Feature request for people with reading difficulties! Simple but powerful!

[LivresInOz]

Originally Posted by Martinoptic

If the person is learning to read then I would imagine they’d have the reader in a surface rather than holding it. With pbooks one can use a reading ruler...it’d be a lot easier to read a line in a different colour than just a highlight. Some colour tablet readers already have this ability.

Interesting! Do you know of any apps that have the moving coloured line? I'd like to try that.

Sorry i honestly dont know what u mean by pbook?

The idea in the OP is for learners but also adults with ADHD, dyslexia, general poor concentration or even just someone who has to read a boring book for work....


I would use it on my Forma...which in fact I would be holding up, not putting down on a desk (creating bad posture and neck pain). I do actually have some of these reading aids with the slits in. I expect it would be a bit of an effort to move them down the screen with one hand and I would worry about scratching.

[Martinoptic]

pbook = paper book.
I don’t know about specific apps. I think (may be wrong) there is an android app that puts an electronic overlay on screen. Google chrome has an add-in for screen reading this way.
It might be worth contacting an online dyslexia specialist shop or a partially sighted society as they might know of something?
Good luck.

[Martinoptic]

FWIW the kindle app on my iPhone and iPad already have a reading ruler available in the more section of the themes/font settings. It defaults to off but can be turned on.

[Ken Maltby]

I have a clear plastic rod that provides a red line and magnification of a line of text above the line. A bigger line does stand out.

Luck;
Ken

P,S, A new version still available: MagDepo 2X Bar Magnifier

[hius07]

Originally Posted by Martinoptic

FWIW the kindle app on my iPhone and iPad already have a reading ruler available in the more section of the themes/font settings. It defaults to off but can be turned on.

For those who want to know how it looks like:
https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=20906594011

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by hius07

For those who want to know how it looks like:
https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=20906594011

That is really annoying,

[JSWolf]

I cannot see this focus card being of much use in KOReader. I cannot see many people with such reading difficulties using KOReader. It just seems to be a feature that will take more time to create then the use it will get.

[LivresInOz]

Originally Posted by Martinoptic

FWIW the kindle app on my iPhone and iPad already have a reading ruler available in the more section of the themes/font settings. It defaults to off but can be turned on.

Thanks Martioptic !

I guess Amazon wouldn't put effort into it if they didn't think readers would find it useful!

[LivresInOz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I cannot see this focus card being of much use in KOReader. I cannot see many people with such reading difficulties using KOReader. It just seems to be a feature that will take more time to create then the use it will get.

If I was more woke, there are SO many things I could say...

It's good that at least someone is speaking on behalf the disabled though.

[pazos]

A kindly recap on how things work here:

Work is done on a voluntary basis.
Maintainers don't want to work on features they don't care about.
Contributors usually contribute code that fits their own needs.

Maintainers do welcome all kind of crazy feature requests on the form of code patches. They decide if the patch is good enough and/or fits in the scope of the app.

For all kind of "out-of-scope" features there's https://github.com/koreader/contrib.

The best way to get an enhancement is to submit a patch against the main repo and gather feedback. Worst case scenario: not accepted upstream but you can still use it as a standalone plugin.

[pazos]

It seems that somebody went ahead and implemented the feature OP requested.

The plugin: https://github.com/husnoo/track_lines_koreader
The demo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lCoB26Waw0E

[Frenzie]

Nice, how'd you find out about that?

[pazos]

Originally Posted by Frenzie

Nice, how'd you find out about that?

I found it on gitter and did a bit of google foo

[LivresInOz]

Originally Posted by pazos

It seems that somebody went ahead and implemented the feature OP requested.

The plugin: https://github.com/husnoo/track_lines_koreader
The demo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lCoB26Waw0E

How cool!
Anyone know how to install it?

[JSWolf]

When you go to the github it says it doesn't work.