[GTALUG] e-reader recommendations

[David Mason]

Sorry, just noticed I wrote “it will also read” but I didn’t say what!

It does epub well… doesn’t do mobi.

../Dave
On May 12, 2021, 6:53 AM -0400, o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org>, wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 9:00 PM David Mason via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have a reMarkable https://remarkable.com/ which is great for PDFs, writing notes, etc. and it will also read.
> >
> > It’s quite nice. I generally use it instead of paper for notes. You can even transfer web pages to it (from a Chrome plug-in) to read them in more comfort.
> >
> An interesting tool!
> For $750 inc taxes - - - - dunno.
> Find the idea that handwriting is wonderful just a little goofy - - -
> - my typing is easily 3x my handwriting speed - - - - accuracy is
> likely far better than any ocr program as well.
>
> The limitations of these devices are quite interesting.
> The whole genre seems like toys for those with lots of toys.
> It would help if technical books were not so expensive and so hard to
> get. (Reader use)
> Oh well - - - not designed for my kind of uses.
>
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