Foreign languages support?

ToxicAngel · 11-15-2006, 07:16 PM

Does eReader gonna work properly with txt and rtf files written on romanic languages other than English ?( russian, french)

igorsk · 11-15-2006, 07:29 PM

Russian is not a "romanic" language. And no, it doesn't work out of box. French and other western languages should work though.

ToxicAngel · 11-15-2006, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorsk

Russian is not a "romanic" language. And no, it doesn't work out of box. French and other western languages should work though.

thanks for a quick reply.
is there anyway to make eReader support Russian accept using pdf files?

igorsk · 11-15-2006, 08:53 PM

For Russian, see here and here.
P.S. the name is Reader, not "eReader".

ToxicAngel · 11-15-2006, 09:16 PM

Thanks a lot!!!

njt · 11-15-2006, 10:24 PM

so--- what would one need to do to get japanese to display instead of say Russian /French

. (can't read russian and yeah... looks kinda scary to try blindly

.)

each · 11-16-2006, 01:40 AM

All fonts embeded PDFs outputed by pdfFactory would work properly in Reader. Documents produced by other PDF tools, such as Adobe Acrobat Pro, would have some problems in Reader, especially for Asian language.

odklizec · 11-16-2006, 09:20 AM

Hi folks. I'm interested in purchasing Sony reader, but as it looks, it's capable of reading only western texts? That's really bad news for me

Older Librie has been capable of reading both western and eastern texts. Could anyone, please, test the below two text files (both contains few Czech and Slovak characters) and if possible show me a screenshot? Thank you in advance!

http://filexoom.com/files/23998/sony_uni.txt
http://filexoom.com/files/23998/sony_utf8.txt

SoCal Bob · 11-16-2006, 11:52 AM

Here is what your text files look like in the Sony Connect Software. It looks exactly the same in the Reader itself.

odklizec · 11-16-2006, 02:25 PM

Thank you for test! Unfortunately, the result is exactly what I expected. Although the utf8 file looks better, it's still incorrect

Too bad Sony did not include full unicode font support in the reader. Hope someone find the way how to replace the standard reader fonts with custom fonts.

NatCh · 11-16-2006, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odklizec

Hope someone find the way how to replace the standard reader fonts with custom fonts.

Have a look at this thread, odklizec. It's a long thread but igorsk has figured out how to do this, and details are in there.

It's still in the 'brutal hack' stage, but I'm hoping a more user-friendly version will emerge before long.

porkupan · 11-16-2006, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odklizec

Thank you for test! Unfortunately, the result is exactly what I expected. Although the utf8 file looks better, it's still incorrect

Too bad Sony did not include full unicode font support in the reader. Hope someone find the way how to replace the standard reader fonts with custom fonts.

Just install the "Russified" (Cyrillized) image. The fonts in that image have Eastern European support as well, Czech and Slovak, and Polish, etc.
If they didn't teach you at school to read Russian, you are going to have to translate the instructions, or ask one of your friends who took Russian at school.

See the igorsk's links up in this thread. The bottom line is, Eastern European Unicode support is available, although not straight out of the box.

odklizec · 11-16-2006, 04:59 PM

Thanks for info guys! I'm now examining both links and cleaning dust from my ancient Russian..

Honza · 11-20-2006, 02:42 AM

Hi odklizec, are you Czech? If you update the fonts in Reader (as suggeted by igorsk and porkupan), you can read Czech texts with no problem. BTW, it's easier then it may seem. The biggest issue is to get Reader from USA to Europe :-) Contact me if you need any help directly in czech language ;-)

odklizec · 11-20-2006, 09:28 AM

Yep, I'm Czech (and Slovak too

). Thanks for info about Russian update! I don't have Sony reader yet, but I'm about to buy one ASAP. It's not a problem for me to get the reader from USA to Europe, as I'm buying all gadgets like this from ebay. The only problem is the actual "ebay" price, which is now well over the Sony MSRP. Most probably because of limited stock of readers

11-15-2006, 07:16 PM	#1
ToxicAngel Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2006	Foreign languages support? Does eReader gonna work properly with txt and rtf files written on romanic languages other than English ?( russian, french)

11-16-2006, 11:52 AM	#9
SoCal Bob Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 37 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SoCal Device: Sony Reader, iLiad, Palm Tungsten T3	Here is what your text files look like in the Sony Connect Software. It looks exactly the same in the Reader itself. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images Last edited by SoCal Bob; 11-16-2006 at 12:17 PM.

11-16-2006, 02:25 PM	#10
odklizec Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006	Thank you for test! Unfortunately, the result is exactly what I expected. Although the utf8 file looks better, it's still incorrect Too bad Sony did not include full unicode font support in the reader. Hope someone find the way how to replace the standard reader fonts with custom fonts. Last edited by odklizec; 11-16-2006 at 02:50 PM.

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11-15-2006, 07:29 PM	#2
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Russian is not a "romanic" language. And no, it doesn't work out of box. French and other western languages should work though.

11-15-2006, 08:53 PM	#4
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	For Russian, see here and here. P.S. the name is Reader, not "eReader".

11-15-2006, 09:16 PM	#5
ToxicAngel Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2006	Thanks a lot!!!

11-15-2006, 10:24 PM	#6
njt Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 14 Join Date: Oct 2006	so--- what would one need to do to get japanese to display instead of say Russian /French . (can't read russian and yeah... looks kinda scary to try blindly .)

11-16-2006, 01:40 AM	#7
each Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 78 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Device: Treo 650/iRex iLiad	All fonts embeded PDFs outputed by pdfFactory would work properly in Reader. Documents produced by other PDF tools, such as Adobe Acrobat Pro, would have some problems in Reader, especially for Asian language.

11-16-2006, 09:20 AM	#8
odklizec Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006	Hi folks. I'm interested in purchasing Sony reader, but as it looks, it's capable of reading only western texts? That's really bad news for me Older Librie has been capable of reading both western and eastern texts. Could anyone, please, test the below two text files (both contains few Czech and Slovak characters) and if possible show me a screenshot? Thank you in advance! http://filexoom.com/files/23998/sony_uni.txt http://filexoom.com/files/23998/sony_utf8.txt

11-16-2006, 04:59 PM	#13
odklizec Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006	Thanks for info guys! I'm now examining both links and cleaning dust from my ancient Russian..

11-20-2006, 02:42 AM	#14
Honza Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Device: Sony Reader	Hi odklizec, are you Czech? If you update the fonts in Reader (as suggeted by igorsk and porkupan), you can read Czech texts with no problem. BTW, it's easier then it may seem. The biggest issue is to get Reader from USA to Europe :-) Contact me if you need any help directly in czech language ;-)

11-20-2006, 09:28 AM	#15
odklizec Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006	Yep, I'm Czech (and Slovak too ). Thanks for info about Russian update! I don't have Sony reader yet, but I'm about to buy one ASAP. It's not a problem for me to get the reader from USA to Europe, as I'm buying all gadgets like this from ebay. The only problem is the actual "ebay" price, which is now well over the Sony MSRP. Most probably because of limited stock of readers

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