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jago25_98 · 03-23-2022, 12:47 AM

tdlr;
How likely am I to find that PDFs of children's books don't read well on small screen readers due to poor formatting?

I'm thinking of buying a bunch of tablets to hand out to parents for reading at home
because I don't have space for a book cleaner ((my 'school' is 150sq'))

On the one hand, eInk would be popular with parents as a way to reduce LCD screen time.
On the other hand, eInk basically doesn't work with PDF and ALL of the resources I have right now are in PDF format.
Low level example:
https://www.speldsa.org.au/image/cat...the_bus-DS.pdf
Medium level example:
https://downloads.allaboutlearningpr...he-Kitchen.pdf
High level:
(I tried a novel in PDF once and found it was really badly formatted.)

I can have parents bring devices back to be loaded up with new content but I'd rather be able to update it remotely. I found that cheap Chinese devices often kill Syncthing. I also found sending to the kindle email address to be unreliable too.

I can get a cheap Chinese tablet for as little as $30 here but I think what this boils down to is :

How likely am I to find that PDFs of children's books don't read well on small screen readers?

03-23-2022, 12:47 AM	#1
jago25_98 Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 3200000 Join Date: Dec 2005 Device: n35 p800 n30	Best for a school to give to children during lock down? tdlr; How likely am I to find that PDFs of children's books don't read well on small screen readers due to poor formatting? I'm thinking of buying a bunch of tablets to hand out to parents for reading at home because I don't have space for a book cleaner ((my 'school' is 150sq')) On the one hand, eInk would be popular with parents as a way to reduce LCD screen time. On the other hand, eInk basically doesn't work with PDF and ALL of the resources I have right now are in PDF format. Low level example: https://www.speldsa.org.au/image/cat...the_bus-DS.pdf Medium level example: https://downloads.allaboutlearningpr...he-Kitchen.pdf High level: (I tried a novel in PDF once and found it was really badly formatted.) I can have parents bring devices back to be loaded up with new content but I'd rather be able to update it remotely. I found that cheap Chinese devices often kill Syncthing. I also found sending to the kindle email address to be unreliable too. I can get a cheap Chinese tablet for as little as $30 here but I think what this boils down to is : How likely am I to find that PDFs of children's books don't read well on small screen readers?