Sentences with phrase «used as a reading device»

With the proliferation of eReader devices, tablets, and phones all being using as reading devices, I thought it would be helpful to take a look at media queries and how you can apply them to ePUBs.

No problem, says the United States Navy as it introduces an e-reader for sailors that can be used as reading devices while they are out at sea.

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Already, Qualcomm (QCOM) and Intel (INTC) have introduced new biometic security technology that would use readings from the human body — such as a fingerprint or a facial reading — to allow access to devices instead of traditional passwords.

According to reports, distractions such as using mobile devices, reading, using the GPS, and passenger interaction contributed to about 1,600 crashes.

For one, Amazon, like other e-book sellers, has used a scheme known as «digital rights management» (DRM), which limits the types of devices that can read certain e-book formats.259 Compelling readers to purchase a Kindle through cheap e-books locks them into future e-book purchases from Amazon.260 Moreover, buying — or even browsing — e-books on Amazon's platform hands the company information about your reading habits and preferences, data the company uses to tailor recommendations and future deals.261 Replicated across a few more purchases, Amazon's lock - in becomes strong.

That way, you can use the ellipsis as a device that makes the user want to read more.

Further research is needed to ascertain if any form of media which disrupts parent - child interaction will have a similar effect, such as mobile device use, reading newspapers, or speaking on the phone.

A few decades later other physicists figured out how to build such a device for use as a powerful weapon or to read bar codes at grocery stores.

If you compared the readings of your hygrometer with another instrument that measures humidity, such as a psychrometer or an electric hygrometer, you may find that your hygrometer is 20 percent to 30 percent inaccurate, but you can recalibrate it using these devices to increase its accuracy.

GIS is able to store, manipulate, analyse and communicate between user and data, while mobile - based QR codes technology can be read by an imaging device (such as a camera) and processed using Reed - Solomon error correction until the image can be appropriately interpreted about the tree; data is then extracted from tree patterns present in both horizontal and vertical component of the image.

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In the case of cinema, slow motion has been widely used as a poetic device to accentuate and invigorate moments that need to be highlighted, whether for storytelling or purely aesthetic... Read more»

If you have only one device in your classroom, use an ebook as a read - aloud.

There is data out there that says students don't learn as well using a device to read but also some very recent reports that say that isn't always the case.

We've used this tool in the classroom as a fluency - building device, having students read the same passage multiple times, increasing their speed when they feel comfortable.

Look for...» They can be reading closely in search of: humor, author's purpose, use of literary devices (such as foreshadowing, imagery), facts, confusion, and context clues for new words.

Using a camera device, this technology allows students to superimpose objects onto the screen (as Pokémon GO does) so that for example, the Eiffel tower can appear on the screen of a student reading about its origin.

They can use the devices as e-readers during their reading groups and share their comments instantly through the Kindle app.

And two tips for parents: on the one hand, be somewhat sceptical about what a device or software can do by itself to help your child's learning; on the other hand, set an example by showing pride in their learning wherever it takes place, whether online or offline; and encourage using the Internet for serious pursuits, such as reading about current affairs or finding a summer job, as well as for entertainment.

The author looks at how teachers evaluating student writing can use rubrics not just as a scorecard or grading device, but rather as prompts to help them read each piece of writing more deeply.

Therefore, I will utilize other means to get the meaning across to that student by either reading the passage to him / her, using a device such as audible.com to read to the child, or chunk the reading into more manageable reading tasks.

The fundamental issues remain similar (e.g., teachers or textbooks as drivers of the curriculum, student challenges when using text in courses, cost of books); however, the advent of new technologies, like electronic text (e-text) and reading devices (e-readers) have added more complexity to the discussion.

As related to usage of e-readers, some had their own devices that they used for recreational reading or to retrieve class materials, but this minority was small.

In surveying a sample of preservice teachers who were in the process of entering a college of education, a group of mostly freshmen and sophomores, Cavanaugh and Eastham (2014) found that 87 % had smartphones with Internet and application abilities, 41 % already had their own e-text reading devices, 29 % had their own tablet device such as an iPad, and 12 % were limited to using a desktop or laptop for e-text access.

It is meant as a read - only (meaning, it will communicate with the PCM and read parameters) device, not as a device used to reprogram the PCM or other components which ride on the CAN Bus.

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And for single - use, high - price devices such as the higher - end ereaders, growth is certain to slow in the coming years as tablets and the larger smartphones gain popularity as reading devices, as well.

I once asked book industry maven Mike Shatzkin about my rather eccentric views on all this, and he told me in an ensuing email: «You may very well be right about the differences between paper - reading and screen - reading, in trerms of brain chemistry, but just as nobody in the past heeded the calls that radiation and cancer might impact cellphone use, do you think makers of device readers will listen to you or even care if you are right?»

My no. 1 tip is use PageTurner as your reader software, because it syncs progress between devices, I can start reading something on my phone, move to my Nook, then pick up on my tablet all without having to hunt for where I left off.

Present gadgets that we see in the market using displays made by e-Ink include e-book reading devices such as the Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader.

Michael, for those of us who will use the device as a book and will consider the bells and whistles only as extras, how do the reading experiences compare?

It's a device that can be used to read e-books, write notes, surf the web, record and play back audio as well as video, take photos and view them, create word, excel and PowerPoint files and so on.

It is possible to see the foundations of the modern eBook from such activity, as the necessity for reflowable text when reading on a Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) led to the formation of the Open eBook Publication Structure (a precursor to the EPUB format) in 1999, and several portable devices such as the Game Boy Advance, PalmPilot and SoftBook had facilities for modems, allowing readers to receive books without using a computer, often seen as one of the core selling points of the original Kindle.

Suddenly a man of leisure, Cheney has a Kindle, Amazon's wireless reading device, and said he used it recently to read James M. McPherson's new «Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.»

As the decline in literary reading has corresponded with a rapid increase in internet use, it will be interesting to see whether new reading devices that take advantage of the internet's ability to aggregate and customize information will help reverse this downward trend.

That still only represents 11 per cent of overall library use, she added, but demand continues to grow as more digital content becomes available and more people have devices like e-readers and tablets to read it on.

Although dedicated devices may be used to read eBooks, they may be read on other platforms such as PDAs and personal computers as well.

And as always, you can use Manage Your Kindle to see a list of your documents, re-deliver them to Kindle devices and free reading apps, delete them, or turn off auto - saving of documents to the cloud.

It will probably change though over time as younger people get older and are used to reading on a device.

As I haven't seen «cut and paste» on the Kindle iPad App (what I use for most ebook reading), I wasn't aware that it was available anywhere else on the Kindle product line of apps or devices.

If i can use a great website (read: UX, content, functionality) online and offline... on any of my devices... i don't see a reason why we wouldn't migrate to all our requirements being fullfiled by pointing our browser to a specific address... i'd love to understand your thoughts of why channels as we know them are needed... g

One of the biggest challenges we oftentimes face as we prepare eBooks has to do with the fact that we can not know which device or software our customers will use to read the book.

If you are a fiendish reader and looking for a hot new item to really use as your main digital book reading device, I would go with something else.

What also can't be ignored is the fact that the same tablet that the kids use to read books also serves as the device to watch videos or play games.

You can use it to protect your device when commuting or to use it as a kickstand to watch videos or use it as a digital picture... [Read more...]

Which means you can not only use converted Kindle Books on this device, but you can read any online format, as well as the industry standard ePub.

However, every reading device is different and not many will currently pay attention to the new ePub 3 calls and so a developer has be be very careful about using them as they may be ignored or produce gibberish on many devices.

And whilst many early eReaders had screens that had an unwelcome amount of glare, the current wave of devices such as the Nook Glowlight manage to use e-ink to provide a pleasant reading experience without the eye - strain.

Christened EB - WX51GJ and EB - WX1GJ for the 5.5 and 10.8 inch tablets respectively, the Galapagos tablets are being positioned as a media device that can be used for reading e-books.