It could be so beautiful: In warm temperatures and sunshine it sometimes shines tempting to simply move the workplace outside. However, if you have looked for a sunny spot, the big disappointment follows when you open the laptop: Despite tightly squinted eyes, the content on the screen is difficult to see, the surroundings are simply too bright and the screen is reflective. Really productive work becomes difficult.
E-reader with a difference: Thanks to the hobbyist trick, text undisturbed in the sun
For people who simply write digitally in peace and maybe something else Would you like to recharge your batteries with vitamin D, there now seems to be a solution to the light problem. There are various instructions online on how hobbyists can turn old e-readers into digital typewriters. By working with software extensions and providing the devices with a keyboard, they want to take advantage of the special feature of e-reader displays: The corresponding displays reflect light like normal paper instead of actively glowing – they are so-called passive displays. This property ensures that the texts on e-readers are easy to read not only in normal room light, but also in the sun.
In addition, the converted e-readers have two further advantages: On the one hand, the energy consumption is significantly lower than with others Devices, the battery lasts accordingly longer. On the other hand, the reading or writing flow is less frequently interrupted by pop-up notifications, for example from the inbox. So you should be able to concentrate better than on a laptop, tablet or PC.
Kobo, Kindle and Co . convert to a writing instrument: Instructions explain how to do it
Corresponding devices for undisturbed writing on so-called e-ink displays are already available in regular stores – but why not just use and expand the gadget that may already be there? There are already various implementations of the extension idea on the Internet, on GitHub, for example, a developer explains his approach to old Kobo models – the result is the so-called Kobowriter. The device is connected to a keyboard via a USB port, which is supplied with external energy. A few software steps later, the device and keyboard are actually connected to each other and text production can start.
Also for Kindle models or the Boox e-readers from Onyx there are possibilities to use a keyboard (partly also via Bluetooth) to connect to the device and convert it into a digital typewriter – according to user reports, however, there is still room for improvement in some functions.
