[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.