Hi everyone,
What would be best recommendations for a reliable simple e-reader without touchscreen, as well as no need at all for keyboard, dictionary or wi-fi (usb connection to computer is good enough)?
I am getting one for my 80+ grandmother who has tremor in her hands, and uses it to only read books and turn pages (i.e., she never uses dictionary or makes notes). Her old one fit this purpose perfectly but just died. Unfortunately, her ability to use touchscreens is only about 50% successful as tremor leads to consistent mis-alignment between intention and signal; and the more sensitive the touchscreen, the worse it gets, based on her smartphone experience with every available accessibility feature turned up. So I need a very simple model that could be reliably navigated with buttons only (i.e., the kind they probably don’t make any more…).
I reviewed the discussion in an earlier thread about e-readers for “touchscreen haters” (
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=294259), but it got muddled up with many options that do have touchscreen after all or keyboard. I wrote down several models from it. But it is also a year later, so I wondered if something else or different advice may be available.
Also, for older models, does any one know where to find them - in Canada? For example, it is my understanding that Kindle 4 or 5 fit the requirements well, but when I try to search on Amazon or Best Buy, the only results I get are for hundreds of cases - not the e-readers themselves…