Oh, wait, wait, wait. (Laughter.) This is not the waiter, although he can read the menu.

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An interesting variant is the use of tabletop screens, not only to pay the bill but to read the menu and order.

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The dark menu with white text is easy to read, and the inbox itself is easy on the eyes with a light font.

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So, you can eyeball the prep as well as read individual menu signs (English included).

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Terms like this may lose average users, but brief explanations beside them helped, and I read a References and Citations pop-up menu filled with sources from which the advice was generated.

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In the bottom-right corner, you'll still find the percentage of the book you've read thus far (we still prefer actual page numbers -- though you can access those in the menu).

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