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| Eumaeus Groupie Australia Joined 5607 days ago 75 posts - 134 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 9 of 20 18 April 2012 at 12:02am | IP Logged | ||
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The iPad is great for DLI and FSI.
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| Celticdenefew Newbie United States Joined 4607 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Bulgarian | Message 10 of 20 18 April 2012 at 8:28am | IP Logged | ||
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I use the BYKI Android app for flash cards and converted PDF files for my Kindle app. The flash cards are especially wonderful on my phone as I can put it on auto and just listen and repeat no matter where I am, just like those old cassette tapes :D I will check check out the LWT and DLI as well. :)
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6154 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 11 of 20 18 April 2012 at 10:49am | IP Logged | ||
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The iPad is very good for scanned PDF's (PDF Lite). I got one after struggling to get the FSI material to render on a Sony reader. However, it's not good for Epub files, as the latest version of Stanza crashes. Project Gutenberg used to produce Pdfs, but I couldn't find them when I checked last night. I ended using the Sony to download a couple of files.
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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5265 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 12 of 20 18 April 2012 at 12:29pm | IP Logged | ||
Get yourself a free pdf printer, a paid one is a good investment to make. Download the plain text file. Copy and paste it into a word document. Print to pdf, voilà! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| t123 Diglot Senior Member South Africa https://github.com/t Joined 5614 days ago 139 posts - 226 votes Speaks: English*, Afrikaans | Message 13 of 20 18 April 2012 at 12:48pm | IP Logged | ||
Not really, most of them are just wrappers for free software. Open Office can do this for free, but if you're working with any reader, calibre is probably better, since it converts between formats (free too). http://calibre-ebook.com/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5265 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 14 of 20 18 April 2012 at 1:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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I always hesitate to recommend a paid software, because most people here seem to not want to pay. I use adobe acrobat and it was the best money I ever spent on a software program. I use it every day.
I also am a big fan of open-source software and often use Open Office, a free open-source office suite, which does have it's own built-in pdf printer and it works excellently. Calibre is my lifeblood for ebooks. I don't know what I would do without it. Open Office Calibre- E-book management 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kujichagulia Senior Member Japan Joined 4850 days ago 1031 posts - 1571 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Portuguese | Message 15 of 20 22 December 2012 at 1:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Would it be worth it to get a tablet for use mainly in an offline situation? I know that I could use AnkiDroid offline, and I could do things like read PDFs or e-books, and I could take notes on the train. But is that worth it? Does anybody here use their tablets offline often, with no Internet?
I have wireless internet set up at home, so using a tablet at home connected to the Internet is no problem. However, I would like to use it to maximize my study time on the train, and of course I wouldn't have an Internet connection there. Edited by kujichagulia on 22 December 2012 at 1:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| araul Diglot Newbie Latvia Joined 4353 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Latvian*, English Studies: Norwegian | Message 16 of 20 29 December 2012 at 6:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am using tablet to browse webpages in the language I'm learning (Norwegian), when I am
not at home, when going somewhere by bus or train. Also quite much I'm using dictionary because it's easy and fast to look up some word. When my skills in Norwegian will be better, I am going to use it to read ebooks. I tried to use flashcards (Anki), but I suppose they are not my thing. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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