Elipsa: reading pdfs - Page 2

koboje · 07-10-2021, 01:13 PM

Just received elipsa yesterday and I do agree with everything and even more. Writing experience is worse than tablets from 10 years ago... I am giving up on pdf and epub annotation as the pen is just too thick (you can't do anything about it in the reading app, one pen thickness and one tone highlight). Not sure why those paid devs can't come up with something great like KOreader and Plato with pen functions. The device has potential but so far it is very disappointing.

Cootey · 07-11-2021, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by franklekens

Some pdfs look okay from the get go. (E.g. one pdf of an actual print book downloaded from archive.org.)

But here's a pdf that doesn't look so fine…Most of you can't read Dutch, but you'll see and probably agree the font is far too small to be legible on the Kobo. I've forgotten whether I had to tweak anything on the Onyx to get it to display the book the way it looks now, but I don't even think so. And it's zoomed to the optimum size to be legible *and* stil display one whole page per screen. Perfect.

I've noticed issues with font sizes with PDFs (and ePubs grabbed off Gutenberg) on my Elipsa. The PDFs font sizes were wicked tiny and the ePubs were ginormous. Fortunately, the ePubs can be adjusted, but the PDFs did pose a legibility issue. As others have said, this is likely a firmware issue. Make sure to report your feedback to Kobo so they know about the issue. (They're probably tired of hearing from me.)

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Cootey · 07-11-2021, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by koboje

Just received elipsa yesterday and I do agree with everything and even more. Writing experience is worse than tablets from 10 years ago... I am giving up on pdf and epub annotation as the pen is just too thick (you can't do anything about it in the reading app, one pen thickness and one tone highlight). Not sure why those paid devs can't come up with something great like KOreader and Plato with pen functions. The device has potential but so far it is very disappointing.

I've had the opposite experience. I loved writing and annotating on my Elipsa. I found it quite responsive, and the stylus felt very comfortable to work with. Obviously, YMMV. Have you tried pairing a different Bluetooth stylus with the Elipsa. I don't how easy or not that is to do.

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alehel · 08-16-2021, 02:16 AM

Been using the Elipsa to read programming books, and only just discovered how well the dropbox sync works. When I've made notes or highlights to the PDF, they sync over to dropbox and show just fine in a regular PDF application. If I delete the file completely from my Kobo, move it to a new folder in dropbox and download it again, everything is still there, and I can still do things like delete my notes that I made earlier. I was expecting the experience to be much worse.

Now, if we can get auto-cropping, ability to adjust pen size, and text-based (rather than free form) highlighting, this will be perfect for me.

(edit) Oh yes, and some way of easily browsing all my notes in the PDF.

elipsajune · 08-19-2021, 06:51 AM

I agree 100% with @alehel.

alehel · 08-26-2021, 02:51 AM

I'm curious. Is the inability to take notes on DRM protected PDF a limitation of the DRM? I have a few IT certification books that I would love to take notes on, but unfortunately, they are drm-protected. I noticed that in Adobe Digital Editions, there is a highlight option when I select text, but whenever I do, the program crashes.

08-16-2021, 02:16 AM	#19
alehel Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Norway Device: Kobo Clara HD	Been using the Elipsa to read programming books, and only just discovered how well the dropbox sync works. When I've made notes or highlights to the PDF, they sync over to dropbox and show just fine in a regular PDF application. If I delete the file completely from my Kobo, move it to a new folder in dropbox and download it again, everything is still there, and I can still do things like delete my notes that I made earlier. I was expecting the experience to be much worse. Now, if we can get auto-cropping, ability to adjust pen size, and text-based (rather than free form) highlighting, this will be perfect for me. (edit) Oh yes, and some way of easily browsing all my notes in the PDF. Last edited by alehel; 08-16-2021 at 02:21 AM.

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07-10-2021, 01:13 PM	#16
koboje Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2021 Device: Kobo Libra and Elipsa	Just received elipsa yesterday and I do agree with everything and even more. Writing experience is worse than tablets from 10 years ago... I am giving up on pdf and epub annotation as the pen is just too thick (you can't do anything about it in the reading app, one pen thickness and one tone highlight). Not sure why those paid devs can't come up with something great like KOreader and Plato with pen functions. The device has potential but so far it is very disappointing.

08-19-2021, 06:51 AM	#20
elipsajune Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2021 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (1st gen), Kobo Elipsa	I agree 100% with @alehel.

08-26-2021, 02:51 AM	#21
alehel Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Norway Device: Kobo Clara HD	I'm curious. Is the inability to take notes on DRM protected PDF a limitation of the DRM? I have a few IT certification books that I would love to take notes on, but unfortunately, they are drm-protected. I noticed that in Adobe Digital Editions, there is a highlight option when I select text, but whenever I do, the program crashes.

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