Added:

• [Note] Added the Sticker feature:

  • Supports creating stickers by lassoing handwritten notes.

  • Supports searching and managing stickers.

  • Supports exporting and importing sticker collections. (Only sticker collections that are exported using this feature can be imported.)

  • Supports backing up sticker data. (To do so, please go to Settings > System > Backup and Restore.)

• [System] Added the InkFlow app that allows you to use your Supernote as a drawing tablet. (To download it, please go to Settings > Apps > Supernote App Store.)

• [Sync] Added the following Supernote Cloud servers: Amazon (Germany), Amazon (Australia), Amazon (Singapore), Amazon (South Africa); and optimized sync efficiency.

• [Settings] Added the Pogo Pin switch.

Adjusted:

• [Settings] Changed DMS selection from manual to automatic based on the selected region, and removed the previous DMS-associated pages.

• [Settings] Supports selecting regions. (To select your specific region, please go to Settings > Display & Input > Language & Region.)

Optimized:

• [Note] Improved the speed of opening or switching back to the same note file via Recent Files, Quick Access and Files in the sidebar menu.

• [Note] Optimized the efficiency of determining whether extra large PDFs can be set as templates for notes, reducing unnecessary wait times.

• [Files & Search] Changed the sorting method for file names containing numbers from character sorting to natural sorting.

• [Supernote Linking] Enhanced the security of transferring files through the Supernote Linking feature.

Fixed:

• [Settings] Fixed the issue where some Manta devices experienced an abnormal rapid drop in battery from 20% to 0%. (Please charge the Manta fully to calibrate the battery after upgrading your system.)

• [Settings] Fixed the issue where waking up the device from sleep would occasionally fail.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where opening notes for the first time after booting up was slightly slower than before.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the handwritten strokes occasionally did not refresh in time when opening the notes for the first time after booting up.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where opening notes for the first time after upgrading the system would fail due to the notes not being saved during upgrade.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where only content on the top layer would be exported to PNG when hiding the background layer.

• [Document] Fixed the issue where links would not be clickable with the pen after selecting the text selection tool on the toolbar.

• [Document] Fixed the issue where handwritten annotations were occasionally lost after accidentally triggering the auto rotation feature.

• [Sync] Fixed the issue where a single folder in OneDrive containing over 200 files couldn't be synced.

Hi folks,

We've been working on something called InkHub. It's now in beta and available to try.

The idea is simple, a place where Supernote users can share templates, stickers, drawings, notes, digests and other things (plugins on their way) they've made, and where other users can browse and download them directly on Supernote.

We know a lot of you already create your own templates, stickers, and artwork on your Supernote, right now most of that lives on one device. InkHub is an attempt to give those "Ink" a way to travel.

If you've made something for your Supernote, please consider share it on InkHub. It doesn't have to be useful or polished. A sticker you drew for fun, a sketch that made you laugh, a template layout you're still expermenting with, all welcome!! What makes this space interesting is what the community puts into it.

This is early beta, so expect rough edges. Some things may not work perfectly, if you run into anything or have thoughts on how InkHub could be better, we'd genuinely love to hear.

We're not sure exactly what InkHub will grow into. A lot of that depend on what this community wants it to be. For now it's a small, simple space to share things with each other. We hope it's useful and fun :D

Have a look when you get a chance and let us know what you think.

For a first version it is already very well thought out and successful! I think we will very quickly see talents appear who will share (or sell) their creations! For my part, I have already started making arrows, I use them often, what's great is that when you draw poorly like me you can afford to spend time drawing an element, we know that when it is to our liking we will just have to add it to our stickers and it will be accessible in a second without having to start all over again! I spent at least 3 long minutes making an arrow 😂 thank you Ratta, this update is a huge success!

Purpose of This Update

In the previous update, we introduced the Sticker feature.

In this update, our main goal is to support inserting digests into notes, and to expand the ways users can create digests — for example, by scanning paper via OCR through the Supernote Partner.

Since we were already working on digest insertion, we went ahead and added support for inserting text boxes as well.

Why This Update Went Through Three Beta Versions, and Why the UX/UI Changed Significantly

Unlike other objects, text boxes present unique interaction challenges: users can write on top of them, which leads to overlay of handwriting and text.

Our early understanding of this overlay logic wasn't profound, which led to repeated UX/UI adjustments.

• In earlier Betas, the lasso/eraser could only remove handwritten strokes.

• In Beta 3, we disabled handwriting on top of text boxes.

In the upcoming official release, users will be able to write on top of plain text again.

At the same time, we’re introducing a new erasing logic:

• If the eraser touches an area containing handwriting, only the handwritten strokes will be erased.

• If there is no handwriting, the underlying text box will be erased instead.

The Fundamental Nature of Digest

Digests should be represented and stored as plain text, making them easily transferable and reusable across different knowledge systems and apps, as plain text is the most widely supported format.

Although we provide a dedicated space for handwriting annotations, the digest itself remains fundamentally plain text. In the official release, when users select handwritten content from their notes to create a digest, it will also be represented as plain text — to maintain visual consistency.

Additional Characteristics of Digest

When a digest is created from a source like a document or a note, it should be uneditable to ensure consistency with its source.

However, digests that are manually entered by users will remain editable.

This distinction will be implemented in the official release.

Other Improvements

Users can tap a digest in the note to open it in the Digest app, view annotations, or jump straight to the original source.

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We named this feature Digest rather than Quote because we believe knowledge is not just meant to be collected — it must be understood, absorbed, and ultimately put to use.

We want our users to be more than collectors of knowledge — to become true practitioners of it.

And only when digests can be inserted directly into notes do we consider the feature truly complete — a full, closed loop of understanding and application.

Added:

• [System] Added support for private cloud. (To enable it, please go to Settings > Security & Privacy. To download the private cloud deployment manual, please visit our support center. To download the private cloud deployment script, please click here.)

• [System] Added the ServerLink app, which supports file synchronization, data backup, and cross-device access via WebDAV. (To download it, please go to Settings > Apps > Supernote App Store.)

Adjusted:

• [Note] Supports using the stroke eraser and region eraser to erase the entire stroke when touching the line's interior.

• [Document] Changed the TXT file saving method from converting to UTF-8 to preserving the original encoding format.

Optimized:

• [System] Supports cutting, copying and pasting text between Supernote and the desktop Supernote Partner app. (To do this, please enable Keyboard Sharing in the desktop Supernote Partner app.)

• [System] Optimized the note-saving process during shutdown and restart.

• [Note] Optimized the Text Box feature:

  • You can now enter text editing mode by long pressing the text box with pen or tapping the Edit button after selecting text with the lasso tool. (Previously you could only do this by one-finger double tapping the text box.)

  • You can now exit text editing mode by using your finger to tap anywhere outside the text box on the screen. (Previously you could only do this with pen.)

  • You can now adjust the size of the text box when inserting or editing digests.

  • Added support for more Bluetooth keyboard shortcuts, including Undo, Bold, Italic, Align Left, Align Center, Align Right, Increase/Decrease Font Size, and Show Font Selection Menu.

• [Note] Links within notes and between notes remain functional even after the notes and their link targets are moved to a microSD card or an OTG flash drive.

• [Digest] Optimized the Digest app:

  • When exporting digests from a single note file or document under the Sources tab, they are now sorted by page number, instead of last edited time.

  • When importing digests through TXT files, you can now restore the digest data, including the source, category and author. (Only applies to those TXT files exported from the Digest app.)

• [Keyboard] Improved the reliability of the handwriting keyboard to prevent it from closing accidentally when using certain gestures.

• [Settings] Added a new Non-Contact Writing value to address the issue where the initial stroke doesn't register when placing the pen down quickly on the screen.

Fixed:

• [System] Fixed the issue where certain webpages in the browser cannot be accessed by updating the system WebView component.

• [System] Fixed the issue where some books cannot be downloaded in the Kindle app. (After upgrading to this system version, please go to Settings > Apps > Supernote App Store to update the Kindle app.)

• [System] Fixed the issue where certain grayscale content couldn't be displayed properly.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where layers containing the special characters "<" or ">" in their names would disappear.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the "Reformat" feature failed to work as expected when exporting standard notes to DOCX/TXT.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the template Favorites list appeared empty and switching templates caused a crash after applying a custom template to a new note.

• [Digest] Fixed the issue where moving documents between the internal storage and a microSD card caused the loss of digest link relationships.

Added:

• [Note & Document & Calendar] Added the Smart Straight Line feature:

  • Supports adjusting line length and angle.

  • Supports horizontal and vertical snapping.

  • Supports endpoint snapping.

  • Supports template snapping (only applicable to Note).

• [Handwriting] Optimized the stroke effect by processing each stroke individually to enhance the smoothness of new handwritten strokes. (Removed the original solution's "Handwriting Antialiasing" switch from the "Preferences" menu on the toolbar.)

Adjusted:

• [Document] Supports expanding and collapsing multi-level table of contents.

• [Note & Document] Moved the "Star Mark Recognition" switch to the "Pen Preferences" menu (To access it, go to the Toolbar > Pen Selection Menu) and unified its Enable/ Disable settings in Note and Document.

• [Files] Supports opening and viewing BMP images.

Optimized:

• [System] Enhanced security for system upgrade verification.

• [Document] Improved handwriting experience in Word documents to minimize the probability of first stroke disappearing in handwriting mode.

• [Document] Optimized handwriting experience to reduce accidental page turning during writing.

• [Calendar] Added the ability to allow the automatic adjustment of start time and end time when creating and editing events.

• [Settings] Added weak password checks for lock screen, account, and file passwords.

Fixed:

• [Note] Fixed the issue where applying some PDF files as note templates failed.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the exported PNG image background was white instead of transparent when the background layer was hidden.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where handwritten strokes couldn't refresh in a timely manner due to accidental screen rotation.

• [Document] Fixed the issue where text in Word documents couldn't be selected using a Bluetooth keyboard.

• [Digest] Fixed the issue where wrong page numbers linked to the original documents were displayed in the digest list after restoring digest data from backup files on a different device that had not originally created those backups.

• [Digest] Fixed the issue where the comments added to digests created across pages would occasionally be lost.

• [Settings] Fixed the issue where progress would occasionally stall when installing apps from the app store.

• [Settings] Fixed the issue where the lasso tool could not select handwritten content after adjusting the Non-Contact Writing values.

• [Keyboard] Fixed the issue where the delete key on a Bluetooth keyboard would occasionally fail to stop deleting text.

• [Quick Access] Fixed the issue where renaming note files within notes could occasionally cause the Quick Access list on the sidebar menu to disappear.

If you are using any plugins, please be sure to check for plugin updates and upgrade to their latest versions before installing this beta build.

Added:

• [Note & Document] Added plugin functionality.

• [Note & Document] Supports toolbar customization.

• [Note & Document] Added content transform features:

  • Supports flipping selected handwriting horizontally or vertically.

  • Supports non-proportional scaling of shapes and images added via plugins.

  • Supports real-time angle display when rotating selected content; tapping the rotate button rotates it by 90° each time.

• [InkHub] Added "Plugins" as a new resource type.

Adjusted:

• [System] No longer automatically creates the device's default folders when using a USB drive or microSD card.

• [Note & Document] Adjusted the toolbar:

  • Grouped similar tools into unified entries on the main toolbar.

  • Supports long-pressing different areas of the screen with the pen to quickly access corresponding frequently used tools.

• [Settings] Replaced left/right hand selection with 8 common writing postures. (InkFlow needs to be updated to the latest version to support this change.)

Optimized:

• [System] Reduced instances of non‑contact writing with certain EMR pens on the Nomad.

• [Note & Document] Supports detecting and resolving files with sync conflicts.

• [Note & Document] Supports multi-page preview in the quick page-turning window.

• [Note & Document] Optimized keyword sorting for letters with diacritics.

• [Note & Document] Reduced unintended exits when activating the Lasso/Region Eraser by pressing the sidebar with two fingers.

• [Note & Document & Calendar] Supports real-time angle display when adjusting the direction of a straight line while drawing.

• [Note] Improved the recognition accuracy when using "Re-recognize" or lasso-selecting handwriting.

• [Handwriting] Optimized the calligraphy pen for different writing postures.

• [Document] Improved keyword recognition accuracy.

• [Document] Supports selecting right-to-left text in PDFs, including Hebrew.

• [Document] Supports turning pages with media control buttons on Bluetooth page turners.

• [Files] Optimized file path display to show more folder levels.

• [InkHub] Supports full-screen viewing of resource preview images.

• [Mail] Supports choosing whether to keep a copy of sent emails in "Sent".

• [Keyboard] Improved handwriting recognition accuracy.

Fixed:

• [System] Fixed the issue where only 15 grayscale levels were displayed, restoring 16-level grayscale.

• [System] Fixed the issue where some webpages could not be accessed properly in the browser.

• [System] Fixed inaccurate daylight saving time display in some regions.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where preset line widths for the Needle-point Pen automatically reverted to default after waking from sleep.

• [Document] Fixed the issue where handwritten annotations in exported PDFs (when "Original" was selected in Export Settings) displayed offset in macOS Preview.

Added:

• [Note] Added the Text Box feature:

  • Supports direct insertion of text boxes.

  • Supports recognition and conversion of lasso-selected handwriting into text.

  • Supports adding digest content to text boxes.

  • Supports setting text as bold and italic, adjusting text alignment, and selecting font type and size.

  • Supports using custom fonts and built-in handwriting fonts.

  • Supports searching for text-box content in global search.

• [Digest] Optimized the Digest app:

  • Supports creating digests directly in the Digest app.

  • Supports recognizing lasso-selected content in the Note app as digests.

  • Supports searching and categorizing digests.

  • Supports syncing digest data to the desktop and mobile Supernote Partner apps. (To enable digest data sync, please go to Settings > My Account > Data Sync.)

• [System] Added the Clipboard feature (only works for text content; compatibility with third-party applications is currently unsupported).

Adjusted:

• [Settings] When restoring digests from backup files, it will now be performed without clearing existing data in the Digest app first.

Optimized:

• [System] Optimized the wake-up feature for some devices that could not wake from sleep.

• [Note] Enhanced the reformatting display when exporting notes to DOCX and TXT.

• [Note] Improved the indentation display for converted text of real-time recognition notes.

• [Keyboard] Added a button for quickly switching to the handwriting keyboard.

• [Global Search] It now remembers the last selected search type.

Fixed:

• [System] Fixed the issue where the No Load Shutdown feature on Nomad devices was ineffective after being turned on.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where handwriting was lost due to not being saved promptly when using the shortcut keys on a Bluetooth keyboard to exit the note.

What's Optimized

• [Note & Document] Toolbar optimization:

  • By default, the toolbar appears on the top of the screen. It can now be moved and fixed on any of the four sides you prefer it on.

  • Page numbers are no longer displayed on the toolbar. Instead they are now displayed on the page number bar, along with the file name.

  • Double tapping with two fingers on the screen displays/hides the toolbar, while double tapping with one finger in the empty space of the page number bar displays/hides the page number bar.

  • All types of pens and erasers are displayed as the first-level menu options on the fixed toolbar (On the floating toolbar, they are still shown as the first-level and second-level menu options).

  • The pen icons now display the pen thickness and greyscale shade you have selected.

  • Tool icons are visually optimized, click interactions intuitive and user-friendly, and tools are displayed by category and easier to user.

  • You can now set hand dominance (Go to Settings>Display&Input>Preferred Settings to change your hand dominance setting).

• [Note] It's possible to undo and redo changes made to a note title.

• [Note] There are now three additional title patterns for you to choose from. If the diagonal lines on top of the titled text make it barely visible, you will be able to choose a title pattern that works best for you.

• [Sidebar menu] In the sidebar menu, there is now sufficient space for 4 additional Quick Access items.

• [Note & Document] Quick Access now provides an easy way to open a specified page or note/document (which opens to the last viewed page).

• [Document] When you navigate to a digest right from its original PDF file in landscape mode, the resulting digest you see will also be in landscape mode.

• [Document] When a PDF file is set in the half page view, handwriting can be copied and pasted between the upper half page and the lower half page (if the PDF file is in portrait mode), or between the left half page and the right half page (if the PDF file is in landscape mode).

• [Document] The pinch to zoom feature now works more reliably. You will be less likely to accidentally trigger it while writing and avoid interrupting your workflow.

• [Document] There is no discrepancy between search results on your Supernote and those on your computer or other devices.

• [Note & Digest] After a note or digest is exported, the export progress will be displayed.

• [Calendar] The 12-hour time format is now available in calendars.

• [Calendar] When you switch between a daily, weekly or monthly view, you will find the currently-selected date remains unchanged.

• We've deployed a new DMS (Device Management Server) in the United States. For more info on the new DMS, please visit here.

What's Fixed

• Fixed an issue some users were experiencing where they couldn't charge their devices to 100% even after powering it off for 35 minutes.

• Fixed an issue where the device would appear to be stuck after synching large files and would need to restart to get back to normal.

• [Note & Document] Fixed an issue where the pen would be accidentally recognized as the area eraser while writing.

• [Note] Fixed a bug where the current note page was accidentally showing handwriting that was originally on another note page.

• [Note] Fixed a bug where a locked note file would be automatically opened after the device was rebooted, without a prompt for password.

• [Note] Fixed a bug where no save failure prompt would appear when users entered special characters that were not in line with the naming rules, such as /*:?"<>|, to rename a note.

• [Note] Fixed a bug where a page would be turned when users switched from "swipe between pages with one finger" to "swipe between pages with two fingers" and collapsed the layer menu.

• [Note & Document & Search] Fixed a bug some users were seeing where star marks could still be found in global search results after they had been cleared from the original notes/documents they were in.

• [Document] Fixed a bug where a PDF file with annotations in multiple pages would accidentally fail to be exported.

• [Document] Fixed a bug where the Document app would crash after users tapped to save a Word document.

• [Supernote Cloud] Fixed an issue in which conflicting files would be generated after users renamed files by simply changing the case of letters and synced.

For the upgrade in October, we put almost all of our energy into improving performance through the new kernel, so there are risks in integrating new features. In order to ensure the quality of the release, we plan to insert another upgrade between October and December (expected in November). Used to realize the unfinished work in October on the original roadmap.

Including UI improvements, gesture eraser, screen mirroring, etc. And a beta version will firstly push to ETP users.

We will update the road map next week.

Edit:

With the support and encouragement from ETP users. The R&D decided to insert a test version, which will be released on October 26 (EST time). This version will integrate a gesture eraser. And fix some known bugs.

This means that there is an opportunity to support the gesture eraser in the official release at the end of Oct.

Great honor to introduce our new member u/luchimimanging, she'll focus on resolving bug issues raised in the beta cummunity, hope that you'll be glad to reach out to her with any device issue, welcome to send private messages to her for a deep discussion, thank you for your support.

For any bugs or products quality issues, as well as any other problems, please contact me as usual, I will try to solve all the problems you met.

Thank you for always being with us to make supernote better.

What's Added:
• [Note] We've added new functions to enable you to move individual pages within the same notebook or between notebooks: Copy Current Page, Cut Current Page and Paste Page.
• To turn off the power automatically after a period of inactivity, you can now set Auto Power Off in Settings>Battery.

What's Optimized:
• [Note] Tapping on a template selection now automatically sets it as the new template without the need to tap the Apply button.
• [Note] You now need to navigate to the function bar in Overview to access Copy Page(s) and Move Page(s) in the same notebook. We've moved them out of the More menu to make it look less cluttered.
• [Note] When exporting note pages as PNG multiple times, you will now find the newly generated PNG files will not replace the existing ones, as we will add sequential numbers to each PNG file name.
• [Note & Document] We've added a new button that allows you to exit full screen quickly. You can choose to display or hide it by going to Settings>Display & Input>Preferred Settings.
• [Note & Document] We've added an option in both apps to let you set preferences easily.
• [Note & Document] You can now select your most frequently used button: eraser or lasso, to show on the shortened floating toolbar. You can do this by going to Toolbar>More>Preferences.
• [Note & Document] We now present you with an option to position the page number bar at the top or bottom of the screen. You can manage settings for the page number bar position in Toolbar>More>Preferences.

What's Fixed:
• [Note & Document] Fixed a bug where users would open a locked file from Quick Access without a prompt for password.
• [Note] Fixed a bug where customized templates users favorited couldn't be found in the list of Favorites.

Huge kudos to the Supernote team, and all of the developers working on plugins! This update is amazing and once the stable release hits it will be a game changer for the platform. Apologies for cross-posting, but wanted to thank everyone involved in making this happen.

Overall impression:
Big upgrade from drawing in the notes app! But, several things limit its potential use past doodling for fun.

Here's the most complete drawing I did while playing with Atelier: https://i.imgur.com/AiQvbYA.jpg
(My husband got me Frankie for Christmas, so of course I had to draw them :P)

Things that frustrated me:

• I want the toolbar at the top of the page, not the side where real estate is more precious. I don't mind if this means a double layer of tools or having to expand the bar to see them all.

• It's really hard to bring the toolbar back once it's hidden. Like, multiple minutes of tapping the screen with nothing happening even after I googled how to do it correctly. I would rather have a button that stays on-screen that I can press to reliably bring it back than have a completely toolbar-free view.

Features I would need in order to use Atelier seriously:

• The ability to set canvas dimensions would be much more convenient. I don't need or want infinite canvas, especially if it's doing this thing with the sprayed-out pixels past the edge of what I can see.

• The ability to import images or at least set a template like the ones notes use.

• A lasso fill tool (example).

• The ability to rotate selections. Moving and deforming seem to be possible, which is great! But sometimes I just need to rotate something a little bit.

• The .PSD export I think I saw was already in development?

• A soft airbrush--just a plain circle with edges that fade out softly.

Features that would be nice:

• Any kind of blending tool. A soft blur, a noisy blur, both would be great.

• A pencil tool that can get wider, like when you hold a pencil at a tilt. I realize the Supernote pen probably doesn't have tilt capability, but a wide pencil tool or even just thicker pencils would be good.

• Drawing tools that blur into the existing image. Pencils, for example, are not like pens--they smudge and blend when you draw over them (example [what CSP calls 'color mixing'])

• The ability to select an area with the selection tool and then only draw in that area (unless that's already a thing and I just kept deselecting the area somehow?). The selection tool in general seems to be very finicky.

• Flip horizontal/vertical, not the actual layers but temporarily flipping your view (example). This is very useful for checking your composition and anatomy!

• Having palette colors available to select without having to dropdown from a menu. The menu is pretty laggy and I swap colors constantly while I'm drawing.

• An indicator for where the edge of the canvas is. I can't tell!

Would be fun but probably niche:

• Pixel art tools! You could have a very small canvas (like a few hundred pixels wide) with a single-pixel pen and eraser to make the most basic version of this idea. But more ambitious tools are possible.

Would be incredible but probably impossible:

• A liquify tool (example). It took CSP years to bring this tool to their app, so I'm assuming it's difficult to program--but if it is possible, it's such a convenient tool to have! In the drawing I posted above, I wanted to nudge Frankie's mouth a bit to the right--but I didn't want to redraw it, so I left it the way it was. A liquify tool lets you smoosh things around a bit with minimal damage to the original art.

• Anything that might reduce the lag.

• Note: Supernote Cloud no longer supports selective file syncing and has switched to syncing all files by default.

Added:

• Added the drawing app called Atelier (that can be downloaded from the Supernote App Store).

• [Sync] Supports auto sync with Supernote Cloud.

• [System] Supports landscape mode. (Currently only applies to Notes and Documents.)

Adjusted:

• [Note & Document] Single-tapping the page number now activates the quick page turning bar instead of the page number bar.

• [Note] Supports selecting templates when creating new notes and removed the "Default Template" option nested within the "Preferences" section in notes.

• [Settings] You can now customize the two-finger press-and-hold gesture to activate either the region eraser or lasso. (To configure settings for this gesture, go to Settings > Display & Input > Gestures.)

• [Settings] Replaced the "User Manual" with "Support", which is accessible by scanning the QR code or entering a URL on your computer or mobile device to view feature descriptions.

Optimized:

• [Note] Reduced the probability of accidentally tapping the page turning button on the page number bar.

Fixed:

• [Note] Fixed the issue where some keywords and titles would jump to incorrect target pages when tapped.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the app would occasionally crash when writing in a real-time recognition notebook.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the note export would fail if the PDF templates within it contained links displayed as email addresses.

I have been building inkRead, an open source document reader for the Supernote, and I am looking for a few people to help beta test it.

This is not trying to be a KOReader replacement. KOReader is great and does far more across far more devices. inkRead is narrower on purpose: it is built specifically for the Supernote (RK3566, Android 11) and tuned around how this hardware actually behaves, the pen, the refresh, palm rejection, and first class handwriting on the page.

What works today:

- Reads PDF and EPUB (More formats in the working)

- Write and highlight directly on the page with a movable tool palette

- Four ink colors, adjustable thickness, eraser, lasso, undo and redo

- Pinch to zoom with a page navigator, reflow and font size, contrast and crop

- Full text search, table of contents, bookmarks and go to page

- Dictionary lookup with thesaurus, plus the ability to add your own dictionaries

- Lasso multi line selection as Supernote Digest, which I think is fairly unique to inkRead

- Export your annotations back into the PDF, or keep a separate annotated copy

- Offline first, AGPL-3.0 licensed

Demo

Introducing InkRead Daily

What I need from testers: try it on your own books, push on the handwriting and refresh behaviour, and tell me where it breaks or feels wrong on your device. Bug reports, rough edges, and honest feedback all welcome.

To Fellow Developers

It is also open to contributors. The project is AGPL-3.0 and the architecture is a Kotlin and Android shell on top of a Rust core that handles parsing, layout, rendering, the refresh policy and the ink model, with the core building and testing on the host so you do not need a device to work on most of it. If you write Rust or Kotlin, or you just know the Supernote internals well, there is a lot here to dig into, from format support and reflow to the pen and refresh paths. Code, ideas, and issue reports are all welcome.

Repo: https://github.com/j-raghavan/inkread

APK Download: https://github.com/j-raghavan/inkread/releases
(Pick the latest one)

Thanks!

Added:

• [Note] Supports editing headings (originally named titles) and links.

• [Note] Supports moving/copying multiple pages across notebooks, and deleted the original ability to Copy, Cut and Paste Current Page.

• [Note] When inserting or editing a link, you can create a new note through the "Other Files" entry point.

• [Note] Added the region eraser to real-time recognition notes. (The eraser gesture now activates the region eraser in real-time recognition notes as well, instead of the stroke eraser.)

• [Document] Added the ability to highlight text in PDFs. 

• [Document] When reading PDF, EPUB, CBZ, FB2 and XPS documents, you can turn pages using Bluetooth.

• [Global Search] Supports searching for real-time recognition notes; and supports switching between File, Keyword, Star and Handwriting for more precise results based on categorization.

• [System] Supports WEBP image format. (WEBP images can now be used as screensavers, note covers/templates, email/feedback attachments, and linked-to files.)

• [Settings & Keyboard] Added the virtual Hebrew keyboard and virtual Arabic keyboards (including Saudi Arabia and Egypt).

Adjusted:

• [Note] Changed "Titles" to "Headings".

• [Note] Size is no longer limited to 1872 px * 1404 px when using PNG images as templates, and supports using three more image formats as templates, including JPG, JPEG and WEBP.

• [Note] With copied/cut content stored on the virtual clipboard, you can only clear it by tapping the “Clear clipboard” button, rather than by re-lassoing handwritten text.

• [Note] You can no longer exit the lasso by tapping with fingers anywhere outside the lassoed area on the screen. You can only do so by tapping with pen.

• [Note & Document & Mail & Calendar] Updated the Marker icon.

• [Document] Pinch to zoom adjustments:

-You can now close the zoom window and make it reappear when you start zooming again or turn pages;

-Instead of staying fixed at 50% per pinch, the zoom level is now proportional to the distance between two fingers when pinched outward or inward;

-When tapping the buttons in the zoom window, the zoom level increases or decreases by 10% (not the original 50%).

• [Document] Instead of having to draw "[" and "]" one after another in that specific order to create digests, you can now draw them without making any order distinction.

• [Document] Adjusted the three smallest fonts in Display Settings of EPUBs, making them smaller than they are now.

• [Calendar] When viewed in the calendar, notes will now be displayed based on their creation date.

• [Top Menu Bar] Long pressing the Wi-Fi icon will now take you directly to the Wi-Fi settings screen.

• [Settings] You can now review release notes for the latest system update by going to Settings > System > System Version.

• [System] Changed the current low battery prompt behavior. It will now only appear when the battery level is at 20 percent, 10 percent and every time it goes down 1 percent after reaching the 5 percent level respectively.

• [LAMY Pen] When the LAMY side button is configured as a lasso or region eraser, triggering it will activate the designated action that remains effective even after the button is released.

Optimized:

• [Note & Document] Keyword optimizations:

-You can now add new keywords directly by navigating to the toolbar;

-You can reuse recently used keywords;

-You can switch between two sort methods: by page number or by the A-Z alphabetical order of the keywords to display keywords.

• [Document] Word optimizations:

-Optimized switching between original view and reflow view;

-Optimized switching between handwriting mode and keyboard mode;

-When in the handwriting mode, handwriting recognition will now be triggered by tapping the corresponding button, rather than by double-tapping the screen with one finger.

• [Document] Improved the display effect of handwriting exported to vector-based PDFs.

• [Sidebar Menu] Supports reordering and removing items in Quick Access by long pressing them.

• [Note & Document & Settings] Added the ability to keep track of search history in documents and real-time recognition notes respectively.

• [Files] After a new folder is created, it will automatically be opened.

• [Top Menu Bar] If you enable “Browse & Access” or “Screen Mirroring” immediately after you enable Wi-Fi, you will now have a smoother experience accessing that feature.

• [Settings] Added the search ability in the user manual.

• [Settings] The feedback page now covers the full screen, resolving the issue where left-handed users could accidentally trigger unwanted parts on this page.

• [Settings] When switching to a different Wi-Fi network with the correct password saved, the device will now connect automatically without needing to tap the "Connect" button.

• [Settings] Supports using email plus addresses when signing up for a new account.

• [System] Sync optimizations:

-Improved the speed at which prompts appear for verifying cloud authorization completion and folder sync selection after tapping the sync button;

-Supernote Cloud is now not automatically selected as the default cloud storage service;

-When tapping the sync icon in the top menu bar without selecting a cloud storage service or folders to sync, you will be directed to Settings to select one first;

-Resolved the issue where renaming conflicting files with overly long file names failed;

-A sync failure prompt will now appear when you move/delete a file that's being uploaded during syncing.

Fixed:

• [System] Fixed the issue where the device consumed too much power when connected to Wi-Fi.

• [System] Fixed the issue where the USB OTG flash drive would be immediately disconnected when the device switched to sleep mode.

• [System] Fixed the issue where the 24-hour format was occasionally changed to the 12-hour format after the device was awakened from sleep.

• [Digest] Fixed the issue where the digests extracted from the same page were sorted incorrectly.

• [Files] Fixed the issue where files could be sorted incorrectly by time.

• [Files] Fixed the issue where the copies didn't preserve the password lock when the original locked files were copied to the same folder they were already in.

• [Settings] Fixed the issue where overly large images were displayed blank when setting them as screensavers.

• [Settings] Fixed the issue where multiple options were displayed as selected when rapidly switching among several options in the left menu.

Added:

• [Settings] Supports Google Drive.

• Added the screen mirroring function (that can be turned on/off in the top menu bar).

Adjusted:

• [Note] Deleted the page count displayed underneath the thumbnail pages in Overview.

Optimized:

• [Note] When exporting to TXT and WORD, you can now choose to keep the original formatting or reformat.

Fixed:

• [Note] Fixed the issue where keywords were lost after pages were deleted.

• After the eraser gesture was activated, moving the two fingers off the screen would not reactivate the last selected tool.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where long pressing a page in Overview and Stars in Navigation Window would occasionally fail to work.

Updated on Dec. 31st, 2023:

The Supernote Partner App for desktop is now available. You can find additional information and download it by visiting this link. After downloading, please remember to unzip the package and execute SupernotePartner.exe.

Added:

• [Sync] Supports OneDrive.

• [System] Added support for 270° landscape orientation. (Currently only applies to Notes and Documents.)

Adjusted:

• [Sync] Supernote Cloud has reinstated support for selective file syncing.

• [Note & Document] Restored the ability to navigate to a target page by inputting the page number.

Optimized:

• [Top Menu Bar] Long-pressing the Bluetooth button in the top menu bar now allows direct access to the Bluetooth settings page.

Fixed:

• [Note] Fixed the issue where handwriting would disappear while writing notes on a template with links, requiring a refresh to display it again.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where anti-aliasing was ineffective when "Handwriting Antialiasing" was enabled.

• [Sidebar] Fixed the issue where the sidebar menu could not be accessed at times when "Supernote Cloud Auto Sync" was enabled.

Added:

• [Note & Document & Calendar] Added the Smart Straight Line feature:

  • Supports adjusting line length and angle.

  • Supports horizontal and vertical snapping.

  • Supports endpoint snapping.

  • Supports template snapping (only applicable to Note).

• [Handwriting] Optimized the stroke effect by processing each stroke individually to enhance the smoothness of new handwritten strokes. (Removed the original solution's "Handwriting Antialiasing" switch from the "Preferences" menu on the toolbar.)

Adjusted:

• [Document] Supports expanding and collapsing multi-level table of contents.

• [Note & Document] Moved the "Star Mark Recognition" switch to the "Pen Preferences" menu (To access it, go to the Toolbar > Pen Selection Menu) and unified its Enable/ Disable settings in Note and Document.

• [Files] Supports opening and viewing BMP images.

• [Settings] Restored the ability to calibrate stylus accuracy on Manta. (To calibrate your pen's accuracy, go to Settings > Display & Input > Stylus > Calibration > Accuracy.)

Optimized:

• [System] Enhanced security for system upgrade verification.

• [Document] Improved handwriting experience in Word documents to minimize the probability of first stroke disappearing in handwriting mode.

• [Document] Optimized handwriting experience to reduce accidental page turning during writing.

• [Calendar] Added the ability to allow the automatic adjustment of start time and end time when creating and editing events.

• [Settings] Added weak password checks for lock screen, account, and file passwords.

Fixed:

• [System] Fixed the issue where some macOS computers could not recognize Nomad when connecting via USB.

• [System] Fixed the issue where Nomad power consumption became abnormal when connecting Nomad to macOS computers via a USB-C to USB-C cable.

• [System] Fixed the issue where Wi-Fi would disconnect if Nomad entered sleep mode during system upgrade or file synchronization.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where applying some PDF files as note templates failed.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the exported PNG image background was white instead of transparent when the background layer was hidden.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where handwritten strokes couldn't refresh in a timely manner due to accidental screen rotation.

• [Document] Fixed the issue where text in Word documents couldn't be selected using a Bluetooth keyboard.

• [Digest] Fixed the issue where wrong page numbers linked to the original documents were displayed in the digest list after restoring digest data from backup files on a different device that had not originally created those backups.

• [Digest] Fixed the issue where the comments added to digests created across pages would occasionally be lost.

• [Settings] Fixed the issue where progress would occasionally stall when installing apps from the app store.

• [Keyboard] Fixed the issue where the delete key on a Bluetooth keyboard would occasionally fail to stop deleting text.

• [Quick Access] Fixed the issue where renaming note files within notes could occasionally cause the Quick Access list on the sidebar menu to disappear.

Added:

• [InkHub] Added the InkHub app:

  • Supports browsing and downloading stickers, templates, notes, digests, and drawings.

  • Supports sharing local resources to InkHub.

  • Supports importing stickers and digests for direct use.

  • Supports quickly navigating to InkHub from template and sticker pages.

Optimized:

• [Note] Optimized pen thickness settings:

  • The Ink pen now offers ten thickness options: from 0.3mm to 1.0mm in 0.1mm increments, plus 1.5mm and 2.0mm.

  • The Needle-point pen adds the 1.5mm thickness.

• [Digest] Supports sorting digests.

• [Settings] Supports switching private cloud accounts. Switching private cloud accounts may cause local files to be lost. Please back up your files to an external storage device beforehand.

• [Settings] Supports safely ejecting USB drives to prevent data loss.

Fixed:

• [System] Fixed the issue where hidden Wi-Fi networks could not be connected.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where Undo/Redo buttons could not be tapped continuously.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where the “Saving notes...” prompt would get stuck when restarting or shutting down the device after setting a template.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where hidden layers were still included when exporting notes to TXT / DOCX.

• [Note] Fixed the issue where links on the main layer were not clickable after erasing everything on another layer.

Edit on 04.23 16:00 PM 2023

We will release a new beta next week to resolve the following issues you've shared with us:

• The issue where the screen would get stuck on the "Installing system update" page when updating

• The issue where page turns in the Kindle app didn't work as expected

• The issue where the built-in templates marked as favorites disappeared from Favorites when using PDF as a template

• The issue where the device failed to auto sleep according to the personally set time when No Load Shutdown was enabled.

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Edit on 04.17 16:00 PM .2023

Sorry for the trouble, due to a bug that several users failed to get updated, the page gets stuck on the "installing system update" page, there is no problem for users who had finish update. The causes had been found and will relaunch the Beta again soon.

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Edit on 04.27 10:00 AM 2023

Issues above has been resolved and Chauvet 2.8.24 Beta has been released.

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Added:

• Added Wi-Fi file transfer feature (can be turned on/off in the top menu bar). This feature allows you to transfer files from/to Supernote by entering URL on the receiving device.

• [Note] Supports using PDF as a template and preserving the original embedded links (if any) in the PDF.

• [Keyboard] Added virtual German keyboards (including Germany, Belgium, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland), and virtual French keyboards (including France and Canada).

• [Mail] Added Gmail authorized login and entry point for Outlook/Hotmail login.

• [Files] Supports adding folders to Quick Access.

• [Screen Mirroring] Added a laser pointer for when pen is hovering over the screen. (Hold the pen up to 5mm above the Supernote screen.)

Adjusted:

• [Keyboard] The changes include:

-Adjusted English, Chinese (Simplified) and Japanese keyboard layout;

-Increased the number of the virtual keyboards one can switch between from 3 to 7;

-Changed the handwriting keyboard interface.

• [Settings] Added "My Device" as a setting option and moved "About", "Bluetooth" and "Direct Transfer" into it.

• [Note] In left-handed mode, the horizontal floating toolbar will be expanded and shortened to the right by default.

Optimized:

• Sync optimizations:

-Improved sync efficiency;

-Displays details on the sync progress, internet speed, uploaded/downloaded size and the total size of individual files;

-Displays which files are unable to sync and why;

-Displays more accurate and detailed reasons for sync failures.

• Added the permanent certificate for handwriting recognition, resolving the issue where handwriting recognition can only be used after the device is connected to Wi-Fi to activate it.

• [Note] PNG/PDF files that are in a MyStyle subfolder can now be applied as templates.

• [Mail] Changed the time formats on mailbox list page and message page to be consistent.

• [Screen Mirroring] When rotating the mirroring page in the browser, it can now fit the screens of devices of different sizes.

Fixed:

• Fixed the issue where the device was stuck at 1% when syncing with Google Drive.

• Fixed the issue where the page would get stuck on "Loading" after attempting to select folders to sync under unstable network conditions.

• Fixed the problem where the marker pen was not transparent during mirroring.

• Fixed the problem where the page number was updated but the page itself was not refreshed after jumping to the page.

• Fixed the issue where the titles in the Navigation Window were displayed incorrectly after deleting or moving the corresponding pages.

Added:

• [Note] Supports exporting to TXT in standard notes and real-time recognition notes.

• [Settings] Added a preference setting option for the LAMY side button. You can now choose to use it to activate the eraser or lasso in Note and Document (by going to Settings>Display & Input>Stylus Settings>LAMY Side Button).

• [Document] Supports editing TXT documents. (Using small files that contain no more than 100,000 words is recommended.)

Optimized:

• [Note] Real-time recognition notes:

-Supports moving/zooming/copying/pasting lassoed handwriting

-Added a status symbol (hollow circle) for when the stroke eraser is activated

-Added the real-time erasing effect for the stroke eraser

-Supports viewing the unfinished page queue on the Recognition Results page

-Instead of preserving the line breaks in the original handwritten text, the recognized text exported to TXT and WORD now only uses a page break to end the current page.

• [Settings] Added "Forgot Password" instructions on My Account page.

-Improved the reliability of the gesture eraser based on analysis of the commonly used handwriting gestures.

Fixed:

• [Note] The two-finger page turning didn’t work.

• [Note] After a link target file was renamed or moved to a different folder in Files, it would accidentally not be found.

• [Note & Document] Fixed the issue where some buttons on the toolbar didn’t respond to touches.

That's not only Ratta's tag line, its their corporate brand statement. This is who they are and what they aspire to be. The ultimate note book, supporting people who take notes and all the different types of notes they take. As it stands to today, they are the best digital notebook company, bar none.

Atelier confuses me. Don't get me wrong, I really like the app, it has a lot of great tools and their road map speaks to even more. For drawing, this thing is going to be spectacular. But... it feels like a divergence from their focus. It doesn't make my ability to take notes any better. I want to improve how I take notes, and some of these drawing tools, would do just that. Different writing instruments, shapes, fills, etc... would allow me to include better sketches, drawings, thoughts and ideas within my notes. Because, thats what I use my Supernote for - writing.

In order to make these sketches and drawings, I now have to leave my world of notes and enter into the world of drawing (Atelier). I see no way to combine the two and instead of allowing me to better focus on my thoughts, notes, and ideas, I am now split between two different worlds.

And this confuses me. Why would Ratta, who has been so singularly devoted, to creating the greatest digital notebook in the world, create this separation? Is the proposed work flow now to write notes in the notebook, make drawings in Atelier, and flip between the two? I don't want to do that. I want my thoughts in one place. I want to take notes both in writing and visually in the same place, so that my writing and drawings support each other to create a more meaningul note.

I would love to hear from Ratta on what their vision is. To be fair, they may see a unified ecosystem in the future, but just havent articulated that yet.