I am using the Kindle 2, but it looks like this is doable.<div><br></div><div>Could you be more specific on doing it? I prefer to just install the font (which one do I use for Hebrew?) and not a web server. Do I have to use the python update script, or is it possible to copy a few file to my Kindle?</div>
<div><br></div><div>It is not that easy for me to get a new one where I am, so I'd rather not brick the device...</div><div><br></div><div>Z.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Matan Ziv-Av <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matan@svgalib.org">matan@svgalib.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I tried converting a text document containing Hebrew and Spanish to the Kindle format. The Spanish was readable, but the Hebrew was junk. Although I can read html in Hebrew on the Kindle, it does not let me read html documents that are stored locally. I contacted Amazon, and was informed that Hebrew is not currently supported on the Kindle, though they may be working on it. I can convert the document to pdf, which I CAN read on the Kindle, but then I can't use a dictionary for the Spanish, which is my goal in transferring the document. My question is: is there another digital reader (sony, barnes and noble, borders, whoever), which can handle Hebrew charset? I am NOT talking about iPad or a similar devices, as they are much too expensive, and of course any netbook and up can read the documents in multiple formats.<br>
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You can change the fonts on the kindle[1], so if that is the only problem with the hebrew, you can use the kindle reader.<br>
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The browser indeed refuses browsing file://, so you can install a local httpd[2] to browse local files.<br>
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You can install fbreader[3] which has some form of hebrew support, and is in general a better reader software than the kindle reader.<br>
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[1] <a href="http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88004" target="_blank">http://www.mobileread.com/<u></u>forums/showthread.php?t=88004</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126128" target="_blank">http://www.mobileread.com/<u></u>forums/showthread.php?t=126128</a><br>
[3] <a href="http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10737" target="_blank">http://www.mobileread.com/<u></u>forums/showthread.php?t=10737</a><br><font color="#888888">
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