iLiad Enable Simplified Chinese handwriting

ericshliao · 03-30-2010, 03:32 PM

For iLiad with European firmware, the writing pad has an option of "簡體中文"（simplified Chinese） but it's grayed out. There is a way to enable this option.

Here is the steps:
1. Get a firmware image or iLiad with Chinese firmware.
2. Mount the firmware image on your Linux by using "mount -r -o loop".
3. copy everything in /usr/lib/gconv and /usr/share/ereaderim/res/zh_CN to your iLiad. It's done.

Note:
/usr/share/ereaderim/res/zh_CN is about 4MB. Instead of putting it in rootfs, I put it in /mnt/free and make a symbolic link to /usr/share/ereaderim/res/zh_CN.

Added:
I guess iRex uses VisionObjects's technology as the base of iLiad's handwriting function. Maybe I can add more supported languages by copying something from MyScripts Notes.

ericshliao · 03-31-2010, 09:14 AM

In /usr/share/ereaderim/pixmap/about.png, it says iLiad is using MyScript Stylus 1.0 for handwriting. If I can find a copy of ...

sCry · 04-15-2010, 02:58 AM

It's nothing but coool if the Irex could handwrite with simplified Chinese fonts.

03-30-2010, 03:32 PM	#1
ericshliao Guru Posts: 976 Karma: 687 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Dell X51v; iLiad v2	Enable Simplified Chinese handwriting For iLiad with European firmware, the writing pad has an option of "簡體中文"（simplified Chinese） but it's grayed out. There is a way to enable this option. Here is the steps: 1. Get a firmware image or iLiad with Chinese firmware. 2. Mount the firmware image on your Linux by using "mount -r -o loop". 3. copy everything in /usr/lib/gconv and /usr/share/ereaderim/res/zh_CN to your iLiad. It's done. Note: /usr/share/ereaderim/res/zh_CN is about 4MB. Instead of putting it in rootfs, I put it in /mnt/free and make a symbolic link to /usr/share/ereaderim/res/zh_CN. Added: I guess iRex uses VisionObjects's technology as the base of iLiad's handwriting function. Maybe I can add more supported languages by copying something from MyScripts Notes. Last edited by ericshliao; 03-30-2010 at 04:27 PM.

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03-31-2010, 09:14 AM	#2
ericshliao Guru Posts: 976 Karma: 687 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Dell X51v; iLiad v2	In /usr/share/ereaderim/pixmap/about.png, it says iLiad is using MyScript Stylus 1.0 for handwriting. If I can find a copy of ...

04-15-2010, 02:58 AM	#3
sCry Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: dr800	It's nothing but coool if the Irex could handwrite with simplified Chinese fonts.

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