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verona · 04-23-2013, 10:02 AM

Hi,

First of all, I want to apologize for my English. I am not a native speaker and mostly read / listen to English books and articles. Hope you guys can help me to choose! Being a geek I don't mind to jailbreak the device to achieve the needed functionality

I am looking for an E-ink reader for reading books and other texts from the internet (articles, mailing lists discussions etc). Currently I am using iPhone for this but it's not doing any good to my eyes

. I also find audiobooks very convenient, have audible.com account and recently discovered Voice Dreamer app for iPhone which is great for reading texts that are not available in audiobook format. Being stay-at-home mom with running around toddler, I don't have much time for reading and want to use it the most efficient way. Sometimes (like when doing chores or in the car) audio is more convenient, sometimes I can read few pages.

My ideal setup for gathering material:
- no manual syncing, everything is cloud-based
- browsing on Mac and iPhone, sending links to articles to the cloud
- buying / downloading books on Mac, converting them with Calibre to the needed format, sending them to the cloud

My ideal setup for the reading:
- seamless switching between audio version and text, device remembers the reading position
- tts for multiple languages (English, Russian, Dutch)
- listen to audio on iPhone (and not on the reader) because of AirPlay and bluetooth car integration
- backlight for reading in the dark
- touch interface

My candidates so far:
1) Kindle Touch.
Pros: good "send to kindle" functionality
Cons: no backlight, no tts in iPhone Kindle app - have to use Kindle for audio.
Questions: Is Kindle TTS quality any good? Can it read in different languages?

2) Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight
Pros: backlight, tts in iPhone Nook app (with VoiceOver)
Cons: VoiceOver is not the best TTS, have to switch languages in the iOS to have VoiceOver read in different languages, no "send to Nook" functionality
Questions: is there any "send to Nook" functionality? Jailbreak setup with other cloud service?

Thanks for any tips!

04-23-2013, 10:02 AM	#1
verona Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: none	E-ink device with TTS/audiobook integration Hi, First of all, I want to apologize for my English. I am not a native speaker and mostly read / listen to English books and articles. Hope you guys can help me to choose! Being a geek I don't mind to jailbreak the device to achieve the needed functionality I am looking for an E-ink reader for reading books and other texts from the internet (articles, mailing lists discussions etc). Currently I am using iPhone for this but it's not doing any good to my eyes . I also find audiobooks very convenient, have audible.com account and recently discovered Voice Dreamer app for iPhone which is great for reading texts that are not available in audiobook format. Being stay-at-home mom with running around toddler, I don't have much time for reading and want to use it the most efficient way. Sometimes (like when doing chores or in the car) audio is more convenient, sometimes I can read few pages. My ideal setup for gathering material: - no manual syncing, everything is cloud-based - browsing on Mac and iPhone, sending links to articles to the cloud - buying / downloading books on Mac, converting them with Calibre to the needed format, sending them to the cloud My ideal setup for the reading: - seamless switching between audio version and text, device remembers the reading position - tts for multiple languages (English, Russian, Dutch) - listen to audio on iPhone (and not on the reader) because of AirPlay and bluetooth car integration - backlight for reading in the dark - touch interface My candidates so far: 1) Kindle Touch. Pros: good "send to kindle" functionality Cons: no backlight, no tts in iPhone Kindle app - have to use Kindle for audio. Questions: Is Kindle TTS quality any good? Can it read in different languages? 2) Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Pros: backlight, tts in iPhone Nook app (with VoiceOver) Cons: VoiceOver is not the best TTS, have to switch languages in the iOS to have VoiceOver read in different languages, no "send to Nook" functionality Questions: is there any "send to Nook" functionality? Jailbreak setup with other cloud service? Thanks for any tips!