pdfs: koreader vs aura hd native reader

mrmojorizing · 08-22-2014, 01:05 PM

Hi, i got an aura hd recently.

What's better for large pdf files (technical), koreader or the native aura hd reader?

Can you have both readers on your kobo at the same time?

Thanks.

Ken Maltby · 08-22-2014, 01:14 PM

Yes, you can have both on your device at the same time. You can also have Coolreader and other utilities like the Kobo Start Menu on at the same time and switch back and forth between them and Nickel ( the Kobo User Interface). Just try Koreader out and decide for yourself how much better it is.

Luck;
Ken

JimMcLaren · 08-25-2014, 08:57 AM

For PDFs I think Koreader is far superior to the built in reader. It will crop every page and scrolls well from page to page. It surprises me how well it will reflow, even when a document has a fair number of diagrams. Reflow with sidebars is pretty useless though. Also koreader will highlight passages and I don't think the kobo reader will. The dictionary works fine in koreader, I'm not so sure on the kobo reader.

I've tried to stick with Nickel (the built in software) but had too many problems. The biggest issue was database corruption. The reading experience with kobo reader was painful but I tried using k2pdf which does a great job autocropping PDFs. Reading that way was pretty good. Some day I might give it a try again but koreader is getting so feature rich that it might be hard to give it up.

Like Ken said, you can have them both and switch between them.

Ken Maltby · 08-25-2014, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimMcLaren

For PDFs I think Koreader is far superior to the built in reader. It will crop every page and scrolls well from page to page. It surprises me how well it will reflow, even when a document has a fair number of diagrams. Reflow with sidebars is pretty useless though. Also koreader will highlight passages and I don't think the kobo reader will. The dictionary works fine in koreader, I'm not so sure on the kobo reader.

I've tried to stick with Nickel (the built in software) but had too many problems. The biggest issue was database corruption. The reading experience with kobo reader was painful but I tried using k2pdf which does a great job autocropping PDFs. Reading that way was pretty good. Some day I might give it a try again but koreader is getting so feature rich that it might be hard to give it up.

Like Ken said, you can have them both and switch between them.

It looks like both "k2pdf" and Koreader are based on MuPDF (For rendering PDF & DJVU) Koreader also includes an OCR program to aid its reflow of scanned documents.

Luck;
Ken

hawhill · 08-26-2014, 08:48 AM

Koreader is in fact based on k2pdf (for reflowing) - which does the OCR integration, too. It's the "mobile" variant of k2pdf, in a way.

08-22-2014, 01:05 PM	#1
mrmojorizing Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: kobo aura hd	pdfs: koreader vs aura hd native reader Hi, i got an aura hd recently. What's better for large pdf files (technical), koreader or the native aura hd reader? Can you have both readers on your kobo at the same time? Thanks.

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08-22-2014, 01:14 PM	#2
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Yes, you can have both on your device at the same time. You can also have Coolreader and other utilities like the Kobo Start Menu on at the same time and switch back and forth between them and Nickel ( the Kobo User Interface). Just try Koreader out and decide for yourself how much better it is. Luck; Ken

08-25-2014, 08:57 AM	#3
JimMcLaren Addict Posts: 260 Karma: 1014230 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Onyx Boox T68, Kobo Aura HD, Pocketbook 302, Pocketbook 912, Nook HD+	For PDFs I think Koreader is far superior to the built in reader. It will crop every page and scrolls well from page to page. It surprises me how well it will reflow, even when a document has a fair number of diagrams. Reflow with sidebars is pretty useless though. Also koreader will highlight passages and I don't think the kobo reader will. The dictionary works fine in koreader, I'm not so sure on the kobo reader. I've tried to stick with Nickel (the built in software) but had too many problems. The biggest issue was database corruption. The reading experience with kobo reader was painful but I tried using k2pdf which does a great job autocropping PDFs. Reading that way was pretty good. Some day I might give it a try again but koreader is getting so feature rich that it might be hard to give it up. Like Ken said, you can have them both and switch between them.

08-26-2014, 08:48 AM	#5
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	Koreader is in fact based on k2pdf (for reflowing) - which does the OCR integration, too. It's the "mobile" variant of k2pdf, in a way.

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