Kindles have useful options that you could be need to benefit from it. Lengthy-press a phrase or phrase to see its definition, spotlight it, or take notes. It’s also possible to search your entire e-book for that individual phrase or phrase or translate it to or from different languages.
Phrase Clever exhibits quick definitions in small textual content throughout the strains. Sadly, it isn’t obtainable for all books, however when it’s, you possibly can flip it on or off and select extra and fewer hints. Clicking the quick definition opens an extended one from Phrase Clever and the New Oxford American Dictionary or Oxford Dictionary of English (you possibly can change between the 2), plus translations, and a Wikipedia web page, if relevant.
Whereas studying, faucet the highest of the display and click on “Aa” to alter font measurement or sort—there’s even a font known as OpenDyslexic that helps make studying simpler for folks with dyslexia. You’ll be able to management margin sizes and line spacing from that menu too.
When a Kindle is linked to a Bluetooth speaker or headphones, VoiceView Screen Reader (accessed by means of Settings > Accessibility) permits you to use gestures to navigate your gadget and reads aloud what you’ve got pressed. It’ll additionally learn a e-book aloud, although it does not sound almost as good as an audiobook does.
Amazon owns Goodreads, so it syncs seamlessly to Kindles (press the three-dot menu > Goodreads). In case you have a Goodreads account, you possibly can assessment the Kindle books you’ve got learn or browse your bookshelf and proposals. Lengthy-pressing a phrase or phrase, along with what’s talked about above, opens up an choice to share quotes on to Goodreads.
There is a net browser too should you’re linked to the web (three-dot menu > Internet Browser). It isn’t the very best, so I would reserve it for emergency searches.