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slepp · 01-11-2009, 11:16 PM

** The patched files themselves are in post #11.

Hello everyone, I've been poking around the forums for a little bit now, after receiving a PRS-505 for Christmas. I wrote up a little mod tonight that tracks how many page turns, how long you've spent reading (from first page turn/reset, and up to 2 minutes per page, longer than that and it assumes you weren't reading) and then shows the number of pages you're reading per minute.

I figure it's handy to see how long it might take you to finish the rest of the book, or 'just one more chapter' things when it is already too late to be reading :>

It just adds to the bottom of the page like this:

Page/Total Pages (Read Pages / Time Reading in Minutes / Pages per Minute)

You press and hold the center button/Enter in a book to reset the timers/counters to 0. (I couldn't find any other function that holding the Enter button did in the stock firmwares, so figured it was convenient to use).

I'll put it up here, but I'm not sure how people expect these to be packaged up? Just the main.xml by itself?

01-11-2009, 11:16 PM	#1
slepp Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Sony PRS-505	PRS-505 Page Counter, Read Timer and Pages per Minute The patched files themselves are in post #11*. Hello everyone, I've been poking around the forums for a little bit now, after receiving a PRS-505 for Christmas. I wrote up a little mod tonight that tracks how many page turns, how long you've spent reading (from first page turn/reset, and up to 2 minutes per page, longer than that and it assumes you weren't reading) and then shows the number of pages you're reading per minute. I figure it's handy to see how long it might take you to finish the rest of the book, or 'just one more chapter' things when it is already too late to be reading :> It just adds to the bottom of the page like this: Page/Total Pages (Read Pages / Time Reading in Minutes / Pages per Minute) You press and hold the center button/Enter in a book to reset the timers/counters to 0. (I couldn't find any other function that holding the Enter button did in the stock firmwares, so figured it was convenient to use). I'll put it up here, but I'm not sure how people expect these to be packaged up? Just the main.xml by itself? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by slepp; 02-11-2009 at 12:22 AM. Reason: Added reference to post #11 for files.*