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Old 08-22-2016, 11:08 PM   #1
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Kobo dictionary and fullscreen questions

Hi,

The Kobo Aura One looks really interesting. I have a few general Kobo questions that I did not see answered, and I have not owned a Kobo device before.

1. Does the official reader for epubs on a Kobo device allow a translation of an English word into another language (German in my case) with a single fingerpress/fingerholding on the word?

2. Does the official reader for Kepubs (I read here that they are separate programs) allow the functionality above?

3. I read this thread here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=232883 about installing custom user-dictionaries on a Kobo. Is this still possible on recent firmwares as of now?

4. Is the problem from Firmware 3.18.0 fixed, where when setting FullScreenReading=true the “Show header and footer” option unticked, every next page was the extra-heavy full screen refresh?

5. Can the wifi option be fully disabled in a Kobo, including the search for open wifi signals? This can improve the battery lifetime, as I am oftentimes reading without a wifi connection around.

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Old 08-22-2016, 11:38 PM   #2
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5. Yes. You can turn the wifi off.
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Old 08-23-2016, 01:31 AM   #3
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Hi,

The Kobo Aura One looks really interesting. I have a few general Kobo questions that I did not see answered, and I have not owned a Kobo device before.

1. Does the official reader for epubs on a Kobo device allow a translation of an English word into another language (German in my case) with a single fingerpress/fingerholding on the word?
When you the dictionary popup is displayed, it will be in the language for the book. You can change to another dictionary from the popup, such as a translation dictionary. This will be remembered and used for the next lookup in the book.
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2. Does the official reader for Kepubs (I read here that they are separate programs) allow the functionality above?
The dictionary lookup works the same in both of these formats.
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3. I read this thread here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=232883 about installing custom user-dictionaries on a Kobo. Is this still possible on recent firmwares as of now?
Yes.
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4. Is the problem from Firmware 3.18.0 fixed, where when setting FullScreenReading=true the “Show header and footer” option unticked, every next page was the extra-heavy full screen refresh?
I don't usually use the full screen reading, but the last time I did, there was no issues with the refresh.
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5. Can the wifi option be fully disabled in a Kobo, including the search for open wifi signals? This can improve the battery lifetime, as I am oftentimes reading without a wifi connection around.
As meera said, you can turn the WiFi off. But, the WiFi is not constantly active. It disconnects after you haven't used it for a while. I don't see much battery use when I'm out of range of my known WiFi networks.
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Old 08-23-2016, 03:02 AM   #4
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The full screen refresh issue was resolved in the current firmware.

As to if it'll be back in the firmware of the kobo one we don't know. Full screen mode isn't an official feature so Kobo my break it at any point
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