Readlang and E-Readers

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Hi everyone,

I’m thinking about getting a new e-reader - primarily for readlang (and to leave the amazon/kindle-cosmos). Going through the last thread, these were the recommendations I could find:

Boox NoteAir3C
Boox Go Color 7
Boox Palma
Supernote Nomad

Since I only need black and white, won’t take any notes etc., I’m not sure if these are the right picks for me.

To get to my question:
Has anyone tried out another e-reader that works well with readlang? (Otherwise I might just get the boox go color.)

Thx in advance!

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I’m interested to hear from others about this.

I have the Boox Go Color 7 and it’s OK, but not great. The color comes with some compromises in terms of contrast and refresh rate I think, so if you don’t care about that there might be better options. Then again I haven’t tried the others so can’t offer more help.

I am intrigued by the Daylight Computer (Daylight DC-1 tablet hands-on: an Android tablet with a new kind of screen | The Verge) but it’s a little too big and heavy. If they make a smaller version in future I would be tempted.

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Hi Steve, I was looking at getting a Boox device as well, and was wondering if the physical buttons on the Go 7 (or Page) can actually be used for page turns in Readlang? I know they can be configured to function differently within apps but with Readlang being browser-based I figured it might not be an option, which would make the buttons feel a bit like dead weight on those models.

FWIW, I tried out Readlang on a display model of a pretty low-end spec reader in a store yesterday and was really impressed with how useable it was. It was a local brand not available in the US/Europe, but was a 6-inch B&W model with only a quad-core processor and 2GB RAM. Still, it was clear to read, even for the translations, page turns and translations/explanations were quick enough, and selecting multiple words/phrases at once (swiping finger) was pretty seamless. It cemented my decision to get a device for primarily reading with Readlang, and confirmed that B&W is totally fine for Readlang as well (and sounds almost like it might even be a little better).

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I was hoping the buttons on the Boox Go Color 7 could be made to work for page turns too. I tried but unfortunately I didn’t manage to detect these button presses from the Readlang web-app.

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A Kindle Scribe and the newer Paperwhite definitely work with Readlang using the webbrowser. Google sign-in didn’t work, however, so I had to change my log in to just password/email and it worked fine.

There’s two little hicups though: sometimes the kindle will refresh the whole page out of nowhere, and also you can’t drag and select multiple words. You have to click on each one individually.

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