This hack enables using custom ACXs (Active Content Extensions, W3C Widgets activated on text selection).
These extensions can be installed by placing to folder
system/acw/ in user store or to folder
/opt/amazon/acw on the system partition (this is the preferred location as the firmware can remove/recreate
system/acw/ content any time).
See
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Touch_ACX for more information.
Everything needed for ACX signing (signing app in Java, appropriate private key) can be found here:
https://github.com/dsmid/kindle-pw2-...master/signing
Attached sample ACXs adds ability to translate selection with Google Translate to your Kindle.
Install AcXE (
Update_acxe_*_install.bin from
acxe_*.zip), put
gtranslator.acx (the one for your device) in
[userstore]/system/acw/, reboot Kindle and you should see a new
"Google Translate" item in the
"More" menu after you highlight some text.
Supported languages:
I can add other languages if needed.
This works on PW2, PW1 and Touch.