Hi, I'd like to share a project I've been working on the last couple of months. It consists of an Inky Impression 13,3 display (other sizes supported) with a Raspberry pi 5 and a usb microphone. It uses BirdNET-Go to identify the birds based on the audio feed. The screen itsel will poll BirdNET-Go's detections and draw any new birds up (supports several modes).

What sets this project apart from many of the other bird-recognizing projects is the focus on using historic artworks (litographs, drawings, paintings) and stronger support for european birds. In addition it builds on top of BirdNET-Go, which delivers a lot of cool functionalities like language support, user dashboards, detection tweaking and so much more. This can run totally offline and does all identification locally on the Pi itself.

Live web version from my kitchen window: https://fugleramme.arnegiacomo.dev
Source code: https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme

Meet InkHub, a Linux OS I've been building to replace Kobo's own software on the Libra 2. Under the hood it's a mainline 7.1 kernel with community e-ink patches, a small Buildroot userland, and a launcher written to look like the stock reader's screens (Slint to the rescue): home, library, apps, settings, an on-screen keyboard, a proper terminal, and KOReader for reading. It installs over USB and the stock firmware is retained so one can restore at any time. It's still early, page turns are still slower than Kobo's own reader (2 or 3 times slower) while | still chase the display driver, and it isn't primed for release yet.
Anything built on the same NXP chip as the Libra 2 (Clara
2E, Clara HD, Libra H20, Forma and Sage) is a realistic next target; it seems the 2024 MediaTek Kobos are locked down unfortunately.

This is my first project on the M5 Paper Color I bought for goofing around. It's a simple timer for three tasks I want to track. Each loads a screen with no running clock, and it beeps when the timer ends. I also added a few screensavers that show up after 5 minutes of inactivity, with quotes from my favorite authors. Each night, it updates a database on my home server that logs the date/time/frequency of the sessions, so I can look back later and see how I'm actually using it and spending my time.

Someone made an open source app for it for Kobo and I am loving it.

Check: https://BandarLabs.github.io/Cobalt

I had been waiting for this one for a while to get out of the Apple ecosystem, I was pretty bummed to learn there’s no google play store, so I assume using it in North America would be extremely difficult…. Are there any other keeners with a plan to get this to work? Or is it just wait and see if they release a version for North America?
Thanks!

With all the folding phones coming out these days, I wish one would release with an external eink display for better digital wellbeing.

Edit: my sincere apologies for using AI, you have no idea how much it frustrated me with this (I wish I knew how to design products)

Selling my Bigme HiBreak Pro.

It is a smartphone with an E-Ink screen, which makes it very comfortable and easy on the eyes. It works just like an e-reader, but with the full functionality of a smartphone. You can use Android apps, make phone calls, and send messages.

The phone itself is in good condition and works perfectly. It comes with the official white HiBreak Pro Flip-fold Protective Case, which does show some signs of use.

Feel free to message me if you have any questions!

Currently located in Konstanz, Germany. (Protected) shipping is an option. Preferred price = 400 euros. Price is negotiable

Hi all, new to E-readers and got the xteink X4 Pro on a whim and forgot about it on the slow boat from china (Ali-E). From what I gather locked X4 pros from china (XTOS 7.4.1) can't be flashed and need to use the unlocked tool but I foolishly put auto update on not realising my device was locked and that it was currently not possible with the latest Stock.

I've read a lot of posts on here and watched a lot of guides on it and think I have a grasp on it, is there anything in missing?

I do want crosspoint and literally all the projects that people have on here (Wikipedia download, games, dictionaries) what's my course of action other than wait for crosspoint in lockers to get round the current stock OS.

Any questions about my device let me know. Thank you in advance for any helpful advice!

(Sorry, english not my first language)

I read a lot in digital, mainly with zotero, and enjoy taking paper notes of everything in my job and research. I want to buy something compatible with zotero if it's possible, where I can write on the go and in the documents I read, export the hand write text to a text editor and be able to carry that device for fieldtrips, etc.

I appreciate security, I wouldn't buy any amazon item, so no kindle, but I'm not sure about how "ethical" (yes in capitalist terms) are Boox, Kobo and ReMarkable. I would also appreciate investing around $400-500, but having a longest term device possible, since it's very resource-intensive.

If anyone can help me with recommendations (other than keep ir in paper!) will be much appreciated.

I’ve been deep into research for a digital notebook, and I’m going around in circles. I’ve been leaning between the Remarkable Paper Pure and the Supernote Manta. The rM is easier to get in Canada and the Manta is pricey with the USD>CAD conversion and will likely have additional import fees. I do like what I’ve seen from both companies but I suspect I’m falling for shiny marketing at least a little bit. I’m open to other suggestions but if anyone has any recommendations based on these parameters, I’d love to hear them.

* My intent is to use this as a low/no-distraction digital notebook replacing multiple paper notebooks on my desk. I have several one-page PDFs that I like and want to use as templates. I’ve been using these templates on my iPad using the Notes+ app which has worked well, but I don’t love the writing feel on the iPad (or the marks I see on the screen afterward), and I do get distracted.
* It reads like the rM won’t make a notebook using my PDF as the paper background, and I’d need to treat it like a PDF I’m annotating, and duplicate the page each time I add one. Am I understanding the workflow, and if you work this way, is it irritating? How does it affect overall file organization?
* My notes will be primarily work-related but I expect that to expand into personal stuff once I get the hang of the ecosystem so I’m getting my money’s worth
* As of right now, I don’t need TOCs, linking, and headings, but I like the idea of having them so they’re there when I need them
* I don’t love the idea of yet another subscription, but from what I can tell, I may be able to do without it on the rM. If I do need it, it’s not a dealbreaker.
* I don’t think I’ll do much reading of books on this device - I have a Kobo Libra Colour that I use to read and I’m happy with it for that.
* I don’t want to pay the premium price for a colour screen for this notebook.

I can accept that I’m likely overthinking this to death, but it’s a big spend! I appreciate any insight you’re able to share - thank you!

Hi everyone!

A few weeks ago I got this idea in my head and decided to try to build it: an aircraft radar running on Kindle, just to keep it looping in my office as an ornament and something to look at when bored/dissociating hahah.

That’s how DEMOISELLE was born (: The whole process was a lot of fun, even with some head-scratching bugs along the last weeks. I’m sharing it here in case anyone else is interested in using it.

I've been testing it on my own device (K7 – WP63GW), and feedback from other models and users would be greatly appreciated!

I hope this is in line with this subreddit rules and everything is okay. If anything needs to be adjusted, just let me know and I’ll happily fix it to be 100% compliant.

What Is It?

DEMOISELLE is an open-access e-ink aircraft radar that renders a live, auto-updating monochrome map of the airspace around a chosen point on Earth. It pulls aircraft state data from the OpenSky Network, draws range rings, crosshairs, airport markers and (optionally, beta) aircraft trails, and refreshes the Kindle screen at configurable intervals.

The app is designed as a KUAL extension: you launch it from the Kindle Unified Application Launcher, choose radius and refresh rate, and let it run in the background while you keep an eye on the sky.

Installation

The full guide is in the README of the project's github.

• Project Page: https://www.luizdomingues.com/demoiselle/

Hi everyone,

I've created this account specifically to ask this question and this is my first ever post so forgive me if something isn't quite right.

I'm looking to get my first e-ink tablet but if I'm honest I'm a bit overwhelmed with choice. I'm hoping if I tell you all what I'm wanting to do with it you'll be able to give me some advice. I want to: read EPUBs & PDFs, use a digital planner, create custom journals/notebooks (specifically a guinea pig health log & aquarium water parameters), and read articles on websites or in Instapaper.

The tablets I'm looking at are the BOOX Note Air5 C, XPPen's Magic Note Pad, or TCL NXTPaper 11 Plus.

Please note that I'm in Australia so these are the main options I've found here. The reMarkable Paper Pro doesn't really appeal to me because it is bigger than 11 inches which I don't think will be comfortable to hold for reading especially in bed at night.

Any advice or help would be much appreciated.

Am I looking for a unicorn? Looking for any ereader that let's me download my cringey ongoing novel apps plus hoopla and libby. Color would be nice but not necessary.

The only thing I found was the MobiScribe Wave but I was hoping that another option existed so I can compare

EDIT: SOLD

I'm selling mine... it did great for awhile but I think I am going to try another e-reader.

Located in the PNW in the U.S.

Asking price $225 - No returns, please.

It's up on eBay, shoot me a message.

First, a confession. I cannot code - never written a line. I built Birch Fiction using AI coding tools, because that was the only route available to me. No funding, no team, no CS degree. Just an idea I wanted to make happen. If you're now picturing me pressing a big glowing button marked GENERATE APP and going off for a nap: I wish. The AI was genuinely useful for boilerplate stuff and tweaks but it was spectacularly useless solving some core problems like the pagination engine. Working out how to break a manuscript into real, stable, printed-looking pages that don't reflow, don't shudder, and don't ghost themselves into soup is the part I had to sit down and solve myself over and over, for months. Even still, if AI-built apps are a red line for you, please feel free to ignore this post entirely. If you are on the fence, ask any questions you want to.

What this app is

Birch Fiction is a fiction writing app built specifically for e-paper. This means three iron-clad rules:

1. No clutter. No ribbon, no seventeen panels, no ever-present dashboard telling me about my writing streak. I'm writing on e-paper to get away from all that noise.
2. No scrolling. It's a paginated interface. You turn a page. On e-ink, scrolling is a smeary, laggy insult to a lovely display, and it made me feel a bit seasick.
3. No AI features. Ever. I might have built it using AI but I'm never letting AI near any of your work.

That third one needs its own points. AI wrote a lot of the code, because I'm not a programmer. The app contains zero AI for the writer: no generative text, no autocomplete, no "rewrite this paragraph" buttin. The "X-Ray" feature is not AI - it's more like an Excel spreadsheet. This app exists for human craft, not to co-author. I used a ladder to build the house; I didn't leave the ladder in the living room.

I'm aware of how "solo non-coder ships AI-built app" usually ends, so the pricing (when it launches) is deliberately unglamorous. I mainly charge for things that cost me actual ongoing money - platform fees, and encrypted cloud backup and data storage, which is a genuine bill that arrives every month whether I like it or not. On top of that I recover a small amount for my time - as I say, this took me months to make (probably about 300-400 hours) even with AI assistance.

What I write on

An iFlyTek AInote 2 with the keyboard folio. Every native AI feature switched off or avoided, and the thing has never once been connected to iFlyTek's cloud. I chose e-paper deliberately: I can stare at it for six hours without my eyes watering, and when I write is feels like the story arriving on actual printed paper. That's the reason this app exists.

The closed beta test

I need it on more panels than I own, and I especially need people who will tell me that page turns feel wrong on their specific device. Boox, Onyx, Supernote, phones, whatever you've got. Refresh behaviour, ghosting, font rendering, keyboard folios, odd screen ratios - that's the feedback I'm short of.

I need people to use the app every day in the rest of September in order to fully release it on Google Playstore. I need all critical bugs reported in the first 2 weeks to realistically launch in October.

All closed beta testers get 6 months free paid tier access.

To join, follow this link: https://www.birchwrite.com/closed-beta

Happy to answer any questions, preferably openly so others can see the answers.

reTerminal Sticky by Seeed Studio is a magnetic, ultra-low-power E-ink display for families. It shows voice-transcribed notes, weather, and to-dos. Based on ESP32-S3, it is open-source for makers. It also supports Crosspoint Reader and CrossInk firmware so you can use it as a small e-Reader exactly as the XTEINK X4, XTEINK X3 and XTEINK X4 Pro. The Sticky has a touch screen but no Frontlight.
In this tutorial I show you how to install CrossInk / Crosspoint on it.

Hello e-ink lovers, inspired by u/meililiy recent post, I also wanted to share an E-ink / E-paper display i have been working on here and there. I am not a proper developer but I have learned python enough and used raspberry pi zero 2w with a waveshare 7.5 E-paper display. I also made a web server where I can customize some of the settings and put a message on the bottom.

I see that a lot of IOT devices like this use ESP-32 and am thinking how hard it might be convert it as it might be more economical and easier to connect to WiFi. Not sure if there is epaper displays that already come with a tiny computer.

My main goal is to bring Muslims a beautiful way to be aware of their prayer times and code by hand as much as possible as I enjoy the process. That is why I have not used AI to code.

Few of my family have copies of this but I would love to be able to produce these for anyone or make it available for anyone to build, but not sure where to even start.

Timestamps: https://imgur.com/a/boox-go-10-3-gen-1-8SeC9wY

I bought this in January and have used this on and off since I've bought it. Everything works great and the condition is gently used. I've really enjoyed using this as a dedicated note taking device, but I can't justify keeping it around since I already have an iPad that serves as more than just a note taking device for me.

Dm me if you're interested! I'm including the case, stylus and stylus tips! I'm also shipping through Paypal Goods & Services from NY.

I'm looking to sell this for $325 + shipping but I'm open to receiving offers. Thanks!

yeah, I have an iPad mini; I read on it and take Book notes. I have also a xteink x3 and love it for Reading !

And I really would love to have an e ink Tablett but every time I try one i don’t like it that much compared to the iPad but what is it that I can’t resist and am always looking for e ink tablets? Damn

The screen is a spare from the prototype for muonsortes.com , it's got an esp-32 with wifi and bluetooth, a 4 directional + center d-pad, and a 2,000 map lithium cell.

I originally made it just so I could read a specific book that I would not easily be able to get on print, but it was such an enjoyable experience I wired up a battery and now I'm halfway through my third book on it.

I've set up a claude code routine to export documents every day to a server so I can automatically sync to the device. I've got a custom news brief, my google/meta ads analytics and automated language study flashcards/ quizes too. I am just having so much fun with it.

edit: full write up here and my insta

Hi,

Has anyone successfully used the 13.3-inch ES133UE2 e-paper panel with EPDiy V7?

The panel is 1600 × 1200, monochrome, and appears to use a 39-pin connector. Does it work directly with the V7 39-pin connector and the existing ES133UT2/ES133UT1 configuration, or are different timings, voltages, pin mapping, or waveforms required?

I am considering buying this exact panel, so confirmation from someone who has tested it would be very helpful.

Thanks!