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posted by spiraldancing on Thursday January 30 2020, @06:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the there's-an-app-for-that dept.

An Open Source eReader That's Free of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now:

I get it. The Kindle and its ability to shop for and instantly buy books anywhere using wifi or Whispernet are incredibly convenient, and it’s what’s made Amazon’s hardware the obvious choice for consuming ebooks. But supporting awful companies like Amazon is getting harder and harder if you were born with a conscience, and right about now, an open source ebook reader, free of corporate restrictions, sounds like the perfect Kindle alternative.

A fully open-hardware eReader, it includes the following design specs: ARM Cortex M4 processor, 400x300 monochromatic resolution, microSD card reader, lithium-polymer rechargeable battery, audiobook-capable headphone jack, and audio-command-capable microphone.

The Open Book Project was born from a contest held by Hackaday and that encouraged hardware hackers to find innovative and practical uses for the Arduino-based Adafruit Feather development board ecosystem. The winner of that contest was the Open Book Project which has been designed and engineered from the ground up to be everything devices like the Amazon Kindle or Rakuten Kobo are not.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 31 2020, @01:48AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 31 2020, @01:48AM (#951544)

    Using a term when others have cautioned you of it harmfulness is being a jerk for being a jerk's sake.

    I would have thought someone in the rainbow community might understand that. Clearly not.

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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 31 2020, @02:36AM

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Friday January 31 2020, @02:36AM (#951584) Journal

    I really don't care what freetards and libtards think. If the shoe fits ...

    And stop being so pretentious. You don't give a shit either.

    Also, I hate the term "differently abled." It's bullshit. Handicapped or crippled, sure. They describe reality, not making it like someone who is handicapped has a "differently abled" superpower. I'm visually crippled or handicapped, not "differently abled." I didn't get any mysterious special superpower when my retinas started crapping out.

    Sure, I learned how to cross the street with my eyes closed. But anyone with ears that can hear can learn that with a day's work. My hearing didn't suddenly turn into super-hearing. Your other senses don't suddenly become more enhanced - you just pay more attention to them. No "different ability."

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