"this is impossible in linux based readers.(currently)"

taylor3456 · 07-14-2011, 09:13 AM

Is there an Eink Device , which support this kind of feature: scratches or notes can be saved and embedded in a pdf file and can be displayed with a PC?

from dulin‘s books, I know: "this is impossible in linux based readers.(currently)"

perhaps not with linux based readers? (android based or wince based?)

wallcraft · 07-14-2011, 07:16 PM

This used to be possible on the Linux-based iRex iLiad, see Merge scribbles with PDF. A similar approach (do the merge on a PC) would presumably be possible with any device that supports scribbles or notes.

Rizla · 07-14-2011, 09:01 PM

Works on Sony 650. I just tested it.

vxf · 07-15-2011, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rizla

Works on Sony 650. I just tested it.

Kind of. Unless this has been patched recently, annotations on SONYs can be viewed on your PC, but not embedded in a PDF file. That is, the annotations are saved in a separate file and, when you open the PDF in SONY's software (so even on your PC, if you install Reader), it will overlay the annotations.

But you cannot save the annotations in the PDF and view them in any other PDF viewer - as you can, say, with iAnnotate on the iPad. Which does not sound like a huge problem, until you realize that SONY's software makes for very clunky PDF viewing (not even a decent zoom feature... what the heck... ).

The annotation can, however, be exported to an RTF. But even that is somehow clunky - the page with annotation will be saved as an image and pasted into an RTF file, while highlighted text will be pasted as text - unless the file is protected by copyright, in which case at max 150 characters will be copied over.

As I said... clunky.

Dulin's Books · 07-16-2011, 12:01 AM

Sony's can also capture the page as an image with scribbles intact but they are not saved in the body of the actual pdf viewable with any other PDF reader on another platform like windows. They are using PDF viewers not editors that have annotation capability.

I did find one actually that does work in linux http://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/index.html i have no way to try it here but ill give it a shot on a friends ubuntu machine when i have a chance. I don't know if it could be ported for readers , or if they woudl be interested.

The GNU PDF project http://www.gnupdf.org/Main_Page is where the main push is happening for free tools being developed for fully functioning PDF support in linux

taylor3456 · 07-18-2011, 12:12 AM

thank you for your input. It is really a problem currently!

taylor3456 · 07-20-2011, 11:25 PM

I find a device, named hanvon n800, which can embed the scratches into pdf files! but only scratches, not the highlighted selection

07-14-2011, 09:13 AM	#1
taylor3456 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: hanvon n800	"this is impossible in linux based readers.(currently)" Is there an Eink Device , which support this kind of feature: scratches or notes can be saved and embedded in a pdf file and can be displayed with a PC? from dulin‘s books, I know: "this is impossible in linux based readers.(currently)" perhaps not with linux based readers? (android based or wince based?)

07-16-2011, 12:01 AM	#5
Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	Sony's can also capture the page as an image with scribbles intact but they are not saved in the body of the actual pdf viewable with any other PDF reader on another platform like windows. They are using PDF viewers not editors that have annotation capability. I did find one actually that does work in linux http://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/index.html i have no way to try it here but ill give it a shot on a friends ubuntu machine when i have a chance. I don't know if it could be ported for readers , or if they woudl be interested. The GNU PDF project http://www.gnupdf.org/Main_Page is where the main push is happening for free tools being developed for fully functioning PDF support in linux Last edited by Dulin's Books; 07-16-2011 at 12:19 AM.

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07-14-2011, 07:16 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	This used to be possible on the Linux-based iRex iLiad, see Merge scribbles with PDF. A similar approach (do the merge on a PC) would presumably be possible with any device that supports scribbles or notes.

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Rizla Member Retired Posts: 3,183 Karma: 11721895 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Nook STR (rooted) & Sony T2	Works on Sony 650. I just tested it.

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taylor3456 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: hanvon n800	thank you for your input. It is really a problem currently!

07-20-2011, 11:25 PM	#7
taylor3456 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: hanvon n800	I find a device, named hanvon n800, which can embed the scratches into pdf files! but only scratches, not the highlighted selection

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