Looks great, but Kindle is the last device I am looking into when seeking responsiveness if I have to be honest.
Show HN: Kindllm – LLM chat optimized for Kindle e-readers
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#421. Responsiveness
2. Excellent voice recognition for dictation of questions and device control
3. Web reading/browsing capability
4. Instant webpage to PDF conversion
5. Instant storage of those PDFs for use as custom LLM training data
5. Functionality to copy quotes from web pages or PDFs along with auto-generation of citations
6. Functionality to export of PDFs, quotes, and citations together into PKM app, say, Obsidian or other similar PKMs
BONUS: I know Kindle isn't set up for this, but if the same could be done audio and visual media, using voice control, beginning with podcasts (auto transcript save with cite, clipping with transcripts and cite, export of clips with transcripts and cit) and then YouTube (auto transcript save with site, auto clip with transcript and cite, export with transcript and cite)
IF I could get 1-6, I would strongly consider having this as part of my PKM kit. If I could get 7 too, I would have to buy it. This may be something I have to build, unless someone knows where these integrations can be found today.
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#43Really cool idea. Unfortunately, the proportions are somewhat broken on the Oasis (the text bar stretches a bit less than half way across the screen). Was the page designed to be pixel perfect for the Paperwhite?
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#44Really cool idea. Unfortunately, the proportions are somewhat broken on the Oasis (the text bar stretches a bit less than half way across the screen). Was the page designed to be pixel perfect for the Paperwhite?
I used percentages so the text bar and Send button should fill up the full width on any device. I saw the same thing happen before updating the Kindle version. I wonder if they haven't rolled out the upgrade for Oasis yet.
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#451. Responsiveness 2. Excellent voice recognition for dictation of questions and device control 3. Web reading/browsing capability 4. Instant webpage to PDF conversion 5. Instant storage of those PDFs for use as custom LLM training data 5. Functionality to copy quotes from web pages or PDFs along with auto-generation of citations 6. Functionality to export of PDFs, quotes, and citations together into PKM app, say, Obs…
That sounds like an awesome app, if you build I'd use it too! :)
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#46Made this to not have to constantly look things up on my phone while reading. It's pretty handy for generating longer essays to read on the Kindle too.
I have the same problem, namely a constant urge to look up things while reading paper books. My personal solution to that is to copy whatever sentence that triggers my urge to look up anything and then set aside time to do the look up later. I think the value it brings is that I won't be distracted into deep rabbit holes while finishing my book. I'm not sure what's the end goal here though. It seems like you would li…
You can replace Wikipedia on your Kindle without modifying any firmware or software on the device. Here's how it works:
1. Host an API which conforms to the Wikipedia search and document conventions (this can be LLM-powered) 2. Modify your router's DNS settings specifically for your Kindle so that it resolves wikipedia.org to your API's CNAME or IP address 3. You can now use "Wikipedia" to perform arbitrary operations on highlighted text. As a bonus, you can manage your API from your Kindle's built-in browser (assuming you've built out a management UI)
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have the same problem, namely a constant urge to look up things while reading paper books. My personal solution to that is to copy whatever sentence that triggers my urge to look up anything and then set aside time to do the look up later. I think the value it brings is that I won't be distracted into deep rabbit holes while finishing my book. I'm not sure what's the end goal here though. It seems like you would li…
You can replace Wikipedia on your Kindle without modifying any firmware or software on the device. Here's how it works: 1. Host an API which conforms to the Wikipedia search and document conventions (this can be LLM-powered) 2. Modify your router's DNS settings specifically for your Kindle so that it resolves wikipedia.org to your API's CNAME or IP address 3. You can now use "Wikipedia" to perform arbitrary operation…
So you are saying Kindle doesn't have end to end encryption.
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#48Very cool. I've no idea if this is possible without rooting the Kindle, but I wonder would it be possible to highlight sections of text in a book and send it to something like this with a request to summarise/explain?
It's a good idea! Amazon doesn't offer an API for fetching highlights but services like Readwise seem to get around this by using a Chrome extension to do it. Not sure how that could be done on a Kindle though...
Thanks for the tip on ReadWise, that looks interesting!