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nekokami · 12-07-2006, 02:12 PM

The eBookwise 1150, like the iLiad, supports stylus-based written annotations, albeit into its own format only. Based on the discussions in the "Legacy Devices" forum, the .imp file used by the eBookwise gets pulled apart on the eBookwise itself into a number of smaller files; presumably one of those files created during this process is the annotation file. Depending on the format of that file, it could be possible to create a utility to convert the annotations to a format usable on the iLiad. Does anyone here have both devices and an interest in testing this idea? It would also be nice to have a way to feed the 1150 annotations to the Vision Objects PC software designed to work with the iLiad, especially if later on the annotations could be converted to PDF/other file annotations or could be otherwise searchable.

I'm asking because I'm considering getting the 1150 for now, while I save up for the iLiad (and wait a bit for the power, DRM, etc. issues to be resolved), but if I create a lot of annotations, I don't want to lose my work if/when I upgrade.

12-07-2006, 02:12 PM	#1
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Convert eBookwise 1150 annotations to iLiad? The eBookwise 1150, like the iLiad, supports stylus-based written annotations, albeit into its own format only. Based on the discussions in the "Legacy Devices" forum, the .imp file used by the eBookwise gets pulled apart on the eBookwise itself into a number of smaller files; presumably one of those files created during this process is the annotation file. Depending on the format of that file, it could be possible to create a utility to convert the annotations to a format usable on the iLiad. Does anyone here have both devices and an interest in testing this idea? It would also be nice to have a way to feed the 1150 annotations to the Vision Objects PC software designed to work with the iLiad, especially if later on the annotations could be converted to PDF/other file annotations or could be otherwise searchable. I'm asking because I'm considering getting the 1150 for now, while I save up for the iLiad (and wait a bit for the power, DRM, etc. issues to be resolved), but if I create a lot of annotations, I don't want to lose my work if/when I upgrade.