Re:Sony DPT-RP1 is good for reading, but could be great
by xtiansimon on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:38PM
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And not to thread sit (but since we're the only two people here right now) let me re-add a point which I removed from the OP because it was a hair over 2000 word limit--I bought the DPT-RP1 to read research papers, technical books, and non-fiction/text books at 100% size.
Responding to your comment about suggested marginalia set, its not intended for every type of text. But in the above mentioned context, the tags I introduce in the document (q, r, t, d) when performed with a grep search on plain-text files I have for notes on these technical books, I can generate quotes, references, terms, and definitions for over ten years of reading in under 5 seconds. That's darn useful.
Adler and van Doren begin their book with the importance of defining terms. You can't understand a book if you don't know the terms the author is using. I would argue that universal to all texts. The Kindle has a great dictionary feature which supports this idea. When it comes to technical books though, many terms are not defined in the standard dictionary.
For paperbacks, I use a Kindle Paperwhite, and that's a great product if you don't mind the MOBI format.
Responding to your comment about suggested marginalia set, its not intended for every type of text. But in the above mentioned context, the tags I introduce in the document (q, r, t, d) when performed with a grep search on plain-text files I have for notes on these technical books, I can generate quotes, references, terms, and definitions for over ten years of reading in under 5 seconds. That's darn useful.
Adler and van Doren begin their book with the importance of defining terms. You can't understand a book if you don't know the terms the author is using. I would argue that universal to all texts. The Kindle has a great dictionary feature which supports this idea. When it comes to technical books though, many terms are not defined in the standard dictionary.
For paperbacks, I use a Kindle Paperwhite, and that's a great product if you don't mind the MOBI format.