Interested in ereaders

[Molly Tournquist]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lennart Sorensen > Sent: 09/23/13 12:22 PM
> I think if you wanted text to speech or audio books, then the ereader
> isn't what you were looking for in the first place. It would make much
> more sense to add text to speech to a decent MP3 player instead.

Then how is your issue excluded by the topic? Rockbox as the prototypical remedy for an exagerated divide between ereaders and mp3 players was suggested right at the start.

If you wanted a device built made with read-out-books in mind, something with a fairly large unlit/monochrome LCD screen would be natural.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kevin Cozens > Sent: 09/23/13 12:06 PM
> If I want to listen to MP3's I have my Palm based PDA for that.

It still has some things that close modern alternatives(like sub 6 inch android tablets) are catching up on?

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neil Watson > Sent: 09/23/13 12:46 PM
> 3. The screen is too small for text books, but OK for novels.

What I've heard is that text book usage is crippled by screen size, page jumping delays *and* lack of color.
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