Kobo and interlinear epub documents

clairvoyant · 09-28-2021, 04:53 PM

I currently have a Kindle Paperwhite for language learning but find it slow and tedious to look up individual words. So I looked into interlinear texts and found this thread by @Doitsu as well as source code to generate interlinear epub documents through Google translate.

Now I'm considering getting a Kobo Libra H2O but I'm wondering if they support interlinear books. Or does maybe KOReader support it if I install it on Kobo?

DNSB · 09-28-2021, 06:39 PM

I ran into this a couple of years back and thought it looked interesting. I played with Doitsu's original idea of using <ruby> since I knew that worked with Kobo's webkit based renderer. I converted his original to an epub3 document and using this in combination with Kobo's alternate renderer worked quite happily after sending it to my Kobo using the KoboTouchExtended driver to send as a kepub. I've attached a screenshot from a Kobo Forma.

Edit: Finding that document makes me realize that I really need to do some cleanup.

09-28-2021, 04:53 PM	#1
clairvoyant Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2021 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Kobo and interlinear epub documents I currently have a Kindle Paperwhite for language learning but find it slow and tedious to look up individual words. So I looked into interlinear texts and found this thread by @Doitsu as well as source code to generate interlinear epub documents through Google translate. Now I'm considering getting a Kobo Libra H2O but I'm wondering if they support interlinear books. Or does maybe KOReader support it if I install it on Kobo?

09-28-2021, 06:39 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,380 Karma: 145435140 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I ran into this a couple of years back and thought it looked interesting. I played with Doitsu's original idea of using <ruby> since I knew that worked with Kobo's webkit based renderer. I converted his original to an epub3 document and using this in combination with Kobo's alternate renderer worked quite happily after sending it to my Kobo using the KoboTouchExtended driver to send as a kepub. I've attached a screenshot from a Kobo Forma. Edit: Finding that document makes me realize that I really need to do some cleanup. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by DNSB; 09-28-2021 at 06:42 PM.

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