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On this channel I mainly do videos about Book Reading technologies like e-Readers, Text-To-Speech (TTS), Amazon Kindle, Kobo eReaders, KOReader and more, but also sometimes about Gadgets, GTD, Apple, iPhone, iPad, iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, Apple Watch, Mac, MacBook, Privacy, Security and Apps. A lot of Tutorials.
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hey, where did you get your Storytel Ereader from? I tried looking for it online, but it seems to have gone out of sale everywhere :(
I bought it from Storytel.com a year or two ago.
Yeah you know what Apple’s stock broker forgot to do is put the tablet to sleep while it reads out loud. I don’t know about most ppl but I use my phone to listen to books or articles. One way to drain your battery is to leave the screen on while listening. So you might be thinking, ‘no problem I can listen to music, if I pay to get on a the KZread subscription I can listen to videos and still be able to close or put my device to sleep.’ Nope. Also it’s finicky sometimes it will read to you and do the things it’s programmed to but more often then not if you are like me and leave, say about 10 webpages open or aren’t prone to clearing your safari’s or whatever web browser your choosing’s memory/history you will not have a good time, with apples read aloud feature it glitches out will start reading then just stop or won’t start at all. Bottom line, you get what you pay for, or don’t. No I was not happy to shell out that sweet speechify subscription money but they make a good reliable app with options (one being you don’t even have to download the kindle app, they have it within the app) and other sweet extras like you can scan in physical books and load in files and pdfs which it converts from speech to text.
I have KZread premium and listen to videos with screen of everyday. And to listen to books and not read at the same time I can do that with voice dream reader or speech central. With the screen off. It doesn’t work for a reason with the free built in read aloud feature because it’s an accessibility feature for blind people to navigate the ui.
Unfortunately Hue Stream is not available anymore.
Too bad
I was just getting so frustrated with the wired approach on a macbook. Thank you so much. You're a godsend
You’re welcome
I have tried a lot of eReaders lately, and I keep coming back to my Kindle Oasis. It's just the best in every way. Or almost every way. It has 24 led's, which has been hands-down the brightest of all the devices I've tried. The buttons are "clicky" and feel satisfying to push - unlike the Kobo devices. The Oasis also has a Settings / Accessibility / Layour Size option to make everything larger, (not including the text in eBooks, of course). The other device I think might be the best is the Boox Palma, which I'm getting delivered tomorrow. That could well be the perfect companion eReader to the Oasis. I also have the latest Kindle Paperwhite, which is a nice device. One thing I did like a lot about the Kobo eReaders was the Auto-Orientation. I'd love to see that on the Oasis or PW. The one thing that may have me sending the Palma back is the non-book-ness, size-wise, of it versus the Oasis. With the Oasis - or most other eReaders, you have a format that is more book-like. We'll see how it goes. The only thing I'd change on the Oasis, is making it the same dimensions as the Kobo Libra 2. So, no bump-out in the back. I kindad like it, but I kinda like the more book-like feel of a PW or Libra 2 with a nice pleather cover.
Can you install it on a PC?
Koreader? I dont think so. But check their Github page. But if you can run Android apps you can run it
Can you change the contrast in a pdf so the text looks bolder?
Yes you can
Your sound mixing is bad bro
Ok. Why?
@@svartling I can't understand you without subtitles
@RockyRZ OK maybe you should try to speak Swedish then. That is my native language. I am sure I would not understand you then.
@@svartling just increase the volume
@RockyRZ uhm no. It peaks at zero. So you increase instead. As you should. Not me.
I already ran away
Since they are e ink, would the color one be any less comfortable to read than a regular colorized book if you had good lighting nearby?
The “paper” will be gray instead of white.
Hello Stefan, just a quick note to praise you on the enduring quality of your Wear OS watch faces. I just got the OnePlus Watch 2 as my first wearable and eventually found your site as we all must. :) It opened a gateway to me for all the other luxury faces but I continually come back to your crisp bezel-less vectorized versions of the original Rolexes and your other brands. Going down the Watchmaker faces rabbit hole has brought a lot of pleasure to this mid-50 year old. Cheers, my good man!
Thank you for your kind words
Bad product, don’t waste your money.
My iPhone doesn’t do that
All Apple devices do that
I regret purchasing it, wasted £300, buggy software, useless stylus, poor hardware, dark screen, short battery life. Etc. Do your own researches before making a decision.
I hear You are very angry and disappointed :) you are repeating yourself everywhere.
@@svartling You see me everywhere probably because you’ve advertised this product everywhere. I am commenting on KZread because I want to alert those who are interested in this poor-quality product based solely on online ads: Think Twice.
@ellensamir374 you seem to have missed this video about this e-reader bit that is probably because you are so incredibly big fanboy of kobo: Watch this before buying a Color ebook reader (e-reader)! kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJWL0KSGpsexeJM.html
@@svartling You are such an incredibly big fanboy of hardware specs and totally ignore how important the design and software can play a key role in impacting the user experience.
@@svartling Are you biased because you seem to have made a lot of advertisements for them? I hope people can actually think and do not follow the KZreadrs blindly.
You can find my negative experience with this product with videos and photos on Amazon UK. ### Disappointing Experience with Bigme B751C I recently purchased the Bigme B751C from their official shop and am thoroughly disappointed. The color display has shadows, the back makes noises, and the buttons are loud. Fonts are not clear. Darkish screen. The software is also very unresponsive. Customer service was unhelpful and only offered a replacement, not a return or refund. With these quality issues, a replacement isn’t acceptable. I will never consider purchasing from them again. Avoid this product and company.
You can find my negative experience with this product with videos and photos on Amazon UK. ### Disappointing Experience with Bigme B751C I recently purchased the Bigme B751C from their official shop and am thoroughly disappointed. The color display has shadows, the back makes noises, and the buttons are loud. Fonts are not clear. Darkish screen. The software is also very unresponsive. Customer service was unhelpful and only offered a replacement, not a return or refund. With these quality issues, a replacement isn’t acceptable. I will never consider purchasing from them again. Avoid this product and company.
Thanks for the helpful video. You’re the only person I’ve found making quality e reader videos with a focus on koreader. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for your kind words. I wish more could find me though 👍🏻
Count pages only works for epub and mobi? What about if im on kobo and want to use kepub?
I am always keeping the epub format. So just convert it to epub and have more than one format
Dude, you're the man.
i just use calibre
Yeah but stop using mobi in Calibre
I have a Kobo Libra Colour. I normally use it with about 10% brightness only ( and you need a level of brightness to use night colour, if that's something you like ). I compared it to a black and white kindle e-reader and my Kobo was darker but not as much as expected from reading online... It is darker but really not a huge deal. Sometimes i don't even use brightness if there's enough light in my room. The lower resolution is only if read a coloured book, otherwise it's 300 resolution which is crisp, so you are not really compensating compared to a black and white e-reader.
A black and white book still gets darker and not as clear as on a pure black and white e-reader because it has a color layer above the normal e-ink display. But I'll agree you can love with that
@@svartling It looks pretty clear to me, can't discern the individual pixels, and i have good eyesight with glasses. My main monitor is worse. It is darker, but again, just need 10% brightness normally.
Do you prefer the kobo libra or the palma?
I use them for two different scenarios so hard to say. The Palma I use more because it’s always with me in my pocket. The Libra I only use for home usage. The Palma is also better because you can install your preferred apps like Kindle, Kobo, KOReader, Storytel, BookBeat, Spotify and much more. The bigger display on the Libra will always be better for reading but all the other benefits the Palma has makes me say that the Palma is what I prefer the most.
@svartling I just cant makeup my mind on what I want. Thank you for responding. I needed a better picture of what i would use the most.
If you only read at home go for the Libra
@svartling ok. Also, I heard kobo library is limited. By any chance do you know if they have vc andrews on there? Sorry for asking to much 😅
You can search their whole library on kobo.com. Onyx boox Palma has no library at all
Thanks so much! Very helpful!
You’re welcome
Hello Stefan, I just want to thank you personally for all the great work. I was this closed to order a Kindle Scribe as it is on sale but after binge watching your videos on Koreader and saw you speak so highly of the Bigme 751c, I'm convinced! I prefer the flexibility and love tinkering with the devices I have and this device just ticks all of the box, esp with that attracting price. Take great care Stefan. I'm rooting for all of your future videos, keep up the amazing job!
Thank you for your kind words ☺️
I have really liked these videos on KOReader. I installed it and I love the reading experience, but I also use an iPhone and syncing progress to read on iOS is important to me, so I’ve ended up using FBReader instead. I know there’s no version of KOReader for iPhone, but are you aware of any work around to sync reading progress between KOReader and any reading app for iPhone? Thanks for your videos!
Thank you so much for this!!! I was having trouble lol
Hmmm several things are not working on my Palma. For example, koreader will not control the front light. Is there a way to fix that?
I swipe up and down on left and right side of the screen. The built in Palma controls. No you can unfortunately not control that in KOReader.
Hi, how can I get Omega dials? . I know you had to take them off.. Thanks
You can't
Really nice instructions Stefan, how about Koreader Updates, does it update automaticly or do you have to download and install the file seperetly from github ?
You can update from the menu in the settings of KOReader. Manually
But it’s a very smooth manual update. So no downloads separately. KOReader do it for you.
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
You're welcome
Grazie di Cuore Stefan..
Thanks
Looks interesting. I use a Nomatic Slim Minimalist Front Wallet. Have used it for about 10 years or so. They make some fantastic every day carry bags and backpacks too.
Cool. Thanks for the tip!
Hi Stefan, I have a Kobo Clara HD 2018, and I need to update it! Which one would you suggest ? I read only Greek books and I would like to avoid Adobe Digital Editions because it doesn’t work for my computer. Thank you!!
Buy the kobo Clara B&W. It's the latest Kobo
Thank you for your quick reply! Is it possible to upload protected epub files without ADE to kobo Clara B&W ? I usually buy ebooks from bookstores.
No you cant do that on any ereader.
Thank you!!
I’m transferring a few books over their PDFs but they don’t come across with the cover it just says doc and pdf on them. How would I be able to send them with the cover ? I got my kindle a little over a year ago
PDF’s is tricky and often needs to be send from Calibre on your computer instead. But are you sure you have opened them once on your kindle? Sometimes they need to be opened for the cover to show up
@@svartling in the library instead of the cover it shows as I have 2 that came across PDF and one is a DOC. When I go into the book it shows the cover so I’ll probably retry it how you said and see if that works :)
Doc files is what all books you send to kindle gets. Both wireless and with cable.
Hi there. I’ve been using the spoken txt for a year never had a problem until the other day and now it won’t read continuously for me. I have followed your steps, unfortunately when I use the two finger and swipe down…which btw is a pain, yours automatically starts reading, mine dose not. Then once the page turns its stops reading and I have to hit play again. I have bloody well tried everything and I don’t know what to do. Pls help 😩
You have some things you can try in the comments on this video.
I have tried it all 🤦🏼♀️
@user-zw9it7cn4f ok. Then I don’t know
I had a similar problem with iPad Pro (17.5.1) that started today - (1) re-checked all the advice in this video and in the comments (2) I unset the "Speak Screen" flag (Accessibility-Spoken Content-Speak Screen) (3) Shut Down for 5 mins (4) rebooted and reset the Speak Screen flag (5) Shut Down (6) rebooted. It now works as designed, with pages turning and Text-to-Speech working smoothly. (I also cleared Safari "History and Website data for "Today" but I don't think Safari was the problem - should have done that separately to be sure.)
I say I don't think Safari was the problem because I never use Text-to-Speech with Safari, only the Kindle App, but could be linked...
9 hours???? Thats terrible! I expect at least 40 hours reading time for an ereader
lol! No you don’t understand. No ereader has 40 hours of reading time. Reading time is with display on and active reading. 40 hours or even more all my ereaders get in total before charging. But that’s with standby time included. No e-reader can have so much reading time. It’s impossible. I charge my e-readers and I have plenty at has have plenty more, about once a week or so. Depending on how much reading I have done on it.
Libra 2 is the best size and bw is better than color
Yes B&W is definitely better than color.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
That inital pages count was probably correct, it just downloaded a new hidden chapter from helvete, I would tread carefully)) Great video buddy.
Ha! Yeah maybe :)
Not an ebook reader but is the time reading on your phone over?
Yes since I bought the onyx Boox Palma with a smartphone form factor I haven’t read on my phone. And my headaches and tired eyes has also stopped. Probably because of that.
You don't have to thinker with them (Kobo), works great out of the box and doesn't have the anoying Amazon adds and you can sideload books. It's a much better device.
I opened my e book, I swiped down the page, it just moved the page down, but it's not reading anything I held my finger over the words to select them, but it's still not reading anything I don't know what I'm doing wrong or how to get it to read these pages to me on my iPhone
Watch this in more detail then: How To Listen Along while Reading an ebook in Apple Books app on an iPhone or iPad kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJdnlMqNfq3Hp7g.html
I personally dislike American accents for text to speech such as audiobooks. Do you mean that the Siri text to speech learning/improving only functions when using Siri English (US), or can Siri also learn/improve using English (Australian) or English (Indian)?
Any English language
Oh good. So far, the voice seems rather stilted. I'm fascinated at the prospect that it may improve with use.
why does it ask for info and seems my phone has been reset,
Are you sure you are commenting on the right video? This is a powerbank they can’t do anything except charging.
When I try this I only get the first few introduction pages - the book itself does not get moved over
The book can not be drm protected
@@svartling what does that mean?
In short, copyright protected. If you have bought them on Amazon for example.
@@svartling I bought from iTunes…. So I cannot copy them over to another device I own?
@christinedearing2594 no you can’t. They are DRM protected.
Very helpful video, thank you! I wonder whether you can read books borrowed from the libraries in Sweden in the e-pub format?
Sorry you can’t on a kindle. You can with kobo though
@@svartlingthanks! Then I know my choice 🎉
I have a video on my channel where I show how I borrow books from the library here in Sweden.
Great! I’ll definitely watch it 👌
Do so 👍🏻
Possible to use them for text you write?
Yes you can read aloud text files too
0:52 i didnt get the bluetooth thingy in my tv
Well it’s not free then
Good because then I can finally earn something from all my hard work. So for you it will not be free. For all others it will be