Elipsa Handwriting notes on kobo epub home-made?

Koboder · 02-18-2022, 02:28 PM

Hello everybody!

I use to convert free e-books to .kepub format via Calibre or via Kepubify because in Kobo Readers I prefer them over normal .epub format.
But in Kobo Elipsa (and I think so in Sage too) it isn't possible handwriting on "home-made" .kepubs...

Do you know any trick about it?

MGlitch · 02-18-2022, 02:58 PM

I know at one point there was a patch for this. But I don’t recall the firmware it was for, and it doesn’t seem to have made it into the official patches

Quoth · 02-18-2022, 03:11 PM

Handwriting is really only useful in the Advanced Notebook, or on Scanned PDFs.
It's an inferior non-portable way to annotate epubs / kepubs unless they add conversion to text.

I've an Elipsa. Really it's an ereader plus and ewriter with ability to scribble on scanned PDFs. The stylus/pencil is essentially pointless at the moment for real annotation on epubs, kepubs, DRM PDFs, OCR or Text based PDFs compared to highlight and type in a note.

A BT keyboard does work in the note window when annotating, but oddly the Advanced Notebooks ONLY allow pen/stylus input with optional conversion. I can't see the point of the basic scribble only Notebooks.

Skydog · 02-18-2022, 04:33 PM

I find the Elipsa handwriting and annotation with stylus (third party) works well for my epubs and PDFs requiring editing, certainly not pointless. As mentioned above, I believe there is a patch for kepubs.

Quoth · 02-19-2022, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skydog

I find the Elipsa handwriting and annotation with stylus (third party) works well for my epubs and PDFs requiring editing, certainly not pointless. As mentioned above, I believe there is a patch for kepubs.

What 3rd party stylus and how does that make any difference at all?

And how do you export them to use on Mac/Windows/Linux? It's rubbish compared to text copy & paste via Kobo Utilities in Calibre. I've annotated and copied back 100s of files for years.
It's not entirely pointless on a PDF that's only scanned images as there is no other way to annotate those.

driph · 03-09-2022, 09:06 PM

Validity of the feature aside, I'm also curious to know if there's a patch available that will allow annotations on side-loaded kepubs. Yeah, text conversion would be a bonus, but notes at all are a good start.

davidfor · 03-09-2022, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driph

Validity of the feature aside, I'm also curious to know if there's a patch available that will allow annotations on side-loaded kepubs. Yeah, text conversion would be a bonus, but notes at all are a good start.

There was a patch made for the Elipsa when it first came out. I don't know if it has been updated for newer firmware.

02-18-2022, 02:28 PM	#1
Koboder Member Posts: 10 Karma: 12068 Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Italy Device: Kobo Libra 2 & Kobo Elipsa	Handwriting notes on kobo epub home-made? Hello everybody! I use to convert free e-books to .kepub format via Calibre or via Kepubify because in Kobo Readers I prefer them over normal .epub format. But in Kobo Elipsa (and I think so in Sage too) it isn't possible handwriting on "home-made" .kepubs... Do you know any trick about it?

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02-18-2022, 02:58 PM	#2
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,855 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	I know at one point there was a patch for this. But I don’t recall the firmware it was for, and it doesn’t seem to have made it into the official patches

02-18-2022, 03:11 PM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,033 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Handwriting is really only useful in the Advanced Notebook, or on Scanned PDFs. It's an inferior non-portable way to annotate epubs / kepubs unless they add conversion to text. I've an Elipsa. Really it's an ereader plus and ewriter with ability to scribble on scanned PDFs. The stylus/pencil is essentially pointless at the moment for real annotation on epubs, kepubs, DRM PDFs, OCR or Text based PDFs compared to highlight and type in a note. A BT keyboard does work in the note window when annotating, but oddly the Advanced Notebooks ONLY allow pen/stylus input with optional conversion. I can't see the point of the basic scribble only Notebooks.

02-18-2022, 04:33 PM	#4
Skydog Wizard Posts: 2,286 Karma: 7409537 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Circling Earth @ Mach .83 Device: Elipsa 2E, Sage, Libra Colour, Libra 2, Clara 2E, Oasis3, Voyage	I find the Elipsa handwriting and annotation with stylus (third party) works well for my epubs and PDFs requiring editing, certainly not pointless. As mentioned above, I believe there is a patch for kepubs.

03-09-2022, 09:06 PM	#6
driph Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Paperwhite	Validity of the feature aside, I'm also curious to know if there's a patch available that will allow annotations on side-loaded kepubs. Yeah, text conversion would be a bonus, but notes at all are a good start.

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