iPad too bright for reading

[twerppoet]

I found this app, is it the one you use? https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/pdf-expert-5-fill-forms-annotate/id743974925?mt=8

Yes. PDF Expert 5 was/is a paid upgrade from the older PDF Expert; which is still available as a free app. Unlike the older app, it is universal, so it works/looks properly on both the iPhone and iPad.

That said, the theme, brightness, and Text to Speech features seem to be missing from the iPhone.

Sorry. I forgot the older app was still available.

 

[scifan57]

Yes. PDF Expert 5 was/is a paid upgrade from the older PDF Expert; which is still available as a free app. Unlike the older app, it is universal, so it works/looks properly on both the iPhone and iPad.

That said, the theme, brightness, and Text to Speech features seem to be missing from the iPhone.

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Sorry. I forgot the older app was still available.

Thanks, I'll have to think about getting this newer version. It certainly has a better appearance with more features.

 

[J. A.]

I use the Kindle app to read books and there is a sepia option, and also a white text on black background which is very easy on the eye.


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This feature is for books only, you don't have this possibility when you read pdf files there. The only thing you can do in that case, is adjust the brightness.

 

[twerppoet]

Thanks, I'll have to think about getting this newer version. It certainly has a better appearance with more features.

They also have a Documents 5 app. If your more about reading than annotating, and want to do pictures, music and video too, it might be a better choice.

Worth looking at any way.

No idea if it has the sepia and other viewing controls.

On the other-hand, I just noticed it is free. I think I'll check it out myself. Not that I need yet another PDF app.

 

[scifan57]

They also have a Documents 5 app. If your more about reading than annotating, and want to do pictures, music and video too, it might be a better choice.

Worth looking at any way.

No idea if it has the sepia and other viewing controls.

On the other-hand, I just noticed it is free. I think I'll check it out myself. Not that I need yet another PDF app.

You could put them all in a very large PDF app folder. There's no limit to the number of apps in a folder now.

 

[twerppoet]

You could put them all in a very large PDF app folder. There's no limit to the number of apps in a folder now.

Yes, well I have more PDF apps than I actually use right now. Each with one or two things they do that the other's won't.

Anyway, I just checked out Documents 5. It will view quite a bit more than PDF files, like iWorks, Office, and plain text. And it does have the same sepia and brightness controls as PDF Expert 5; at least when viewing PDF files. Other document types have other controls.

It also works with the new iCloud Drive document picker, so you can view documents in other apps without having to make copies.

It looks like it's meant to be a place to collect and organize documents and media of all types. Nice looking app, but nothing that I need.

 

[Gtatler]

OK. So most apps don't have white text on black background. There is a workaround in 8.1.1 settings/accessibility/invert colours. Set the switch to on. Immediately the app colours change, and this affects all apps. This will give white text on black background - very easy on the eyes, as the majority of the screen will be black. It is the total amount of white on the screen that makes reading a bit hard and makes the iPad seem too bright. However any colours on the screen may look dreadful until the switch in settings is reset to off.

EDIT

Just found a shortcut for this. Open settings/accessibility/accessibility shortcut (right at the bottom) and select triple home click to invert colours. And it does just that. Triple click the home button and voila -black on white changes to white on black and vice versa. Very easy to change themes when needed without having to go to settings.

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[twerppoet]

OK. So most apps don't have white text on black background. There is a workaround in 8.1.1 settings/accessibility/invert colours. Set the switch to on. Immediately the app colours change, and this affects all apps. This will give white text on black background - very easy on the eyes, as the majority of the screen will be black. It is the total amount of white on the screen that makes reading a bit hard and makes the iPad seem too bright. However any colours on the screen may look dreadful until the switch in settings is reset to off. . .

To avoid the dreadful colors you can also turn on the Gray Scale option in the same place.

 

[treta]

After triing some apps now I'm using eBookReader 4.0.3.
We can choose any Font, any Font Color or any background color
Also the book page is the size of the ipad. Much easy for reading then the pdf
Must convert pdf into epub but it's easy.

So, thanks for your help with this discussion

 

[twerppoet]

Glad you found something you like. I much prefer ePub when I can get them; which is most of the time. It's a much more flexible format for reading.

Thanks for the followup.

 

[treta]

I much prefer ePub when I can get them; which is most of the time

I'm portuguese, not easy to get ePub or even Pdf!!!

 

[Antsu]

When I read a book in pdf the ipad is too bright which makes reading nearly impossible.
Is there any app that simulates or become less bright the ipad?

Thanks

Old post but for some reason just popped in my email.

I use f.lux via cydia as it auto dims screen night time. Or after sunset. It is paid app.

 

[gimparoo]

When I read a book in pdf the ipad is too bright which makes reading nearly impossible.
Is there any app that simulates or become less bright the ipad?

Thanks

I like the Kindle app as well as allot of others here.. but have found that I can adjust the brightness down to get the comfortable setting for reading.

 

[scifan57]

There's also the night mode of white text on a black background with the Kindle and other readers.

 

[twerppoet]

Hold in mind the original question was about reading PDF's. Neither iBooks nor the Kindle app give you the same kind of reading flexibility with PDFs as you get with their native formats.

The f.lux solution mentioned sounds like it's system wide, so it would affect any reading app. On the other hand most people will probably need more reason than better auto-adjusting brightness to go to the trouble of jailbreaking.

Not that there aren't plenty of other reasons a person might want to jailbreak.