screen is actually better for them. I imagine it probably depends on what type of impairment you have, and I wouldn't know - I'm just a little bit near-sighted. But that's what I've heard.
What might be a good idea, to the OP, is to take your son to a Best Buy or something, and have him look at the demos - e-ink ereaders, tablets, and laptops - and see what works best for him.