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Full History - 2022 - 06 - 25 - ID#vk9dld
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Is there an app that reorganizes how text in ebooks is displayed to be more visually accessible? (self.Blind)
submitted by anonyounglife
I'm functionally blind everything more than a foot away from face. Within about 6 inches of my face I retain enough vision to still be able to read my phone but can barely read text on a paper at the same size. I can read text on websites and like here on reddit fine. However, when I try to read ebooks something about the ridiculously odd way text is aligned I can barely read it. The narrow lines spaces, inconsistent space size between words, and lack of extra space between paragraphs throws off my eyes. Even where I retain by functional vision everything has multiple glowy copies in my vision. And because of how the the text is oriented in the traditional book format those copies end up overlapping what I trying to read, making it a struggle and massive headache to read a book.


So I was wondering if anyone knows of an app or program that can't take an ebook and display the text with a normal alignment and orientation like you'd find anywhere else you'd find writing.
the_purple_goat 3 points 1y ago
You could try QRead. It puts text in a standard edit control. Barring that, you could run it through calibre and convert to some other format. Both of these options require DRM free content, however. I'm not sure how much modification you can do on drm-ed content.
anonyounglife [OP] 2 points 1y ago
I'll check that out thank you! One of the authors I really want to read does their books drm free actually so that's perfect!
kramwam 1 points 1y ago
The problem may be a technical issue - you may be reading a PDF, which does not allow realigning text.

I read ebooks on a Kindle (although I prefer audiobooks). I can set the font type to one that is easy on the eyes (like Arial or similar), the boldness of the font, the size of the font (it can get really big if needed). There is also a backlight built in, so it works in dimly lit situations too. Way easier on the eyes than a phone, way bigger screen, but still quite small to carry it around.
anonyounglife [OP] 2 points 1y ago
The main issue isn't the font size, boldness, or type it's the alightment of the font itselfs. Kindles I still have just as bad of issues as a I do reading paper. The way screens display things with light for some reason causes way less of the glow effect to words.
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