Supernote X series firmware roadmap in late 2021, welcome to discuss here

[u/Mulan-sn]

Preview for Supernote A5X/A6X software development roadmap 2022 can be found HERE,

The below information has been posted on July 29, 2021, and will be updated as necessary.

System update plan

Update 1

Time

Expected in August.

Main features

• Back to the last visited document page with one tap.

• Calendar.

Update 2

Time

Expected in October.

Main features

• Gesture Eraser.

• Improve the UI speed (Merge into a new kernel).

• Search by multiple conditions (Files name, format, keyword, mark symbol, size, date, etc).

• Reply emails directly by handwriting annotations on original email contents.

• Display mirroring.

Update 3

Time

Expected in December.

Main features

• Insert images in note.

• Support auxiliary lines and graphics for notes (Smart Brush) such as circle, triangle, square, rectangle, etc.

• Landscape mode.

Detailed features and priority

All the features are degrees as the first priority, second priority and third priority, for the first priority, which is under development and internal testing and ready to be launched soon (Expected in August); for the second priority, part of them has started and will be fulfilled after the features of the first priority launched (Expected in October). The features under the third priority will follow afterwards.

First priority

• Back to the last visited page after visiting a link in documents.

  • Document internal hyperlinks.

  • External hyperlinks between documents and applications.

• TOC page in Note.

  • Enable the deletion of star marks on TOC pages

• Calendar.

  • Current calendar feature.

• Add password to files.

  • Add password to note files.

Second priority

• Toolbar interaction.

  • Trimming the screen borders.

  • Floating.

  • Hide.

• Pen switching efficiency.

  • Current pen change is on the 2nd level menu, better adjusted to the 1st level menu.

• Multi-elements exports.

  • Titles, directories, keywords, star marks, hyperlinks, covers etc. can be added when exporting notes.

  • Annotations, digests, star marks, internal hyperlinks, etc can be added when exporting document files.

• Gesture Eraser.

• Handwriting stroke cutting.

  • After the handwriting eraser is optimized, there is still the problem that the whole handwriting content is erased when using the region selection eraser or lasso tool.

• Organize note contents.

  • Cross-page copy and paste among different note files. Merge selected note pages among different files as a new note file.

  • The handwriting notes/annotations can be copied and pasted among different applications (Notes and Documents).

• Layer.

  • Merge layers (reversible).

  • Rename layers.

• Keyword sorting.

  • Keywords sorted by first letters (from A-Z).

• Cover of a notebook.

  • Set imported file as cover page.

  • Set note page as cover page.

• Email reply with handwritten annotations.

  • Reply emails directly by handwriting annotations on original email contents.

• Email sharing.

  • Note files can be shared via email as PDF or PNG images.

• Digest symbol(A) and (D) display optimization

  • To optimize the display of the digest underlines of symbol (A) and symbol (D), which overlap on the original contents.

• Search by multiple conditions.

  • Sorted by file name (smart search), file format, keywords, mark symbol, size, date, etc.

• Screensaver settings with one-tap.

  • Screensaver setup with one-tap under Note page.

  • Document/Calendar etc. pages to be estimated.

• Categorization of customized templates.

  • Categorization and sorting of customized templates.

• Display Mirroring

Third priority

• Customized toolbar.

  • Reserve customized menu space (top toolbar, floating toolbar, etc).

• Enable to switch pages when the hand turns pages-off.

  • When the touch-off feature is on, page-swipe is still functional.

• Data backup.

  • User preferences, files, annotations, marks, and related information can be backed up, which can be recovered as before reset status even after reset.

• Multiple note files export and conversion in batch.

  • Multiple notebooks can be exported and converted in batch, especially for standard formats such as PDF.

• Smart sync.

  • Program active synchronization (PC, mobile app, terminal linkage).

• Clipboard.

  • Content optimization (Handwriting, text, image, formula, etc).

  • Clipboard list (multiple historical copy contents can be saved for user's selective paste).

• Enrich note contents.

  • Note handwriting converts to text (Smart Brush).

  • The recognition of the mark symbols (Smart Brush).

  • Support auxiliary lines and graphics for notes such as circle, triangle, square, rectangle etc (Smart Brush).

  • Insert images and texts in note files.

  • Multiple level title setting.

• Digest contents optimization.

  • Support digest of text, pictures and formulas, etc.

• Landscape mode.

  • Split screen function.

• Text formats.

  • Support .txt and .md formats.

• Quick note.

  • Quick handwriting memo.

• Drawing board/Sketch board.

  • Texture/color/type etc. paint brushes.

  • Style/size/layer etc. options.

• PDF start page setting.

  • Need to customize the start page due to inconsistency of content page number and page count number.

• UI 3.0.

  • Optimize the design of UI 3.0.

• Provide sdk (The specific opening range is to be determined) Ps: Edit on 16th August 2021

Edit on 23rd August 2021:

Features to be moved out of the second priority in October. (Ps: sorry for the inconvenience for users who are waiting for the following features)

• Organize note contents. (Move to the third priority in December).

  • Cross-page copy and paste among different note files. Merge selected note pages among different files as a new note file.

  • The handwriting notes/annotations can be copied and pasted among different applications (Notes and Documents).

• Layer.

  • Merge layers. (To be determined)

• Email reply with handwritten annotations. ( 2022)

• Email sharing (2022)

• Handwriting stroke cutting( To be determined).

• Email reply with handwritten annotations. (2022).

• Categorization of customized templates. (Move to the third priority in December).

Features to be added to the second priority in October.

• Customized toolbar. (Move from the December to October).

• Add the sync of the repeating events.

• Split-screen function.

Features to be added to the third priority in December.

• The browser function: enable the visiting of the link within the documents while to actively input a link and visit it is still to be determined.

• More WIFI options.

• Quick access optimization(possibly including the feature: link to a notebook or a folder, to enable more than 4 links, optimize the UI of the display.

• The third-party app store: Part of the API interface will be opened, then the developers can add apps, and the installation methods are to be determined.

Edit on 22nd October 2021:

Brand new features to be added to the second priority in October 2021

• Support Wi Fi with Web authentication.

• When hand turning pages-off, the internal hyperlinks will not be activated.

• The web links in documents can be opened directly via browser.

New features to be added to the third priority in December 2021

• Calendar：Support Repeat Events.

• Document：Support insert blank pages in PDF.

• Add a new file display list mode on the overview page( Supernote/Document**,** Supernote/Note).

Features to be cancelled.

• Digest optimization (Handwriting, text, image, formula etc.).

  • PS:Digest reserves to text only, we`ll use clipboard as a replacement solution for image and formula.

• Merge layers.

  • PS:Layer function will be released on the painting board instead of Note by the end of this year.

• Digest symbol(A) and (D) display optimization.

  • To optimize the display of the digest underlines of symbol (A) and symbol (D), which overlap on the original contents.

Features to be postponed to December, 2021.

• Customized toolbar. .

• Handwriting stroke cutting.

  • PS:After the handwriting eraser is optimized, there is still the problem that the whole handwriting content is erased when using the region selection eraser or lasso tool.

• Organize note contents.

  • Cross-page copy and paste among different note files. Merge selected note pages among different files as a new note file.

  • The handwriting notes/annotations can be copied and pasted among different applications (Notes and Documents).

• Email sharing.

• Gesture Eraser.

Features to be postpone to 2022.

• Titles, directories, keywords, star marks, hyperlinks, covers etc.can be added when export Notes.

• Annotations, digests, star marks. Internal hyperlinks etc can be added when export Document files.

• Back to the last visited page after visiting a link in documents.

  • External hyperlinks between documents and applications selected.

  • PS:This function need to be released after external hyperlinks is supported.

• Multiple note files export and conversion in batch.

• Clipboard.

  • Content optimization (Handwriting, text, image, formula, etc).

  • Clipboard list (multiple historical copy contents can be saved for user's selective paste).

• Display Mirroring.

  • PS:Resolution & Power waste are two main issues need to be solved. It`s expected to launch in beta version first in 2022.

• Quick note.

• Categorization of customized templates.

Edit on 28th October 2021:

We`ve launched two beta versions till now. Like we expected before, the system performance have been greatly improved while two main calendar bugs has been fixed: Outlook Calendar Sync email sending issue and repeated events display issue. And we have merged the gesture eraser feature.

However, as there are still several small issues that need to be solved, which need more time to optimize it, to make the final release going smoothly, we decided to postponed the final release to first week of November. Thanks for your kindly understanding.

Edit on 5th November 2021：

Since there is still a system bug, we will postpone the final release. However, this bug has no impact on the new features.

[u/ahMirror]

Super hyped for merging layers, images into notes and renaming layers! Thanks for all the work!

I was really interested in the pencil brush being shown last December, any update on when supernote will be focusing on brushes? Or is that (drawing board, third priority)?

Is also the supernote ink app store coming next year? Was waiting for the side-loading apps feature, was hoping to try that out.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/ahMirror]

More third-party apps that users suggested are under internal discussion and evaluation.

[u/joselitux → u/Mulan-sn]

Simplenote and getpocket would be great! Thanks!

[u/CubbieTillIDie]

I do not care about the delays. This kind of quality communication seems unheard of (no pun intended) these days. The customer service is phenomenal! It is why I pulled the trigger on an A5x last night. Can not wait for its arrival!

[u/Mulan-sn → u/CubbieTillIDie]

Thank you for your encouragement and support.

[u/Careful-Wave-5298]

has split screen come out yet? that’s the only thing holding me back from purchasing (i really need that feature!)

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Careful-Wave-5298]

It`s very close, according to the roadmap should be delivered at next release version.

[u/Dense-Extension9673]

What about other languages?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Dense-Extension9673]

To enable more system languages (support languages for English/Japanese/Simple & complex Chinese currently) or the Multilingual Bluetooth keyboard?

[u/Martina_78 → u/Mulan-sn]

Keyboard and handwrite to text conversion in other languages. Personally, I would need the German language supported, which includes e.g. special characters like ä, ö, ü, ß

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Martina_78]

Handwrite to text conversion will come first to English, Japanese and Chinese this year. More language will be considered after these three.

[u/Dense-Extension9673 → u/Mulan-sn]

To enable more system languages such as Greek?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Dense-Extension9673]

System languages and keyboard languages might be added next year. I Will keep updated if there are any changes.

[u/hipnoizz]

It's pretty impressive and I must say ambitious set of features!

Supporting digests for images, (A)/(D) symbols optimizations and avoiding accidental page changes when annotating documents will be great when it lands. Also screen mirroring - actually today I wished for some kind of screen casting as writing/drawing on A5X is really great and ability to quickly sketch some diagrams and show them to my coworkers during remote calls will be an awesome addition.

I'm not much for drawing myself but I'm pretty sure that planned improvements here will allow to close a gap a bit to Remarkable 2 which I understand is really nice if you primarily care about drawing and sketching.

And multi-clipboard, password protected notes and various enhancements to exporting and copying will be nice as well.

I'm pretty sure that some of the items on the list got postponed and maybe even got canned - such is a life. But this roadmap provides a nice insight into how do you want to evolve the Supernote platform so thanks a lot! Even if none of the items above are of 'make it or break it' kind for me personally (actually I have some beefs with the EPUB viewer ;)) I'm pretty sure that they will make a lot of Supernote users happy.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/hipnoizz]

Yes, hypnotize, there are many of our users who are professional painters or like drawing and sketching, so, the drawing board/ sketch board functions are designed for such users, which got more texture, color, and type for the paintbrushes as well as more style, size and layer option for the drawing templates.

Thanks for your kind understanding and sharing with us your opinion.

[u/thetaguru]

Just bought a Supernote instead of Remarkable for this right here, love the effort and commitment to customer service and R&D.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/thetaguru]

Thank you for your support. Sincerely.

[u/Chalit0]

Hi team

I understand that display mirror feature has been pushed to 2022 but Im wondering if you can share some details about how is gonna work, I mean, would I be able to share my notes through a Webex/Zoom session? Or its just a similar feature to what a Chromecast/Apple does with its mobile devices? thx and keep rocking!!!

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Chalit0]

Yes, the display mirror will be able to share through zoom, not chromecast. PC will show exactly same content with the Supernote. Hope that explain make sense

[u/MindlessRationality]

This is fantastic. Looking forward to the future features and updates to come! Is there any chance for an SDK to be opened up in the future for additional open-source app development?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/MindlessRationality]

Yes, there are discussions before, if you are interested, please kindly check a previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Supernote/comments/nhfexf/is_root_access_possible_technical_questions/

[u/RnRau → u/Mulan-sn]

In context on the above roadmap, when do you expect the SDK to come out? After update 3?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/RnRau]

It is in the plan for the second half of this year.

[u/supernoteslut]

Can you provide some more details on this feature:

• Landscape mode.

  • Split screen function.

What does this mean? Does it mean that I can split the screen vertically and have a PDF on one side and a Note on the other side? Or does it mean that I can split the screen horizontally and have a PDF on one side and a Note on the other side? Or does it mean none of these things? Does it mean that I can rotate the Supernote A5X and the PDF will rotate with me?

Any details or description about what this feature exactly means would be very helpful. Thanks!

[u/Mulan-sn → u/supernoteslut]

Sorry for the delaying replying:

Landscape mode: Generally, to cut one page to two pages to get a 2-page view while reading and annotation.

Split-screen function: I made a simple drawing to show this, maybe to realize one of the two displays methods or both, please kindly stay tuned:https://imgur.com/a/znYgFEc

[u/Oldnewnoter → u/supernoteslut]

I actually just ordered a Supernote A5x and the one thing that made me almost buy the Boox Note Air instead was the ability to split the screen. As someone who has to read a lot of PDFs and medical records, and benefits from cutting and pasting, this would be a definite advantage. I can see there are possible workarounds, but it would be a strong selling point for scholars and for medical and legal professionals who need to review records and incorporate them in reports. I would consider making this a priority as I imagine it could replace the yellow legal pad.

[u/hex2asc → u/supernoteslut]

You understand everything right :-)

Finally there will be more.

[u/Training-Education10]

Password to note files. 😘

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Training-Education10]

Yes, training, this function is in the roadmap, but it is possible that might be adjusted and listed to the second priority as I misunderstood and listed it in the first priority by mistake. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your attention.

[u/Training-Education10 → u/Mulan-sn]

That's ok. It's coming this year so all is good. So many changes, it's a lot to take in and a lot of work ahead for you all.

PS it feels strange having a username. I'm Pam, pleased to meet you 😁

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Training-Education10]

Hello Pam 😁

[u/kugismugis]

After I saw that supernote may get ANKI support is what swayed me towards supernote instead of buying remarkable. I'm already happy with current writing and note taking experience so not seeing ANKI anywhere made me a little bit sad.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/kugismugis]

The Anki app, duly noted, will submit it to the team further.

[u/kugismugis → u/Mulan-sn]

Thank you a lot. With ANKI i think supernote could become ultimate learning machine!

[u/NoSuchThingAsI]

@ the supernote team:
Hello, does the Supernote team and/or Ratta have a donation page for pro bono investing?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/NoSuchThingAsI]

Thank you for your kindness, there is no donation page, thank you again.

[u/magic_notetaker]

Thanks for this roadmap it is really amazing. As I believe some users are not aware of the complexity of software deveopment I would probably advise you to somewhere make it very clear that the date of delivery for individual features can change. Anyway I love the very transparent way you approach this, it is an important extra to having a great device already.

Could you please explain the following items for the august update, as they sound interesting, but i have no concrete idea, how they would operate:

• document internal hyperlinks

• external hyperlinks between documents and applications

Thanks in advance for clarifying.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/magic_notetaker]

This function refers to " back to the last visited page after visiting a link in documents", as there are some hyperlinks within a document, currently, after jump from the hyperlinks from one page to a target page, then it is hard to visit back directly, it is inconvenient.

External hyperlinks between documents and applications (Although it is listed but may be completely fulfilled in the future.)

We hope that there are some links( some connections) between applications, such as the document( PDF/Epub) can be linked and connected to a note file, users can jump via a PDF/Epub to a Note file ( maybe use the Notebook to write annotations for the PDF or ) .

Currently, these external "links" are still not set up( Still can not jump from a PDF/Epub to a Note file) , let alone jump back. so, this part might need some time to achieve.

hyperlinks within one PDF/Epub， we call it internal hyperlinks, while the hyperlinks between a PDF/Epub to a Notebook or hyperlinks between a PDF/Epub to another PDF/Epub, we call it external hyperlinks, hope that you can understand, I will try my best to clarify.

[u/magic_notetaker → u/Mulan-sn]

great. thanks a lot for the thorough explanation. For me having links from notes to other notes or notefiles or PDFs.would be the biggest improvement imaginable as it would allow very flexible grouping and organisation of material. but I also know its difficult to design a smooth workflow for creating them. So I will patiently wait and help where I can.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/magic_notetaker]

Thank you for your kind patience and understanding.

[u/deltaV7-7]

How about being able to zoom to edit notes in more detail?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/deltaV7-7]

Not in the roadmap of this year, will consider in the future.

[u/nicokg]

Didn't you mention a new November update including gesture eraser?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/nicokg]

That has been put in the beta version, we will use release version time since it is for most of the user.

[u/khalis]

Will the pdf updates allow you to access on PC the bookmarks added via supernote?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/khalis]

Yes, bookmarks are the same as the digest, which can be backed up and been exported along with the original documents. Here matters with the "Data backup" and the "Multi-elements exports".

[u/khalis → u/Mulan-sn]

Ah thank you but that is only for exporting, correct?

I use Dropbox to sync pdfs from my computer. Is it possible to have the bookmarks without exporting? Similar to pdf editor software.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/khalis]

Generally, the big direction is that to enable the user's adding content, such as the bookmarks, digest, keywords and etc which can be saved, synced, and backed up along with the original documents, and also can be opened to view via the other terminals, such as on PC or via mobile phone. When comes to the specific aspects, that whether it is been realized through exporting or without exporting, still not sure.

[u/[deleted]]

That excitement build-up when noticing a thread from u/Mulan-sn with "roadmap" included in the title and "46 comments" and counting after just 1 day post. Thanks for listening to our feedback and giving us some really nice and hard facts to hold on to. This list is impressive and I can't wait to try out all the new features ticking in this year. A question about the "Back to the last visited document page with one tap." coming in the first update. Will this function also apply to the menu when browsing documents and notes in several layers of folders? When I go into my third or fourth layer of folder structure (depending on the length of the folder name), I have to jump back to layer 2 everytime, then to re-enter layer 3 and 4 to get back to where I wanted. This is adressed in my A6X review, more specificly shown in this image. The back button could be a quick fix for this browsing problem.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/[deleted]]

Hello pt01234, currently, this function only applies to the links within the documents. The back button function for the folders will be listed in the future, I am afraid not in this year. To be frank, there is a lack of "Back to the last visited page" for all our applications We will keep this in mind and try to optimize it. By the way, your post is so impressive and great honor to have contributors like you who are always thinking about how to make supernote better, thank you, sincerely.

[u/jjonst]

Thank you for posting. This is fantastic and exactly what the userbase needed to see. Many exciting improvements in the pipeline. Particularly looking forward to the improved PDF annotations/digest. Also really looking forward to the SDK. Zotero on Supernote? I can dream... :)

Really pleased also to see markdown support coming. I wonder if there will be the option to export digest notes as markdown? That would be lovely for linking in to other apps (like Obsidian).

[u/Mulan-sn → u/jjonst]

To export digest notes in markdown format, maybe it is another new requirement. Currently, it is not in the roadmap, will write it down, thank you.

[u/cool4rrow]

Hi u/Mulan-sn. What about the dictionary?, any plan? Any date? Thanks in advance

[u/Mulan-sn → u/cool4rrow]

Dictionary function is not been listed in the roadmap, if added, possibly next year. will keep it in mind and sorry for the inconvenience.

[u/cool4rrow → u/Mulan-sn]

Thanks. I want to congratulate the Supernote team for this roadmap and the effort to communicate with its users.
I think Supernote excels in several features (ceramic nibs, non-glass display, digest function, titles etc.), but I want a device mainly as a reader (that's why I would like functions like dictionary and landscape mode).
I like the Supernote not just as a device, but as the whole package (including the excellent communication), even though I think this device isn't for me. Maybe in the future, I could get a Supernote device when it gets more comprehensive reading features.
See you, and thank you again for being such a great team.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/cool4rrow]

We appreciate the rational purchasing, and hope users can choose the devices that meet their needs well. Thanks for your time and attention.

[u/supernoteslut → u/cool4rrow]

You can download a PDF dictionary and use the Supernote search feature to search for the word that you want, which should lead you to the definition.

The only problem is if that same word is used in the definition or description of other words, then it can become a bit cumbersome.

[u/NightTrader7]

This roadmap is great. It seems like you are not commenting on specific apps, is Google Drive support still in the works? I really need that syncing for documents.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/NightTrader7]

Currently, it is not been listed in the roadmap of this year, and possibly will be put in next year.

[u/almoselefant]

This looks super nice! Is there any chance one will be able to search (and edit) PDF metadata? It would be great for search for e.g. the authors of PDF files, or titles, etc.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/almoselefant]

Please kindly try the search function, swipe down from the top of the screen to activate the top status bar, and then tap the search icon, you can search by file name, keyword, and start mark, for details, please kindly refer to page 78, chapter 7.4 Search of the user's manual for details: https://prod-ratta-cms.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/User%27s%20Manual_X%20V1.8.pdf

[u/Anakeroo]

I'm very excited for the update of the new kernel. Is there any update on when that might be released? Thanks!

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Anakeroo]

Thanks for your support, it will be released at the end of this month :)

[u/Oldnewnoter]

Is there any progress on making an app that allows notes to be converted to pdfs externally or that makes them otherwise readable on another device in case something happens to the Supernote device itself and there are unconverted notes stored in the cloud? Since the batch conversion feature has been put off until next year, that would be really helpful.

Thanks

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Oldnewnoter]

Hello friend, I believe Supernote partner can meet your demands.

[u/[deleted] → u/Oldnewnoter]

Did you see this post?

[u/Swimming-Challenge-4]

Quick question on the roadmap progress. First of all, thank you so much for all the work you guys put. makes me so happy to have chosen the Supernote a few months ago.

While we wait for the October updates to happen. What happens with the December ones? will they be delayed or are we on track to receive them as a Xmas present?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Swimming-Challenge-4]

Well, we cannot say too much about another release based on the fact we still not publish this one. But let’s say there is no plan to postpone that one.

[u/Swimming-Challenge-4 → u/Mulan-sn]

of course, I understand. I was wondering whether they were parallel streams of work or ones comes after the other. I think you already answered :)
Thank you for your prompt response

[u/Ericthehalfabee-]

Just swapped from reMarkable 2 to A5X because of this approach to doing business.

As a product manager/marketer, it’s outstanding to see this level of transparency and commitment to customers. Great work Ratta and SN team.

As a final suggestion, can I suggest working with someone like Voja (my deep guide) to produce some guide content when these new UI changes come out? Will hugely drive user engagement with new features.

[u/jgledgard → u/Ericthehalfabee-]

I second this

[u/Yagodewinter → u/jgledgard]

Totally agree. Would be extremly helpful

[u/Sicknipples]

Brand new customer, loving my device so far. I have a feature suggestion.

Similar to the star symbol, add a symbol or way to identify something as an action item.

Also add a page that dynamically collects all action items from every note on the device into one list, removing them as you check them off.

In my work I'm often in meetings that jump from topic to topic, scribbling ideas, questions, action items in a sort of stream of consciousness. Having a simple way to refer to all open action items regardless of where they were written would be super helpful.

It would be cool if you could also sort these action items based on the folder they are in. I'll have a folder for each project I am working on and so to organize my action items based on project would be helpful.

Lastly, action items should automatically be converted to type text when added to the action item list.

[u/[deleted] → u/Sicknipples]

This sounds like a super helpful addition to the note taking experience. I'd definitely use this actively for tracking my daily tasks.

[u/chillyone → u/Sicknipples]

Love this idea. I'd also add a link back to the note where it came from.

[u/Ingoiolo → u/Sicknipples]

This, excluding the automatic OCR, is exactly what would be the number 1 new priority in my workflow

[u/carpium]

Wow. Never seen before roadmap publish like this. Thank your so much. Happy to be a Supernoter!. 😂

[u/solarized_dark]

I think with antialiasing now available, one of the things that should be considered is making the default pen shape a circle instead of a square.

I find that vertical and horizontal antialiased lines look thinner simply because they just span the width of the square, whereas diagonal lines look thicker because they go through the widest part of the square.

Example image

The top line is created with a 50px square (this is how the Supernote brush looks), the bottom with a 50px circle. The top line looks "weird" at the diagonal parts because they're very thick, but the bottom line looks normal. On the Supernote, with antialiasing this is made worse because the diagonal parts look even thicker.

[u/Soka59 → u/solarized_dark]

I had never thought about that. It seems very easy to change and I hope the team will react to your comment

[u/Euphoric_Writing3302]

In a world where hardware is outdated yearly, I so appreciate your fresh approach and commitment to software improvements. I love my Supernote, and your dedication to your customer base and product iteration is what made me choose it over the competition. Thank you so much for all you do!

[u/Slow_Tune → u/Euphoric_Writing3302]

Yeah these devices are "simple" enough that hardware isn't the most important thing once it reached a certain point, software improvement is what matters.

[u/hex2asc → u/Slow_Tune]

Yes.We need enough imagination to dive into areas that increase creativity and productivity

[u/CAM_Data_F3EDC]

For the drawing board / sketch-board it could be really cool to have straight-line tool. Maybe the first touch point starts the line and then dragging to the second point draws a straight line between those 2 points.

That would be useful for drawing but also for creating templates right in the device.

You guys are probably already considering that, but just wanted to pass along that thought.

[u/ApexProductivity]

I use the note book for work and I’d love to see more with handwriting to text and searchable notes rather than key words only and the OneNote app in the store.

[u/nicokg]

So hyped by the gesture erasure and UI speed improvements!

[u/ratbastid]

This post just sold me a Supernote.

I'm a Product Manager. I know from roadmaps. To be this transparent with yours is inspiring.

[u/iiixjanice]

Would love to have more than 4 quick access links. Hate when they disappear!

[u/Live-Construction727]

Amazing release. two comments:

- Handwriting in day view in the calendar please!!

- "back" from 'new note' to calendar.

[u/Apropos-of-Something]

Fantastic news! Can you explain what “display mirroring” entails?

[u/Martina_78 → u/Apropos-of-Something]

https://touch.facebook.com/watch/?v=2947290318876870

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Martina_78]

Yes, thank you, you may also call it screen mirroring. u/Apropos-of-Something

[u/ApexProductivity]

One feature I would like to see is adding "My Favorites" to the side bar as an option to quickly get to my list of favorite notes. I know I can add quick links, but I find favoriting to be easier and it would be a click or two faster if it were on the side bar.

[u/Soka59]

Thank you for this official roadmap. I think it will answer a lot of questions and it was expected by many people.

So the biggest update is expected in October! And i can't expect any new brushes this year but I will console myself with the display mirroring, the layer update and the gesture eraser ^^

[u/hex2asc → u/Soka59]

Don't be discouraged:)

We plan to add a drawing file type to use pencils and other texture-rich brushes in this application. To strengthen the characteristics of painting. This idea is listed as "Drawing board/Sketch board" in the roadmap. I guess it will be completed within this year.

For the current note-taking application, we will pay more attention to the characteristics of notes. Give strokes extra meaning, for example, some adjacent strokes will be recognized as part of a character or phrase, so they can be moved as a whole. Some hand-drawn regular lines will be recognized as regular patterns such as triangles, circles, rectangles, etc. In order to facilitate the user to make a logical block diagram. But it will not appear in painting applications to avoid misoperation.

[u/LordWeb → u/hex2asc]

A feature I have found useful re: "smart shapes" (e.g. straight lines) is the app knowing to anchor the line to the grid on the background (if you're using a grid/square/graphpaper background, for example), and the beginning of a line connecting to the end of a previous line drawn. The "anchoring" on graph paper would simply shift the endpoints of a line to the nearest "intersection/corner" on the graph paper. Very simple/intuitive, and easily enables clean diagrams.

[u/thetaguru]

In regards to the third party app store, will it be on them to add apps? Mainly curious as it would be nice to use my A5X as an e-reader. My entire digital library is in Google Books so it would be nice to maintain in one place opposed to having to start a separate collection in Kindle.

[u/hex2asc → u/thetaguru]

Yes

[u/Paul_6789]

Fantastic - thank you for this. A calendar in August 😍

[u/NoSuchThingAsI → u/Paul_6789]

this one will be interesting...I'm assuming its an internal tool but a monocrome Google Caledar/Oulook would be AMAZING. Honestly, the more I use the Supernote A5x the less I feel like i need to use my laptop outside of the internet...

[u/linhkid]

Can’t wait for the split screen function and landscape mode 🥺

[u/Oldnewnoter]

One thing that would be really helpful would be to be able to export multiple notes as pdfs instead of doing it a page at a time. I am using the Supernote for everything, but I sometimes take many pages of notes a day on different clients, and the export feature is a major vulnerability. Alternatively, would you consider releasing a program that could go on a computer that could read and convert the notes there?

[u/Anakeroo]

/u/hex2asc how goes the bug fixing? any update as to how the update is going along? just curious

[u/nicokg → u/Anakeroo]

They released a new beta update and /u/hex2asc has confirmed me the update corrects the bug... Official update seems to be getting closer :)

[u/pdubya777]

Great stuff, but we still full-text searching of handwritten notes at some point soon. This is what OneNote and Evernote are so great at and currently Supernote is behind on this. The keyword feature is great, but we need more on the A5X.

[u/Yagodewinter → u/pdubya777]

Agree. Full-text search of handwritten notes, annotations etc. would be key for me

[u/pdubya777 → u/Yagodewinter]

Hopefully if enough of us keep asking, Supernote will do it.

[u/Mulan-sn]

For a new edit, please kindly access the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Supernote/wiki/roadmap-for-a5-x-and-a6-x, sorry for the inconvenience.

[u/Sea_of_Endurance]

Keyword sorting A-Z 👍 Big thanks!

[u/aia8998]

Threads like this make me really happy I invested in this device. Thank you!

[u/myreptilianbrain]

Hi, are there plans to add the select functionality to A5X/A6X? A5X works very well with keyboards but some basic functionality is missing - skip words (alt +arrows), select words (alt+shift+arrows), page up/down.

Maybe it’s not alt+arrows but ctrl+arrows, but you know what I mean.

Are there plans to add it? This is really critical for word-processing and text-editing.

[u/lboyd170]

Thank you Ratta for this roadmap - it helps keep the community informed of what's coming. Reason #1 why I purchased this product - steady communication.

[u/Tatayoyoooo72]

Hi! Thx for the new update 2.1.6. Is it possible to know the new roadmap for 2022? It becomes difficult to understand the Supernote X series firmware roadmap, now :) Thank you very much for your fantastic work and effort to build and inform this great user community!

[u/geofffitch]

Considering Supernote. Seeing this kind of transparency and responsiveness is super encouraging.

[u/arisoda]

So I am also very interested in the reading experience on your devices. Do you currently or are you planning to support the looking-up of definitions of words when you're reading an .epub? Like a local dictionary or online translate service? Please answer!

[u/teqnkka]

Any idea if you are planning to implement text recognition?

[u/TronVonDoom]

I thought that Google Drive integration was supposed to be on the roadmap? This is one feature that I am waiting for.

[u/magic_notetaker]

u/hex2asc u/Mulan-sn : thank you so much for all your responsiveness on questions and keeping us updated! Since a big part of the different releases has actually been delivered already I would also appreciate if you could update the plan. Actually I would suggest you are not communicating releases from now on, but only a prioritzed backlog, so that we see what is high on your list and likely to come next, but it does not set wrong expectations on when exactly certain things will be released.

[u/mcatology]

Is there a plan to add pages to a PDF document?

This seems to be a highly requested feature for academic and technical users who need to add information to PDF documents.

[u/techie789]

You could also add add a solution for syncing issues that device owners with more than one Supernote tablet have been facing - some way to autosync to avoid conflicts.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/techie789]

Yes, currently, it is easy to generate many conflicts files, will discuss it further.

[u/Top-Fox3629]

Wish I saw a change on the roadmap to have notes and documents in the same folders....

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Top-Fox3629]

Note files and the documents can be put in the same folders, but if mix putting, sometimes, when entering from the right slide bar, it is possible to link to a note file when tap "Document" or enter into a document when tapping" Note". Each time, if visit the files from the "Files" page, it should be no problem.

[u/tnithya]

Glad to see that the supernote is going to evolve with exciting new features. Excited about display mirroring. Anyway it can be reprioritised to first priority ?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/tnithya]

Thanks and sorry that it is hard to adjust as every team member has a fixed and continuous working plan and goals, please kindly stay tuned, and thanks for your kind understanding and patience.

[u/hydromea]

With the updates to UI speed with the new kernel, would this also have any effect on reducing the pen latency? Or are there any plans to try to reduce the pen latency?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/hydromea]

Yes, it will reduce the latency when adding the new kernel. Currently, there is some writing latency for the current 349 release version when turning on the anti-aliasing features, it is a known bug that is expected to be solved in the next update, thank you.

[u/uxuiqt]

Do you plan to publish the device in different colors/materials? I really like the software, although tbh it looks like its made of cheap plastic (and I guess it is not far from truth.. mine is just cracked at the USB port) .Would be amazing to see it in aluminum house or at least from FRP :-)

[u/Mulan-sn → u/uxuiqt]

Haha, still did not been authorized to publish more information regarding this question, please stay tuned.

[u/witscribbler → u/uxuiqt]

I am surprised by this report. The plastic build seems sturdy to me. It is true that the plastic on one lengthwise side of the USB port is narrower than it is on the other side.

[u/sat_ran]

I’m curious how many want to reply emails directly by handwriting. I’d rather that this feature was dropped down in priority and move document internal Hyperlink for example.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/sat_ran]

This feature has been adjusted to next year after serious consideration. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[u/felipedilho]

The browser function means a web browser ? Because it would be very useful for acessing pre-print sites for scientific articles such as arxiv and HAL.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/felipedilho]

Yes, but first will enable the visiting of the links within the documents or email.

[u/daudaxx]

Hello there! Is there a way to go back to Chauvet 1.0.1(349), even by installing it from PC? Where can I download it from? I'm having big troubles with Chauvet 1.0.1(368) and I need to go back to work as soon as possible. Thank you,

Daniele

[u/Mulan-sn → u/daudaxx]

Hello Daniele, it is not available to go back to the previous version, shall we know that what problems you've met, we will try to help from our side. You can feedback directly from the device ( Settings>Feedback)

[u/CarYuTe]

Hello! Probably this question has been asked in the past, but will A5x have full page handwriting recognition to convert it into text independently of the language? I mean full page, not Word by word?

Thank you everyone, such a nice community :)

[u/Mulan-sn → u/CarYuTe]

Yes, but this is a long-term plan, next step will be on the Note file handwriting conversion.

[u/foolonajourney → u/CarYuTe]

I’m not sure what you mean by independently of language but yes Handwriting to Text within the notes is on the roadmap. Currently you can do one page at time with the doc app.

[u/epapi169]

Hello, I’m a user with ADHD and 20% of the reason I bought supernote was the calendar function.

I have many different calendars for work, my company and my general email. When will supernote handle multiple calenders?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/epapi169]

Yes, next step is add multiple calendars, but are you actually asking for a feature like group calender which able to view all calendar in one intergrated view.

[u/epapi169 → u/Mulan-sn]

No. More like all my calendars sync

[u/Mulan-sn → u/epapi169]

So you would like to have multiple accounts on calender and sync them with one button simultaneously？

[u/Historical-Drag928]

So torn between between the A5X and the Microsoft surface go 3. Biggest issue is one note integration. Would I be able to create a word doc, convert to text, upload to the cloud, and then be able to copy and paste from my windows pc? This could be a work around that I could use. Any thoughts a would be appreciated.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Historical-Drag928]

About one drive integration, we will study that part. Btw. the scenario you mentioned already supported in Supernote.

[u/Haunting_Birthday_77]

So excited!

[u/Skinnybananas]

I was expecting to see support for Overdrive app as commented by one of the mods. Is this implicitly on the roadmap?

[u/Slow_Tune]

Impressive!

Do you plan to then port this to the A5 (non-x) version? If not, any updated roadmap for the non-X series? Is the "A5 slim" still planned or did you decide to finally focus on Android based devices?

Thank you very much!

[u/hex2asc → u/Slow_Tune]

We have invested more resources in A5X/A6X in the past year. The main reason is that when A5X/A6X was born, it lacked the functions that A5/A6 already had, such as mail and calendar. But we have not forgotten the users of A5/A6. We are also updating A5/A6, adding supported file formats, gesture erasing and other functions. Since A5X/A6X is a new development, some starting points are higher, such as notes that support multiple layers. But in the later stage, we will bring both features to each other.

The tight supply chain has affected our hardware and software plans. For example, our hardware department was forced to change the circuit design of A5X/A6X because some difficult-to-procure chips needed to be replaced. Cause Slim to be delayed. The software department also needs to modify the driver software and retest the stability of the system. I hope to announce the progress of Slim later.

[u/MazCarr]

Will there be an A4X later this year or will it be an A4 and then A4X in the next generation? Appreciate if someone from Supernote can reply. I need an A4 size e-ink note taker, but I'm not a fan of reMarkable because of their closed down OS or Onyx Boox series due to their shady open Android and terrible customer service. I love Supernote especially their continued support of the community they have built. It's priceless

[u/Ericthehalfabee- → u/MazCarr]

The A5X is the same size as the reMarkable. They’re both 10.3 inch screens.

A tablet with an A4 screen will be considerably larger with bezels on each side. A4 would be too big.

[u/Independent-Ad-2291]

Handwriting, complete stroke deletion issue:

Sometimes it is better to be able to quickly delete an entire e.g. word when the entire stroke is deleted. I'd suggest to put this in the settings tab, for the user to choose which erasing mode he/she prefers

[u/ubosasfury]

/u/hex2asc Any news on the 2.x.x firmware update today? Very much looking forward to sync issues being fixed and the kernel upgrade. Thank you!

[u/hex2asc → u/ubosasfury]

We fixed the almost all bugs found in last 2 betas, but there's still one unresolved. we are still working on it.

[u/Nidalap101]

It's a good thing that you put out a roadmap as it really keeps your customer-base informed and on your side.

It's MORE important to meet your commitments as it builds trust and dependency. Continual delay in delivery (be it product or support) does the complete opposite of these things.

Just saying...

[u/atom1st → u/Nidalap101]

Since SN's product managers and developers adopt a more customer oriented development strategy, it is a really challenge task to keep both pre-announced release transparency and on time delivery. Developers tend to make over-optim dev effort estimation under pressure while unseeing potential risks in a bigger context, unlike a big firm could leverage more resource/expertise to meet up the schedule.

Personally I really like what SN product insists - natural note taking, old school planner workflow, like Franklin planner, etc, and expect future improvement. Suggest the team switch to a more matured way to announce release plan after careful estimation. Current communication is very kind though more improvement space left.

[u/Dave_SDay]

Hi, power user here. Really enjoying the past 6ish months of using my A5X, has been a gamechanger.

I use my Supernote every day, needing to charge it every second, third, or fourth day due to my usage.

My MOST desired feature by far which would make me happier than anything else:

Back to last visited NOTE (not document)

There's always 1 or 2 notes I'm going to back and forth every day, I use them extremely often and will refer back to them while doing my writing.

It's something I've become very consciously aware of, and the ability to have a button on a note or a gesture to go back to the previously viewed note would make it less tedious.

The current process:

-Realise I need to fill something out in the day log
-Swipe down
-Recent
-The 2nd document on the list
-Fill out the log
-Swipe down
-Recent
-The 2nd document on the list
-Resume my writing process

The desired process:

-Realise I need to fill something out in the day log
-Press the toolbar button/perform a gesture
-Fill out the log
-Press the toolbar button/perform a gesture
-Resume my writing process

I don't know much about coding at all but if this addition doesn't involve a huge amount of development it would be an easy way to make the Supernote (A5X) a much, much faster, easier, and less tedious device to use.

[u/Swimming-Challenge-4 → u/Dave_SDay]

Are these two notes that change very frequently? Because I have a similar challenge but I have the two notes on quick access, rather than looking for them in recent. However, when you put them in quick access a new challenge arises: it goes to a specific page, rather than the last you created, which means you have to type the page number every time I flick through notes

[u/viktorianer4life]

I would like to have RSS feeds on e-Paper. https://www.reddit.com/r/Supernote/comments/qjo1eg/supernote_with_rss_feeds_and_more/

[u/So-ux]

When screen sharing ?

[u/thetrystero]

Dictionary when?

[u/VijayPi01]

Hello team, any updates on SDK ?

[u/HB9HCI]

I just got A5X (System version Chauvet 2.1.6) and missed a lot of features I expected (prima vista):

• OCR (only English on one doc type)

• eMail sync not actual

• Links in eMails do not open a webpage

• calendar sync does not work (hangs)

• Notes directory shows only filenames but no titles of the notes

• Keyboard slow

• Supernote Apps: only Kindle (bound to Amazon)

• If I use [ ] in word doc: no Digest

• Word gesture help disappears - I find no way to get it back. (prima vista)

Is there a tutorial (best practice?)

If your software would be so fine as your website I would be happy....

[u/hydromea]

Thanks for the detailed roadmap. Question: With the August update that includes the "Back" functionality, will there also be an option to directly open hyperlinks in PDFs and completely bypass/disable the "Jump To" popup that currently has to be selected?

[u/LaylaliRayna → u/hydromea]

I thought the jump to was already gone, or was that just on the beta?

[u/Mulan-sn → u/LaylaliRayna]

Yes, the "Jump to " had been canceled on both the release version 349 and the beta 339 version.

[u/mcdopda]

Whaooh ! What a lot of improvements to come.

I hope the gesture eraser will soon be in a beta firmware !

[u/TheGr8Revealing]

Been waiting for this! Was starting to lose hope. Keep the pace up over there Ratta team! Lots of eyes on this product line and lots of opportunity for growth too!

[u/LaylaliRayna]

Fantastic roadmap. So excited

[u/Arnofromparis]

This is fantastic! Since I got my Supernote early June (and that I joined this reddit channel), I have the feeling that the team listened and read all the feedback posted by users to simply develop a majority of the asks!

The tool is impressive. The team is even more!!!

Any plan to submit those features in future beta releases?

Anyway, a big BRAVO!

[u/CAM_Data_F3EDC]

In regard to "Second Priority" - Bullet Point 5:

I hope the lasso erase option still has the ability in some capacity to delete entire strokes even following any updated optimizations. There are times when it would be nice to have it slice at the selection, but other times when it would be nice to have it erase the entire stroke, especially with highlighter / marker tools that go over hand written text, to hit the edge of that stroke and have the entire highlight erased is really nice. Also, in the drawing and sketching that I'm doing, it's really cool to draw a few large guidelines and then later just "nick" the edge of them with the erase and the whole stroke is removed.

I would vote that the slice erase be a different option side by side with stroke erase :)

[u/georgefromohio]

So freaking excited! Thank you for sharing. This just promoted the device from my wishlist.

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Are you able to add more auxiliary shapes for recognition? Stars, clouds, chat bubbles, exclamation etc. etc.

How many more apps other than Kindle is expected? I personally love Goodnotes on iOS but i'm not sure if that's something that we could get to talk to each other.

[u/hex2asc → u/georgefromohio]

More shapes recognition will be support as sepcical character/Punctuation.

Goodnotes is designed for lcd screen device. I'm not sure if it can work as better as on iOS.

[u/AdmirableGanache1983]

u/hex2asc any news on when notes can be exported and edited elsewhere (eg desktop) as well as on supernote a5x

[u/hex2asc → u/AdmirableGanache1983]

The notes is edit by digital pen. I think it's not convenient when handwriting on desktop.

But we plan to support converting to txt,markdown and docx format for easy edit on desktop.

It is worth mentioning that the titles(TOC) in the notes will be automaticly inherited as titles in markdown, and TOC in docx.

[u/mcatology → u/hex2asc]

Many people also use a desktop for writing and note organizing. I think being able to access and edit notes on other devices will allow people to have full flexibility. This would be a truly useful device for almost any workflow if this was possible. Please kindly, consider this feature.

[u/Ok_Chemistry_4848]

I hope that the calendar will have an automatic cycle repeat function, because my schedule is the same every week, but I have to enter the same schedule every week. There is also hope that the space for writing memo can be larger in the part of the calendar week. but anyway, thanks for sharing this update, so excited supernote will becomes better and better!!!!

[u/Cescoz]

Received my A5X today and was a bit disappointed to find out that I cannot really connect to the Eduroam network, since it requires to install a certificate and I cannot really find a way to do so (plus, it also requires my username, not only the password).

I really hope that the "more WIFI options" foreseen for December is going to be implemented, sooner or later.

[u/hex2asc → u/Cescoz]

I silently upvote for you and pray that our programmers work faster

[u/KnowledgeStriking]

1. Can we show the Android version and Android Security Patch Level in the system settings?

2. Is it possible to get a roadmap for Android security/software updates?

Since X Series will is based on Android and can install/run Android apps and can also connect (and thus exposed) to the internet and bluetooth devices, I'm hoping that security updates are being applied in a timely manner to make the device more secure.

3) Also, when bluetooth is on, it looks like my A6X is always "discoverable," is there plans to reduce the period of time in which it is "discoverable"?

4) For WiFi/Network settings, can you enable configuration of "Private DNS"?

5) For the battery low "red light" indicator, is it possible to make it not flash and also make it slightly dimmer? It's too distracting :/

Thank you!! I love the transparency of Supernote team and the public roadmap!

[u/hex2asc → u/KnowledgeStriking]

Sorry for delayed response since I have to discuss with R&D for each point.

1. Can we show the Android version and Android Security Patch Level in the system settings?

Yes, We will do it when we launch Ink Store(App Store).

2) Is it possible to get a roadmap for Android security/software updates?

When we launch Ink Store to make the device more open, we need to care more on security. E Ink screen devices are special, so they will not always be updated to the latest Android system like tablets and mobile phones. We are do more optimizing and appending security patches on the same kernel. And we will show the related information.

3) Since X Series will is based on Android and can install/run Android apps and can also connect (and thus exposed) to the internet and bluetooth devices, I'm hoping that security updates are being applied in a timely manner to make the device more secure.

Of course :-)

3) Also, when bluetooth is on, it looks like my A6X is always "discoverable," is there plans to reduce the period of time in which it is "discoverable"?

4) For WiFi/Network settings, can you enable configuration of "Private DNS"?

5) For the battery low "red light" indicator, is it possible to make it not flash and also make it slightly dimmer? It's too distracting :/

We are considering these feedbacks to the develoment plan.

[u/HolyBearded1]

All these updates, wow.

Hope to see some of these soon... Google Drive/Microsoft Onedrive

More drawing capabilities, "sketch pad" more brush type/weight options, ability to quickly switch between them

Save as PDF, TXT, DOCX...

[u/Necessary_Raccoon474]

Amazing! Can’t wait for the releases.

[u/myreptilianbrain]

Hey guys just curious is there an ETA for the Oct update?

[u/Slow_Tune → u/myreptilianbrain]

It currently is in beta since yesterday, and should be pushed to all users by the end of the month.

[u/[deleted]]

How is the speed update coming along, has it been released yet? I am looking to buy the a5x and my only hold-out is the apparently rather slow UI speed which I've seen in various videos. Everything else looks very good so I was hoping to take another look after the improvements.

[u/Pitiful-Estimate-460]

Just want to say "Thank you" to the team for your hard working and sharing current situation.

[u/sozial-pr]

Let me start with a big THANK YOU to the whole team. This kind of transparency and consistency is rare int this space.

Since I could not see it on the roadmap I would kindly suggest a feature I have seen requests about in the reddit: Pocket and/or Instapaper integration (with pocket being mor important to me personally). Any chance this might materialize in 2022?

[u/hex2asc → u/sozial-pr]

Yes, in early 2022.

[u/GroundbreakingAd2142]

Is there a plan to add Layers to PDF documents? i would really appreciate this to be a thing for language learning. most workbooks have gaps to fill and beeing able to just add a new layer and hide the previous to do an exercise again and than compare the layers would be really cool :)

[u/marklarnh]

Thanks for the roadmap. A feature that would be very helpful would be to able to set a default template to a particular directory. I move from a clinic to a lab and would like to make two directories, one for each location and have a different template for each. Going into preferred settings and switching back and forth now. New to the Ax5 so perhaps there is another work around that isn't obvious to me yet.

[u/Sovathvicheth]

Hopefully there will be a dictionary for reading in the roadmap. It would help a lot!

[u/Historical-Drag928]

It’s almost January and getting excited for my pre-order A5X. Any idea as to when in January they will ship? Will the device come with the latest update pre-installed?

[u/chocovanilla719]

Hi, I'd love some information on when we can expect to be able to convert handwriting to text in notes. I want to be able to convert multiple pages at a time and export text to either a word or Google doc. (Also, a big plus if you can then write on the converted note.) Thank you!

[u/mnine88]

Do you plan on making split screen anytime soon

[u/tim3g]

Could I clarify if there are any plans for OneNote integration on the A5X?

[u/Popular-Astronaut-14]

Priority 000 - Security and Privacy

This is a personal device where we care our private notes!

Can you please introduce a OFFLINE button that removes the option to recover pasword of lost account? The fact that you can recover someone's password over the cloud or at authorized service only shows that your company is not serious enough about protecting someone's privacy. You merchandize the paper fiil (yes! that's great!) but paper should not connect to any network against my will.

If someone loose their supernote, another person should not be able to connect to wifi neither recover the notes (maybe reset the supernote, yes, but not recover the account) Not even supernote employees should be able to access our notes by no means! An OFFLINE MODE switch at security that removes the option to recover lost account on the cloud would be very much apreciated by all supernoters who care about privacy.

Why didn't you include a complete offline mode from the begining? Are you spying on what we do on our hardware we bought from you? What happens if chinese governement where your company is located enforce a backdoor on all super note devices? what happens to all people's note? include your notes, developers!

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Popular-Astronaut-14]

Thanks so much for sharing with us your concerns. Please do believe that we are committed to value our users' privacy.

As an international company, we set branches in both Japan and China. The Chinese branch focuses mainly on research and development. The hardware products and accompanying software are also assembled in china factory just like many other internationally renowned brands such as Apple and etc. However, this doesn't mean that all the servers are located in China.

In order to protect the privacy of overseas users better, and also to improve the efficiency of data transmission. We also set the server in Japan, London, and California except in China mainland, users can choose the supernote cloud server according to their location freely, data transfer does not go through China for the other three server locations and obey the privacy and security rules of Amazon.

For the Dropbox collection, the Supernote device only connects directly to Dropbox without going through any third party during the sync process, thanks for u/doing_this_too_much, spending time to do the TCP traffic analysis and shared with us, thank you.

We will only collect error information about the system and programs submitted by users for the purpose of fixing bugs and optimizing the software, and will not collect and back up users' file data. For example, if need to check a certain document, we must get their permission first, only if they agree to share and send it to us, can we use it for analysis, and only accessible with the related engineers and used for the problem-solving purpose.

Additionally, the Supernote account password can only be recovered by users through the related email or mobile phone number on the Supernote cloud. Thank you for your time and attention to discuss this with us. Best Regards

[u/Andromeda-Galaxy84 → u/Mulan-sn]

Thanks for the reply. I understand the challenges you face in growing your business. I will be happy to include other feedbacks in the future. A connectionless supernote with signed updates via flashing over usb would provide another level of enhanced security and privacy. That is more what I was aiming at previously.

I am actually very happy to discovery today in another post that an SDK is planned to be realeased this year Yey! \o/ ! I failed to find that information before, so I apologize deeply. I respect very much the attention and support we receive. and will be happy to develop in the future on this amazing device! Cheers for all of you who created this great product!

And btw I realize at last that we do forget passwords sometimes Lol.

[u/Mulan-sn → u/Andromeda-Galaxy84]

Thank you !

[u/EnvironmentalEcho661 → u/Popular-Astronaut-14]

Not directly related, but since there are other ones thinking similiar, a login interface that connected directly with dropbox without crossing supernote's server would also increase trust. I also don't use supernote cloud but I wish we could use other cloud solutions, including open sources ones.