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|style="color:black;background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Kindle || Kindle || yes<ref>Modifications required: see [[Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font]]</ref> || Kindle firmware 5.8.1 (Kindle 8 [2016], Voyage, Oasis) Oct-2015), partial 5.6.1 (Paperwhite Gen 1)<ref>Version 5.6.x sometimes fails to render Tibetan script, see [[Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font#Troubleshooting]].</ref> || [[Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font]] | |style="color:black;background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Kindle || Kindle || yes<ref>Modifications required: see [[Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font]]</ref> || Kindle firmware 5.8.1 (Kindle 8 [2016], Voyage, Oasis) Oct-2015), partial 5.6.1 (Paperwhite Gen 1)<ref>Version 5.6.x sometimes fails to render Tibetan script, see [[Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font#Troubleshooting]].</ref> || [[Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:40, 22 February 2017
A list of mobile devices, applications and versions that support reading of Tibetan ebooks:
| Device | Software | Tibetan support | Comments | Further information |
| Apple iPad, iPhone | iBooks | yes | Tibetan support since iOS 4.21, Nov-2010 | |
| Apple iPad, iPhone | other Apps | yes | iOS 4.21 | |
| Android | Google Play Books | yes | Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Oct-2015) | Tibetan support in Android |
| Kindle | Kindle | yes[1] | Kindle firmware 5.8.1 (Kindle 8 [2016], Voyage, Oasis) Oct-2015), partial 5.6.1 (Paperwhite Gen 1)[2] | Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font |
| Kindle Fire | Fire OS 5 | no | Tested with Fire (5. Gen) | Kindle Fire OS 5 is based on Android 5 which does not support Tibetan. |
Contents
Tibetan ebooks
Sources
Tibetanebook.com
The site tibetanebook.com hosts a large number of Tibetan ebooks in epub format.
Lotsawahouse.org
The site lotsawahouse.org hosts a large number of Tibetan texts, practices and translations into many languages. Download in different ebook formats is available (see bottom of pages "Download this text").
Internal Links
References
- ↑ Modifications required: see Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font
- ↑ Version 5.6.x sometimes fails to render Tibetan script, see Kindle ebooks with embedded Tibetan font#Troubleshooting.
