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A way to tap one article in a newspaper PDF and read just that column on your phone

Reading a newspaper or magazine PDF on a phone means endless zooming and sliding sideways, because the pages have several columns that change from page to page. Someone who reads a daily paper this way wished they could tap the one article they want and have just that column's text laid out to fit the phone screen, in a comfortable size. The reader apps they tried either confused them or jumbled the text across columns. It would only need to work for PDFs that contain real text, not scanned photos of pages.

Asked for by a reader on the F-Droid forum

#reading#news#pdf#phone
#0040wanted

A picture-story writing game for kids that lights up each picture once they've named it

Children aged about 7 to 9 would see a small row of pictures and write a few sentences that use all of them. As they type, each picture lights up when they use its word, so they can see what they still need to describe, and if they're stuck, tapping a picture shows or says the word. When every row is done, the pieces join into one story the child can read back or hear read aloud, then turn the page for a new set. A parent or teacher would choose the pictures and their words, and it would need no accounts or chat.

Asked for by a poster on Software Recommendations Stack Exchange

#education#kids#writing#reading
#00371 shipped
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