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Hi all. I've been studying Mandarin for about six months. I purchased the Pleco professional bundle shortly after beginning and am beyond pleased with all the features. In terms of hardware, I primarily use my iPhone 11, but also have an iPad Air 4th gen, and am very happy with Pleco's performance. All this to say: I want to keep using Pleco on apple products.
I would like to start reading. I have a strong preference for Mandarin Companion's graded readers (for pedagogical reasons), and would like to do so with Pleco's document reader. The problem is that Mandarin Companion isn't offered in a format easy for upload. The current options are either 1) purchase on paper back and use the OCR or 2) purchase the kindle file with Digital Rights Management, which effecitvely limits reading to using a Kindle or the Kindle app. I've looked into ways to strip the DRM, but apparently it's no longer possible to download the kindle files to a computer.
I understand the purpose of DRMs and respect them. But it's frustrating that we have a wonderful tool (Pleco) that is incompatible with a wonderful resource (Mandarin Companion). I guess I'm looking for some advice, surely, someone has made this work?
As an aside, I've heard rumors of a lisencing deal between Pleco and Mandarin Companion. Is this true, and if so, what timeline could we expect for their availability?
I would like to start reading. I have a strong preference for Mandarin Companion's graded readers (for pedagogical reasons), and would like to do so with Pleco's document reader. The problem is that Mandarin Companion isn't offered in a format easy for upload. The current options are either 1) purchase on paper back and use the OCR or 2) purchase the kindle file with Digital Rights Management, which effecitvely limits reading to using a Kindle or the Kindle app. I've looked into ways to strip the DRM, but apparently it's no longer possible to download the kindle files to a computer.
I understand the purpose of DRMs and respect them. But it's frustrating that we have a wonderful tool (Pleco) that is incompatible with a wonderful resource (Mandarin Companion). I guess I'm looking for some advice, surely, someone has made this work?
As an aside, I've heard rumors of a lisencing deal between Pleco and Mandarin Companion. Is this true, and if so, what timeline could we expect for their availability?
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