Hyphenation

Siard · 08-08-2013, 02:52 PM

Hi,

I've got a Glo, still with firmware 2.4.0. I've read quite a couple of books in a non-English language (actually, in Dutch) and as far as I could see, the Glo did not know hyphenation.
Then I installed an English and a German book, and to my surprise, the Glo did show hyphenation in both cases.
Apparently, the firmware provides hyphenation for a few languages. How can I find out which languages those are, and, more important: is it possible to install hyphenation for other languages?

jgoguen · 08-08-2013, 08:57 PM

Hyphenation is provided (in some form, some people report that it isn't very good sometimes) for:

English (en_US)
French (fr_FR)
Spanish (es_ES)
German (de_DE)
Italian (it_IT)
Portugese (pt_PT)

I suspect that the regional code isn't important, but these are the language/regional codes installed on the device. Attempts to add additional hyphenation dictionaries have, so far, been futile.

george.talusan · 08-08-2013, 10:40 PM

Here's a pro-tip:

-webkit-locale: it

This piece might be key in using other hyphenation dictionaries.

jgoguen · 08-09-2013, 05:47 AM

Thanks for that

I'll put together a package with a different language later today and see if someone is interested in trying it.

Anak · 08-09-2013, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Siard

Hi,

I've got a Glo, still with firmware 2.4.0. I've read quite a couple of books in a non-English language (actually, in Dutch) and as far as I could see, the Glo did not know hyphenation.
Then I installed an English and a German book, and to my surprise, the Glo did show hyphenation in both cases.
Apparently, the firmware provides hyphenation for a few languages. How can I find out which languages those are, and, more important: is it possible to install hyphenation for other languages?

See here which languages are natively supported by Adobe and how to add other languages. These natively supported languages also work with kepubs (Access renderer). However, other sideloaded hyphenation language dictionaries do not.

Or try the attaced Dutch hyphenation dictionary which uses the OpenTaal hyphenation rules. However, it does treat punctuation characters as part of a word. It uses these settings:

LEFTHYPHENMIN 3
RIGHTHYPHENMIN 3

Rename file to KoboRoot.tgz.

Anak · 08-09-2013, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by george.talusan

Here's a pro-tip:

-webkit-locale: it

This piece might be key in using other hyphenation dictionaries.

No, it doesn't. I tried for the Dutch language:

-webkit-locale: nl !important;

in combination with:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="nl">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="nl" lang="nl">

The Access kepub renderer doesn't search for sideloaded hyphenation dictionaries.

Siard · 08-09-2013, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anak

Or try the attaced Dutch hyphenation dictionary which uses the OpenTaal hyphenation rules. However, it does treat punctuation characters as part of a word. It uses these settings:

LEFTHYPHENMIN 3
RIGHTHYPHENMIN 3

Rename file to KoboRoot.tgz.

I put this one into the .kobo folder, and it works fine indeed.
Wonderful! Thank you very much.

08-08-2013, 02:52 PM	#1
Siard Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: The Netherlands Device: Kobo Glo	Hyphenation Hi, I've got a Glo, still with firmware 2.4.0. I've read quite a couple of books in a non-English language (actually, in Dutch) and as far as I could see, the Glo did not know hyphenation. Then I installed an English and a German book, and to my surprise, the Glo did show hyphenation in both cases. Apparently, the firmware provides hyphenation for a few languages. How can I find out which languages those are, and, more important: is it possible to install hyphenation for other languages?

08-08-2013, 08:57 PM	#2
jgoguen Generally Awesome Person Posts: 1,097 Karma: 2191133 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: /dev/kmem Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Oasis	Hyphenation is provided (in some form, some people report that it isn't very good sometimes) for: English (en_US) French (fr_FR) Spanish (es_ES) German (de_DE) Italian (it_IT) Portugese (pt_PT) I suspect that the regional code isn't important, but these are the language/regional codes installed on the device. Attempts to add additional hyphenation dictionaries have, so far, been futile.

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george.talusan Kobo Developer Intern Posts: 84 Karma: 253043 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo	Here's a pro-tip: -webkit-locale: it This piece might be key in using other hyphenation dictionaries.

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jgoguen Generally Awesome Person Posts: 1,097 Karma: 2191133 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: /dev/kmem Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Oasis	Thanks for that I'll put together a package with a different language later today and see if someone is interested in trying it.

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