Kobo as remote keyboard for smartphone

bramepc · 12-11-2015, 08:17 PM

Hi,

I'm investigating the possibility of using my kobo (aura) ereader as a keyboard for my android phone eg when traveling and I have both with me anyway. Not sure how that experience would be, but I cannot imagine a full screen kobo keyboard + a full remaining screen for the android app would be worse than a small split screen android keyboard

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One possible path would be to use the "remote keyboard" app on the phone which just runs a telnet server and accepts input from a telnet client connecting to a specific port.

So now I 'only' need some kind of full screen keyboard for the kobo that forwards the keystrokes over a telnet connection.
Anything that could be used for that ? Or any projects I can start from to make such a thing ?

Thanks,
Bram

Ken Maltby · 12-12-2015, 09:20 AM

Typing "virtual keyboard" in Github search = 373 results. "touchscreen keyboard" = 18 returned projects. There is also "busybox".

Luck;
Ken

II2II · 12-13-2015, 11:31 AM

You can try looking into the source code for QtFrotz. The main benefit of using this as a starting point is that it is developed for Kobo devices.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2711142

frostschutz · 12-13-2015, 05:35 PM

not sure about telnet server, but for android there seems to be an app (smartwho remote keyboard) that supports web browsers, so it might work with the kobo browser.

if it has to be telnet, and you still wanted to use the kobo browser, you could use my webportal mod to write a cgi-bin in busybox shell that translates browser input to telnet/netcat somehow.

12-11-2015, 08:17 PM	#1
bramepc Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: kobo aura	Kobo as remote keyboard for smartphone Hi, I'm investigating the possibility of using my kobo (aura) ereader as a keyboard for my android phone eg when traveling and I have both with me anyway. Not sure how that experience would be, but I cannot imagine a full screen kobo keyboard + a full remaining screen for the android app would be worse than a small split screen android keyboard . One possible path would be to use the "remote keyboard" app on the phone which just runs a telnet server and accepts input from a telnet client connecting to a specific port. So now I 'only' need some kind of full screen keyboard for the kobo that forwards the keystrokes over a telnet connection. Anything that could be used for that ? Or any projects I can start from to make such a thing ? Thanks, Bram

12-12-2015, 09:20 AM	#2
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Typing "virtual keyboard" in Github search = 373 results. "touchscreen keyboard" = 18 returned projects. There is also "busybox". Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 12-12-2015 at 09:35 AM.

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12-13-2015, 11:31 AM	#3
II2II Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 118980 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: Kobo Clara HD	You can try looking into the source code for QtFrotz. The main benefit of using this as a starting point is that it is developed for Kobo devices. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2711142

12-13-2015, 05:35 PM	#4
frostschutz Linux User Posts: 2,282 Karma: 6123806 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Device: none	not sure about telnet server, but for android there seems to be an app (smartwho remote keyboard) that supports web browsers, so it might work with the kobo browser. if it has to be telnet, and you still wanted to use the kobo browser, you could use my webportal mod to write a cgi-bin in busybox shell that translates browser input to telnet/netcat somehow.

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