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Old 10-14-2008, 10:15 AM   #1
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The PRS-505 and Cyrillic alphabet

I want to buy this gadget as a present. But I have one problem.
We are Bulgarian. We read English and a lot in Bulgarian, which uses Cyrillic alphabet.
On the specs it says the device can open .pdf and .doc files, but I wonder if same files in Cyrillic will be readable on it?
I wrote to Sony and Waterstones in UK 3 weeks ago, but no answer.
If nobody can positively answer, can someone please try to download something in Cyrillic (.doc/.pdf - I am not aware if any ebooks at all exist in Bulgarian) and see if it reads on you device?
Will be very grateful if you can help!
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Old 10-14-2008, 12:03 PM   #2
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Welcome to the forum! I have no experience with documents that contain the Cyrillic alphabet, but a quick search revealed a couple of threads that might provide the information you need.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...light=cyrillic

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...light=cyrillic


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Old 10-14-2008, 12:57 PM   #3
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Old 10-16-2008, 09:39 AM   #4
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We are Bulgarian. We read English and a lot in Bulgarian, which uses Cyrillic alphabet.
On the specs it says the device can open .pdf and .doc files, but I wonder if same files in Cyrillic will be readable on it?
The Cyrillic .doc and .txt files won't be readable on Sony PRS 505 "out of the box". pdf files with embedded fonts will be.
But you can easily reflash your unit with new fonts, supporting Cyrillic alphabet - there is a huge topic on it here: http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7155 (in Russian, but you should understand, all you need is in the first post).
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Old 10-16-2008, 02:27 PM   #5
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We are Bulgarian. We read English and a lot in Bulgarian, which uses Cyrillic alphabet.
On the specs it says the device can open .pdf and .doc files, but I wonder if same files in Cyrillic will be readable on it?
The 505 cannot open .doc files directly. The library software uses a copy of Microsoft word (if present on your machine) to convert the file to rtf which the Sony can read. I doubt that the converted file will be readable unless you have the correct fonts loaded on the machine.
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PRSCustomizer has support for Unicode fonts.
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Old 10-17-2008, 02:42 AM   #7
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You can replace the fonts on the Sony, yes, but personally I think you'd be better off with a device like the CyBook Gen3 which allows you to load your own fonts onto the machine.
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Old 10-17-2008, 05:19 AM   #8
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Indeed either the Cybook Gen3 or the Bebook /lBook may be a better bet as they support unicode fonts.

Also you'll get Warrenty support, unlike the Sony.
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Old 10-17-2008, 02:14 PM   #9
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