06-19-2020, 12:53 PM | #121 |
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Not a dumb question at all; Microsoft do not really explain it adequately. Start the Microsoft Store app on your PC, and click the ... item at the top right of the screen (next to the little 'person' icon). Choose 'Downloads and Updates'.
You will see a list of recent updates that have been applied to your Store apps. You may see that Freda has already been automatically updated (in that case it will show version 4.34). If not, then you can click the 'get updates' button to trigger the Store to go and look for updates - it should find a Freda update (if not now, then some time in the next 48 hours). When you launch Freda, it should (the first time you run it) pop up a window summarising the features in the update. You can see that window again any time you want, from the main menu, by choosing support->release notes. |
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I'm hoping to provide you with some feedback from the POV of a Windows user who would like to see as much of the epub's own CSS honoured as possible with the added benefit of TTS whilst still looking at a nicely styled book. Since MSEdge gave up on epub-with-TTS I've missed this option. |
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06-22-2020, 03:26 AM | #123 |
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UPDATE 22nd July: I've made a further update, to address some reported issues with books that had been open before the 4.34 update, and were now not displaying correctly. The issue was caused by corruption of the app's cache files.
If you see any problems, that this update does not fix, please email for support, or post here. |
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Freda update 4.35, 27th July 2020: Change Log
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Freda update 4.36, 3rd September 2020: Change Log
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Freda update 4.37, 11th November 2020: Change Log
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Freda update 4.38, 27th December 2020: Change Log
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10-09-2021, 06:00 AM | #128 |
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Freda update 4.40, 8th Oct 2021: Change Log
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10-09-2021, 06:37 AM | #129 |
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I won't install an app or program that requires cookies for adverts. That is invasion of privacy and far worse than adverts.
I'm not keen on installing ANYTHING with built in advertising either. Tracking is Far FAR worse and should be illegal, no offer of consent. I paid Amazon to remove adverts from Kindles. The Kindles were bought locally and only the versions with adverts are sold in local retail. |
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Or, in the case of Freda, you always have the option of paying to remove advertising - or installing the paid-for Freda+ app which does not display advertising in the first place. I can quite understand that you'd prefer to pay for an app, so as to avoid having to see advertising and/or letting advertisers track your activity. I personally feel the same way. But some people feel differently, and it seems best to me to let them have it their way if that's what they prefer. Last edited by Jim Chapman; 10-11-2021 at 08:50 AM. |
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Hi,
Want to know if Freda Android makes a copy of book when I use local folder as source? If yes, then it will take up double space for book that I already have in local folder. Thank you |
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Google allows for certain special app types (media players, photo editors) to be given permanent permission to access certain special folders (your music folder, your photos folder), but Freda is not that kind of app (and Google doesn't provide a special folder for ebooks). |
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Thank you Jim for speedy response
Now I have better understanding how Freda manages the local source books I want to ask about the search function in local folder source, it seems could not locate the book if it is in the subfolder. Is that the case? The issue I am facing because I mirror the whole Calibre folder from my PC to my Android phone so I can take all my books with me all the time. But when I tried to search a book in local source, Freda seems could not find it. I have to go to specific subfolder where the book stored and click on that book to open it using Freda. Any tool out there can act as front-end which can display all books and their covers that seamlessly work with Freda as the reader? The same way that Calibre in PC works, if I click a book in Calibre, it will open the reader I chose which is Freda for Windows. Thanks |
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I don't know any tool that can display cover images, but if you just want a tool that lets you view the files in a folder, and search a folder structure and list all the files whose names match some pattern, I'd recommend 'Simple File Manager Pro' (paid for, but not expensive, considering how useful it is). When you tap on an EPUB file in that app, it will open it using Freda.
Another possible approach would be to just keep all your books in Freda (and use the Freda library features for filtering, sorting, tagging and grouping books). Freda does understand the tags created by Calibre. There is one limitation that might be important: Freda will not allow you to keep more than a thousand books in its library. Alternatively, Freda does understand how to access a Calibre library stored on another machine - so you might try setting up a 'Calibre' book source on your Android phone, and pointing that at the book collection stored on your PC (there are instructions here for how to set that up: http://www.turnipsoft.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=7 ). There are some catches, though. Firstly, this will only work when your PC is turned on. Secondly, will only work when your phone can reach your PC over the network. When you're using WiFi at home that will probably work easily enough, but if you want your phone to access your PC while away from home, you'll have some tricky network configuration to do. |
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KOReader (download apk from git), Lithium & Pocketbook don't seem to copy the files. Many Android apps do (Bluefire, Aldiko).
Nor does Musicolet (mp3 songs & audiobooks) or Folderplayer. Last edited by Quoth; 09-09-2022 at 01:33 PM. |
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