PocketBook PB700 Era Copper ebook reader Touchscreen 64 GB Sunset Copper

Brilliant e-reader with text to speech compatible with Libby App UK (Used by many UK libraries). This e-reader is exactly what I was looking for and allows me to access the library books I borrow via the Libby app from my library in epub format and then listen to them using text to speech which I find much easier than reading due to disability. I borrow via Libby on phone or iPad first as they’re faster to navigate but then opening the epub of the book on pocketbook immediately allows access to all features including voice which has a number of voices available for text to speech and can be listened to by Bluetooth headphones or through the integrated speaker. It’s on a par, if not better than the kindle text to speech experience (easier to access and stop and start than voiceover). The user interface is slower than Apple products but similar to non- Apple devices I’ve tried and very similar to Kindle basic model speed. The screen is responsive and accurate. The buttons are good and responsive. There are lots of customisable options and the battery life, even when using text to speech, is impressive compared to basic kindle. It’s expensive (reason for 4 stars) but if you’re looking for text to speech for epub, Libby library books I couldn’t find anything better and would recommend. The listing says 65gb silver but I was sent 64gb copper model so I’m not sure if the listing is now for both or a random assignment but the sunset copper colour is lovely and the device seems well made overall.

Has "send a book via email directly to the reader" feature. Battery lasts super long if WI-FI is off. Fast enough for e-ink reader. Web Browser is slow and doesn't support tabs - but has enough functionality to google for a book/document and download it. I love PDF text reflow feature: if a PDF has OCR, then the reader can extract the text and lay it out as if it is a plain text document. So you don't have to zoom and scale to fit. For non OCR PDFs the experience is OK, but of course, not so seamless as with a regular screen. Has build-in dictionaries & thesaurus (offline!). Can even read a book aloud.

Pros: Si ya tienes tu biblioteca de ebooks entonces este es el lector ideal, pues ofrece funcionalidades nativas como text-to-speech en muchos idiomas, los juegos instalados son fundamentales, la posibilidad de tomar notas también es buena, con el navegador incluido se pueden buscar y encontrar mas ebooks. Contras: es un poco lenta de respuesta a los comandos y ocasionalmente se "traba" la funcionalidad text-to-speech, el botón de encendido/apagado también es de respuesta lenta, solo se puede poner password a la configuración personal no al equipo. Resumen: Sigo pensando que es muy buen producto, ojalá que el fabricante mantenga actualizado el software para hacerla mas rápida y funcional.

I spent longer than I would like to admit choosing an eReader, as I wanted something that could handle highlighting and basic notes, be water resistant or waterproof, calibre compatible, and would show a cover list view of books I imported onto the device. The pocketbook era kept coming back up, despite my concern that it would not have enough contrast or would be very slow (videos on YouTube about the devices have shown mixed results), but needless to say, while it is sometimes pokey loading pages of PDFs of manga in Koreader (an app you can essentially just install onto it to read almost every file type, mind you the pocketbook handles Epub and PDF perfectly fine natively), the reading and loading of up to a couple thousand (yes, 2000+) books on the device is really excellent. Honestly I'm so delighted I picked this device!

I bought this ereader mainly because I wanted reading and listening at the same time. Bad thing is you actually have to leave the book and go into the audiobooks to stop/play the audio because there is nothing else on the screen and in the notification bar when you have audio ON and entered a book.This kinda makes pocketbook built in speakers useless in my case since I will rarely just listen something on an ereader and do always go into audiobooks section when you want to stop/start the audio makes it a bit tiresome. Earbuds fixes this issue since I can stop the audio with a simple click on the earbud so the product fits my needs. Screen is good.