Anyway to make 700 read Chinese text?

tke7 · 02-19-2009, 01:55 AM

Hi

Would appreciate if anyone could enlighthen me on how to get my 700 to read chinese ebooks in txt format.

Thanks in advance.

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wilsonwong · 02-19-2009, 11:56 AM

i want to know too

Server · 02-19-2009, 11:57 AM

It would appear that there are two or three ways of doing this.
I presume, you want native Chinese character support built in. This is handled
by adding the font set to the library. There are others on these boards who know
more about this than I do. The other way is to use image scans of your eBook
and have the output in PDF. The caveat to this is that you will have to watch
your scaling or you will find yourself correcting the zoom on each page turn.

I also wonder if sony plans to implement an international font set in the next rom
release as this would make the reader more appealing on a broader scale. But
correct me if I'm wrong, if the reader supports PDFs' could you not open your chinese
ebook and output it to a standard PDF format ie. Print to PDF??

For example, a Russian ebook can be printed to PDF and opened by the reader with
the characters unchanged. So I presume the same is true for any language(?)

I could be wrong as I haven't tried this but it seems logical to say the least.

Anyone?

ddavtian · 02-19-2009, 10:39 PM

PDF should work. I have Armenian documents in pdf format, reader opens them just fine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Server

The other way is to use image scans of your eBook
and have the output in PDF.

You can download pdf printer driver (google) and create pdf files from any document/software that has a "print" option. You need to setup the page in a way that it fits the reader nicely (small page size, close to zero margins, etc.).

tayiu · 02-20-2009, 05:15 AM

Change your text file to PDF format. You will read Chinese ebook in your prs-700.

leebok21 · 02-20-2009, 01:47 PM

Check LRF attached.

Font implement is not done yet in PRS-700. But, you can convert chinese TXT to LRF using Japanese made ChainLP program.

Save your chinese txt to UTF-8 encoding, and convert it to LRF with ChainLP. ChainLP makes txt into image and convert it into LRF. Before binding it, you can edit it, like font, font size, margine, line size etc.

You can find this program at

http://no722.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/...inlp-v024.html

tke7 · 02-20-2009, 10:32 PM

Thanks for all the replies.

HarryT · 02-21-2009, 04:02 AM

One point which nobody's explicitly stated: yes, Chinese PDFs will work fine if correctly sized for the Reader's screen (120x90mm page size), but you must embed the appropriate fonts into the PDF file.

lordsilent · 03-09-2009, 07:41 AM

How does one go about embedding the proper font?

HarryT · 03-09-2009, 09:00 AM

Normally a PDF creator will have options for font embedding.

shavian · 03-09-2009, 10:49 AM

There is an update to support chinese/japanese/korean font
on http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=467883.

lordsilent · 03-10-2009, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shavian

There is an update to support chinese/japanese/korean font
on http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=467883.

Im having difficulty downloading the file. Do you mind rapidsharing something?

shavian · 03-10-2009, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordsilent

Im having difficulty downloading the file. Do you mind rapidsharing something?

This is the sony prs-7000 update for supporting chinese/japanese/korean font.
Extracting to a SD card , Truely Power OFF your PRS-700, disconnect the USB
cable , insert the SD card to your PRS-700 then power on it, the update
will start auto , after update finished, press OPTION button and the PRS-700 will
reboot again , take out of the SD card and now will support CJK font.

The original post locates at
http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=467883.

I have attached here.

shavian · 03-11-2009, 03:37 AM

tke7 · 03-11-2009, 07:01 AM

Hi I tried but could not get it to work. Only the menu show chinese characters but whent the book is open it shows garbage. Please advise. Thanks a million.

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02-19-2009, 01:55 AM	#1
tke7 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-700	Anyway to make 700 read Chinese text? Hi Would appreciate if anyone could enlighthen me on how to get my 700 to read chinese ebooks in txt format. Thanks in advance. * Solution available. Goto msg #13 * Last edited by tke7; 03-13-2009 at 04:35 AM. Reason: Solution available

02-19-2009, 11:56 AM	#2
wilsonwong Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hong Kong Device: Sony 505, Kindle 2, iPad, Kindle 3	i want to know too

02-19-2009, 11:57 AM	#3
Server Anti-Narcissist Posts: 171 Karma: 307 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somewhere Far, Nowhere Near... Device: SØNY6	It would appear that there are two or three ways of doing this. I presume, you want native Chinese character support built in. This is handled by adding the font set to the library. There are others on these boards who know more about this than I do. The other way is to use image scans of your eBook and have the output in PDF. The caveat to this is that you will have to watch your scaling or you will find yourself correcting the zoom on each page turn. I also wonder if sony plans to implement an international font set in the next rom release as this would make the reader more appealing on a broader scale. But correct me if I'm wrong, if the reader supports PDFs' could you not open your chinese ebook and output it to a standard PDF format ie. Print to PDF?? For example, a Russian ebook can be printed to PDF and opened by the reader with the characters unchanged. So I presume the same is true for any language(?) I could be wrong as I haven't tried this but it seems logical to say the least. Anyone?

02-20-2009, 05:15 AM	#5
tayiu Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: sony prs-700	Change your text file to PDF format. You will read Chinese ebook in your prs-700.

02-20-2009, 10:32 PM	#7
tke7 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-700	Thanks for all the replies.

02-21-2009, 04:02 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	One point which nobody's explicitly stated: yes, Chinese PDFs will work fine if correctly sized for the Reader's screen (120x90mm page size), but you must embed the appropriate fonts into the PDF file.

03-09-2009, 07:41 AM	#9
lordsilent Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: PRS-700	How does one go about embedding the proper font?

03-09-2009, 09:00 AM	#10
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Normally a PDF creator will have options for font embedding.

03-09-2009, 10:49 AM	#11
shavian Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 12 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-700	There is an update to support chinese/japanese/korean font on http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=467883.

03-11-2009, 07:01 AM	#15
tke7 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-700	Hi I tried but could not get it to work. Only the menu show chinese characters but whent the book is open it shows garbage. Please advise. Thanks a million.

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