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Originally Posted by Elegantsuffish
A search in this forum for specific advice about ereaders for someone with MD produced answers from 2013, so please, forgive me for asking the question again. I appreciate the advice offered in earlier threads - thank you - but perhaps there are now new e-readers worthy of recommendation?
My 90 year old m-i-l, recently diagnosed, currently uses an old, original Kindle 3 with the 6" screen. We read about the DX and the larger screen, but it appears to be discontinued. As a result, maybe we need to look beyond Kindle?
Any advice would be gratefully received.
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Tablet or e-ink? There are plenty of large tablets on the market, and the pluses there might be the potential for voice control, text-to-speech etc to cater for future needs; as well as a bright screen and various choices of app (including public library apps as well as various reader apps etc). They're also less fragile than e-ink devices.
Downsides can be battery life, weight, and the fact that _some_ people find reading on an LCD/LED screen more tiring (though fine-tuning brightness and background colour can help a lot with that).
Choices in e-ink are much more limited, but search the forums for recent threads on large screen e-ink readers - there are a fair few discussions about it.
If you're just looking for a slightly larger screen than the standard six inch rather than much larger, the Kobo H2O is a lovely device.