Comments on: Tofu: Eye Friendly Text Reader

By: Naim

Naim — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:42:37 +0000

Hi all, does anyone here know the equivalent Tofu software for windows?

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By: Silla

Silla — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:53:12 +0000

I tried using Service Scrubber to set a shortcut, but couldn’t get it to work. However I was able to set a keyboard shortcut using the following method instead:

System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts

Now scroll down and click on the arrow next to “Application Keyboard Shortcuts” to expand it, click on “All Applications” and click the “+” button. Leave “All Applications” as the application, type exactly “View In Tofu” (without quotation marks) for the Menu Title, and then click in the Keyboard shortcut text box and just press the keys you want to use as the shortcut (I chose Option-Command-O). Then click Add, and you’re done!

By: Van

Van — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:18:40 +0000

Some of you aren’t seeing the shortcut because by default it is command-shift-t, which is unfortunate because the command conflicts with many applications (For example, in Safari that command is to hide/show the tab bar).

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:37:20 +0000

I do have a keyboard command against ‘View in Tofu’.

If it’s not default, I must have set it using Service Scrubber – this allows you to set keyboard shortcuts for any item in the service menu (as well as removing the ones you don’t want to make the menu cleaner).

By: Agua

Agua — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:31:54 +0000

EDIT: I didn’t mean right click, I meant what Silla mentioned, my bad.

By: Agua

Agua — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:30:44 +0000

Nvd….. all I had to do was restart my mac. It seems to work by right clicking now. I just might like this, I haven’t used it yet, I’ll wait and see.

By: Silla

Silla — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:39:06 +0000

Thanks Phil! Iâ€™m also using 2.0a2 – but I was looking for it in the service menu under T ^_^;

@Agua: Select the text you want to view in Tofu, then go Safari > Services > View in Tofu

An option in the right-click menu or a keyboard shortcut would be easier though :/

By: Agua

Agua — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:31:20 +0000

Downloaded the 2.0a2 version, and still no service option. No right click option, no option under view, no option in window, there’s no option that I see via Safari.

Almost all of my reading is online, if this doesn’t give me a direct capability, then its easier to stick with the summarize feature. Unless I’m missing something?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:55:04 +0000

@Silla I’m using 2.0a2. But I did think that there was a services menu back in 1.3. I believe it used to be there as “View in columns”. It’s been changed since to “View in Tofu”

By: Van

Van — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:56:53 +0000

A note:

There is an alpha version of Tofu 2.0 available on the developerâ€™s site with PDF support and beter full-screen:

http://amarsagoo.info/tofu/prerelease/

By: Mark Milian

Mark Milian — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:04:03 +0000

The biggest complaint about reading on a screen as opposed to on paper is refresh rate. That’s what really tires out your eyes. Portable readers like the Amazon Kindle have zero refresh rate so it’s essentially like reading something on paper. I’m not even sure if this is possible, but it would be nice to see an app that freezes the screen’s refresh rate when you’re reading until you press a key.

By: Silla

Silla — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:08:36 +0000

I’ve been using Tofu since I got my Mac, and it really does make reading easier – especially when I’m tired or am having trouble concentrating.

@Phil: It doesn’t add an item in my services menu. Do you have version 1.3, or 2.0a2?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:12:01 +0000

I’ve been using this for a while now. I was skeptical at first as to whether it would really make a difference but I can tell you now, it does. It is so much easier to read on screen now.

It also adds an item in the Services menu, with a quick keyboard command, so it’s never too far away.

By: rmaspero

rmaspero — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:39:22 +0000

Sounds interesting but not that special