[GUI Plugin] Annotations

[DNSB]

AlreaderX is likely the application be used to render ebooks on @sunkashi's Onyx Boox Note Air 3.

[sunkashi]

I never used or installed app with name AlreaderX. Thats what confuse me.

[aik099]

Originally Posted by sunkashi

When I try to fetch annotations from connected device, I have error: ValueError: Please add "AlReaderXE-Ink" folder to scanned foldersin "Device > Configure this device" dialog.

My device is Onyx Boox Air 3 that has notes in folder "storage/note", there is no "AlReaderXE-Ink" folder in device. I don't understand, how to fix that? Thanks.

This plugin only imports notes/bookmarks made by the AlReaderX Pro reader application (I'm the developer of the import script for Onyx devices).

It doesn't support importing notes/bookmarks of the built-in reading application (NeoReader), because it stores that data outside of the USB-accessible area of the device, that Calibre can read.

The AlreaderX Pro is installed by default for some Onyx Boox models sold outside of the US. By the way it's a decent reading app as well, but it doesn't support drawing on PDFs as NeoReader does).

[sunkashi]

Oh, so it does not work with native *.txt files with annotations in storage/note ? Then sorry, my mistake.

[aik099]

Originally Posted by sunkashi

Oh, so it does not work with native *.txt files with annotations in storage/note ? Then sorry, my mistake.

I've tried adding an annotation in the NeoReader app (long press on the word of the book for the context menu to appear -> click on the pencil icon -> confirm annotation creation) and that highlighted that word in the book, but the TXT file for that book wasn't created in the "storage/note" folder.

[justanotheruser.]

Originally Posted by tsundoku

Actually, I just found another workaround that works even better in my case. Sharing it here in case it helps anyone else. The problem with getting annotations from Amazon's https://read.amazon.com/notebook page is that they only include annotations from books bought from Amazon. Annotations for "personal documents" (i.e. any content added to your Kindle account that wasn't bought from Amazon) don't appear, although Amazon does capture them and synchronize them between your devices. If you run the Kindle iOS app, it now has a new feature that allows you to export your "Notebook" (all the notes and annotations for a given book/document across devices) and send it as an .html file in email. (I'm guessing we have the new Kindle Scribe to thank for this.) This file opens in the browser and contains all your annotations for a given book which can be easily copy/pasted into Calibre.

Can you please explain where you easily copy/pasted into Caliber?
I'm interested in using this idea but unsure where it is copied to in Caliber that gives the reference area?

So far, I am doing this manually.

[sunkashi]

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[husain]

I am getting the following error when I attempt to fetch the annotation from the device (Kindle Scribe)

calibre, version 7.20.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:'MTP_DEVICE' object has no attribute 'create_annotations_path'

calibre 7.20 embedded-python: False
Linux-6.11.2-1-default-x86_64-with-glibc2.40 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '6.11.2-1-default', '#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Oct 4 17:37:58 UTC 2024 (38c846e)')
Python 3.11.10
Interface language: None
EXE path: /usr/bin/python3.11
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && DeDRM (10, 0, 3) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && Annotations (1, 17, 13) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (2, 16, 0) && From KFX (2, 16, 0) && KFX Input (2, 16, 0) && Set KFX metadata (from KFX Output) (2, 11, 0) && KFX Output (2, 11, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 83, 1) && Obok DeDRM (10, 0, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 363, in fetch_usb_connected_device_annotations
self.fetch_usb_device_annotations(self.get_connect ed_device_primary_name())
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 407, in fetch_usb_device_annotations
annotated_book_list = self.get_annotated_books_on_usb_device(reader_app)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 623, in get_annotated_books_on_usb_device
ra.get_installed_books()
File "/tmp/calibre_annotations_plugin/Kindle.py", line 154, in get_installed_books
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.reader_app_suppor t", line 803, in get_path_map
path_map = generate_annotation_paths(ids, db)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.reader_app_suppor t", line 788, in generate_annotation_paths
a_path = self.device.create_annotations_path(mi, device_path=path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'MTP_DEVICE' object has no attribute 'create_annotations_path'

[MagnusBerg]

Hello, I'm new to this forum.

For some time now I have not been able to use Annotation on Linux Devuan Ceres (unstable) except on a slightly older installation that I saved on a separate partition. When I was about to start troubleshooting, I stumbled upon a bug report on Annotations old git page that meant I didn't have to look any further for the error. I quote:

“There is an error when loading the plug in with a Python 3.12 install:
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 11, in <module>
import imp, inspect, os, re, sys, tempfile, threading, types
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'
And indeed, according to https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/imp.html, the module imp has been deprecated and removed in 3.12”
https://github.com/davidfor/calibre-...ions/issues/34

Hope this problem gets solved because even though Calibre is now testing its own annotation/note downloader, Annotations is much better than the feature that Calibre has now started to implement.

[PeterT]

Out of curiousity, which calibre ARE you using? kovid's official one from https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux or one from the Ceres repository?

The reason I ask is that due to calibre's structure, it is happier by FAR with the embedded python that most people who package for linux remove.

[MagnusBerg]

Hi, hi.
I am laughing at myself.

At first I thought your idea was stupid because I don't like solutions like Flathub, where you install all the dependencies with all the packages. I like simple and efficient solutions.

But then I downloaded the txz file under the heading “Manual binary install” and unpacked it.

Then I discovered that I didn't even need to install the files in any special place. It was now enough to click on the Calibre file in the bin folder. Then Calibre started and used my old configuration files including the installed Annotations plugin. Wow, so easy to get Annotations to work.

I'm going to rely on that solution until Annotations gets support for Python 3.12. So I'm now very grateful for your answer.

Now I'll just move the whole Calibre folder to the place in my home folder where I usually keep special solutions like this.

By the way, it is Calibre 7.20 also in Devuan Ceres, but as I said, with Python 3.12.

Again, thank you very much.

[MagnusBerg]

Update since I wrote the above.

Strange but, now I could not launch Calibre from either the folder's previous location or the location I moved it to. But now I was stuck and wanted a working solution. So I chose to install according to the instructions under “Binary install”.

I have tried starting Calibre a few times and it works.

Thanks again for your help.