If you’re using an app like eReader Prestigio, which maps page turns to the volume buttons, you don’t even have to worry about tapping the screen. The television will show everything your app shows, so you can turn the pages using the device in your hand. Note that you’ll make the most efficient use of the screen by holding your device in landscape orientation, to match the TV screen. Then launch your ebook app, and you can read from the TV. Once you’ve connected it to your TV, all you need do is configure your phone or tablet to support it, then tap the “cast” icon to hook up. While apps that support Android casting internally can cast to a number of compatible devices, including Rokus and some Blu-ray players, screen mirroring seems largely limited to the Chromecast-so if you want to mirror an Android device, you should get one of those. While the mirroring may not be efficient enough to display streaming video without interruption, it’s definitely good enough for reading static text. Mobile devices can also mirror their screen to the television. However, that is not an obstacle to using them that way. Chromecasting my Fire HD 8 to my 50″ TV.Īlthough many audio and video apps support Google casting, most ebook apps do not. It even works on Amazon Fire tablets (or at least, Fires that have had the Google Play utilities sideloaded). Devices that don’t have it built in can download Google Home and enable it that way. Recent versions of the Android OS have Chromecast mirroring built directly in, accessible from the pull-down icon tray. For Android users, the Chromecast is probably the best bet. The simplest way to read ebooks on a TV is to invest in a Chromecast, Fire TV stick, or Roku, if you have a compatible smartphone or tablet. I’m going to go over a couple of the possible ways to do it here. However, times have changed, and it’s now pretty simple to read ebooks on a big screen television, with nearly no special equipment required (apart from the television). I remember seeing such a computer at a library or computer lab once–a device expressly reserved for use by patrons with poor vision. It wasn’t so long ago that over-sized computer monitors to aid the visually impaired were pretty rare and expensive.
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