8+ Readers in comparison - Page 37

carmelra · 05-14-2010, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by YoYo

Hi Carmel, I do read Hebrew and was very curious to see if it would work on my Astak ezreader. I tried opening it with ADE and it was backwards like you said. Then I tried opening it in Calibre. Surprise, surprise, Calibre opened it correctly. However, when I tried to transfer it to the EZ reader, it displayed left to right. How annoying!!

Please let me know if you find a device that can do this as there are many Hebrew readers around.

Hi YoYo,

It's not a surprise to me that Calibre opened it properly (although there are cases it just crashes due to some punctuations in the text).
I can also confirm that AZARDI, FBReader, EPUBReader add on for Firefox and Stanza on the iPhone/iPod handle Hebrew ePub properly.

PocketBook and the iPad are the only devices I can confirm that deal with Hebrew properly (although the iPad displays the pages in the wrong order while viewing in horizontal mode)

I guess I can add now the EZ reader to the black list...

Thanks,

Carmel
Hebrew eBooks at Mendele HeBooks
http://www.mendele.co.il

YoYo · 05-14-2010, 08:00 AM

[QUOTE=mgmueller;910348][QUOTE=YoYo;910300]

Just out of curiosity: What happens, if you convert the book within "calibre"? Does the "new" book show correctly on your reader?

I tried converting the file from epub to PDF in Calibre and voila! it displays beautifully on my ezreader. Sorry, I was too lazy to take a photo. However, I tried epub, fb2 and Lit formats as well, none of them worked.

Logseman · 05-15-2010, 07:36 PM

This thread alone has more replies than all sticky posts in this subforum combined. Shouldn't it be a sticky?

pilotbob · 05-15-2010, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Logseman

This thread alone has more replies than all sticky posts in this subforum combined. Shouldn't it be a sticky?

Agreed and stuck.

BOb

mgmueller · 05-16-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Logseman

This thread alone has more replies than all sticky posts in this subforum combined. Shouldn't it be a sticky?

Cool

mgmueller · 05-16-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by carmelra

Thank you so much!
Unfortunately, all the results are the same and not good. All these devices doesn't respect the RTL direction and therefore the letters and words are presented in the wrong direction and the text is not readable. (elbadaer ton si txet eht)
I'm surprised about the Alex eReader because according to the press in Israel, it is going to be shipped in Israel in a few months. Well, maybe that's the reason why just in a few months...

Thanks again,

Carmel

I can recommend, to contact support from iRex and Spring Design. Both are extremely responsive and you get support directly from the developers, not some 3rd party support.

mgmueller · 05-17-2010, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmelra

Thank you so much!
Unfortunately, all the results are the same and not good. All these devices doesn't respect the RTL direction and therefore the letters and words are presented in the wrong direction and the text is not readable. (elbadaer ton si txet eht)
I'm surprised about the Alex eReader because according to the press in Israel, it is going to be shipped in Israel in a few months. Well, maybe that's the reason why just in a few months...

Thanks again,

Carmel

Feedback from Spring Design's support concerning Hebrew:
"We are developing a Hebrew supported version for Israel but she needs to wait for some time.
And this version is customized for Israel market, I don’t know if she will like it.
I think it will be available at the end of June. But it comes to users a little bit later."

carmelra · 05-17-2010, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

I can recommend, to contact support from iRex and Spring Design. Both are extremely responsive and you get support directly from the developers, not some 3rd party support.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

Feedback from Spring Design's support concerning Hebrew:
"We are developing a Hebrew supported version for Israel but she needs to wait for some time.
And this version is customized for Israel market, I don’t know if she will like it.
I think it will be available at the end of June. But it comes to users a little bit later."

Thanks!

carmelra · 05-17-2010, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

I can recommend, to contact support from iRex and Spring Design. Both are extremely responsive and you get support directly from the developers, not some 3rd party support.

and here is iRex support response:
Hebrew ePubs are not supported on the Dr800 yet, possibly in near future software upgrade. But until now no priority for our software development team.

cheerio6414 · 05-17-2010, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Agreed and stuck.

BOb

agreed, great sticky

kartu · 05-21-2010, 02:14 AM

Just wanted to mention, that PRS+ is available for Sony PRS 505 (expect it soon to be ported to 600/300), it allows to:
1) Folder support
2) Book History
3) Bind keys
4) Disable card scanning and carry tens of thousands of books
5) Localization (Catalan, Deutsch, Czech, English, French, ქართული, Русский, Spanish, 简体中文), adding support for a new language comes down to translating this file
6) Dictionary, Customize UI a bit, games (Sudoku, 5 balls, MahJong)
7) custom epub styles + switching between them

Check user manual for more info.

carmelra · 05-21-2010, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

Sorry for the bad quality, already deepest night here in Germany...

In this post: iRex 800S

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmelra

and here is iRex support response:
Hebrew ePubs are not supported on the Dr800 yet, possibly in near future software upgrade. But until now no priority for our software development team.

I found that FBReader is suppose to run on this device.
http://www.fbreader.org/about.php

That's interesting because FBReader supports Hebrew ePub properly.

mgmueller · 05-21-2010, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmelra

I found that FBReader is suppose to run on this device.
http://www.fbreader.org/about.php

That's interesting because FBReader supports Hebrew ePub properly.

You can have FBReader on iRex' units as 3rd party apps. Haven't tried yet, sorry.

mgmueller · 05-21-2010, 12:22 PM

I'll compare to the "old" Opus over the weekend.

It's funny: The package seems very much "inspired" by nook. Rigid and expensive looking, but extreeemely similar...

New one:
Firmware version: 2.0 (build 1170)
Adobe Reader Mobile: Version 9.1 (build 28890)

Old one:
Firmware version: 2.0 (build 1094)
Adobe Reader Mobile: Version 9.0 (build 26696)

Seems to be the same processor, though I've read somewhere differently.

Logseman · 05-21-2010, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

I'll compare to the "old" Opus over the weekend.

You should change the title of the thread

05-21-2010, 02:14 AM	#551
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	Just wanted to mention, that PRS+ is available for Sony PRS 505 (expect it soon to be ported to 600/300), it allows to: 1) Folder support 2) Book History 3) Bind keys 4) Disable card scanning and carry tens of thousands of books 5) Localization (Catalan, Deutsch, Czech, English, French, ქართული, Русский, Spanish, 简体中文), adding support for a new language comes down to translating this file 6) Dictionary, Customize UI a bit, games (Sudoku, 5 balls, MahJong) 7) custom epub styles + switching between them Check user manual for more info. Last edited by kartu; 05-21-2010 at 02:21 AM.

05-21-2010, 12:22 PM	#554
mgmueller Member Retired Posts: 3,308 Karma: 13024950 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany Device: 26 Readers, 44 Tablets	New addition: New Cybook Opus (the blue one) I'll compare to the "old" Opus over the weekend. It's funny: The package seems very much "inspired" by nook. Rigid and expensive looking, but extreeemely similar... New one: Firmware version: 2.0 (build 1170) Adobe Reader Mobile: Version 9.1 (build 28890) Old one: Firmware version: 2.0 (build 1094) Adobe Reader Mobile: Version 9.0 (build 26696) Seems to be the same processor, though I've read somewhere differently. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by mgmueller; 05-21-2010 at 12:46 PM.

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05-14-2010, 08:00 AM	#542
YoYo Member Posts: 20 Karma: 12 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Astak ezreader pocket pro	[QUOTE=mgmueller;910348][QUOTE=YoYo;910300] Just out of curiosity: What happens, if you convert the book within "calibre"? Does the "new" book show correctly on your reader? I tried converting the file from epub to PDF in Calibre and voila! it displays beautifully on my ezreader. Sorry, I was too lazy to take a photo. However, I tried epub, fb2 and Lit formats as well, none of them worked.

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Logseman Orisa Posts: 2,001 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	This thread alone has more replies than all sticky posts in this subforum combined. Shouldn't it be a sticky?