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[q/dev idea] annotate markup pdf

Been searching and googling for a while and nothing like this exists.... I'm a surgical resident with a need for a portable library... Love my droid... Had to buy an iPad (hate it) just for this feature....
In the apple market there are 3-4-5 programs that I can think of that allow markup/annotation of PDF files (underlining, highlight, text comments) ... Currently I'm using iannotate which works great for that (still hate the iPad tho)
Considering 2011 is going to be the year of the tablet/slate it seems there is a large market potential for a dev of a program like this... iPads are popular with students, residents, lawyers, etc for this reason...
Can anyone step up to a dev project like this?
Did I mention that I hate this damn iPad????? But it does do what I need not what I want....
Thanks!

Hi,
Try Acrobat Reader X. There's an android version. You can annotate any PDF that allows it (commenting is permissioned by Acrobat before saving).
adobe (dot)com/products/reader/features.html
If you have any PDFs that aren't comment enabled, PM me and we can see if I can re-save a copy with the commenting enabled for you.

Acro reader x does not annotate
You got me looking again... Looks like the newest repligo reader does annotate etc... Not as good as iPad but eBay here we come for selling this thing!
Thanks
B

The thing about the pdf file is that the creator of the file must specifically enable commenting. Once that is done you can add comments with acroreader 8 through X.
If you wish, pm me. I have the acrobat pro and can re-save your pdf with commenting enabled (provided the file is not password protected against changes.com).
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We have one iPad and one Tab 10.1.... iAnnotate seems to do just about everything we need, underline, freehand easy font change size/color, easy line thickness change, notes, markups. ezPDF / Repligo reader do not come close to matching iAnnotate's features. We are looking for a similar app that will allow PDF's to be edited even if they are not OCR'ed. Something that will take the PDF document and you can use it as a chalk board write draw stick on notes, etc without any issues.
I have searched everywhere, emailed Repligo and ezpdf, to hear nothing from them. It is absolutely absurd that Android Devs have not come out with a PDF annotation only app. After seeing how many android Tablets are out there someone should be able to bring out and make a good profit off of it. I am not looking for any free apps, i know something like this has to cost and i am willing to pay for at least 10 licenses for starters.
Thanks all for the time and support.

[Q] Reasons for Rooting the NC

I have a question that is eating at me to no end. Every android device (this is my 6th) I've rooted. I tried to use the devices without root and hesitated somewhat to do so, but rooting was inevitable with all of them.
I just received (from a lovely wife) a Nook Color for my birthday. I intend to use this solely as an e-reader. In that, I also like to diversify my e-book collection by using multiple providers (you can see where this is going, I'm sure). I would really like to be able to use B&N, Amazon, and Google Books to download content.
However... I've seen that there are a few things that don't work as they should after rooting. I'm not sure I'm willing to live with that.
After all of that said, how many of you have the same intentions I have? How many of you intend to use this as an e-reader and an e-reader only? I ask because I've seen several threads discussing different uses that clearly go beyond what the device was intended to do. Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking what you are doing. I'm only trying to find out if these additional functions (I also believe in the beauty of open source;-)) serve as additional incentive for you guys to root. If this is the case, is using it as a multi-provider e-reader enough incentive to root? Is is enough incentive to "suffer" with what does not work after rooting?
Please chime in! Thank you for you input. I would really like to root this thing, but I just want to make sure it's worth the hassle.

93 views and no one has an opinion? Is everyone using this device as everything but an e-reader? At least tell me it is a dumb question if you think that.
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Pretty much everyone here uses the nook as a full android tablet that also reads books. I use CM7 myself and i would have never bought the nook if it didn't have any custom roms. I do not know any negatives to rooting the stock OS as I never used it. I would say go for it and if you don't like it you can go back to stock in <5 minutes.
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I'm probably the only one here that recently changed my configuration.
I've been a NC user with CM7 nightly builds installed to the emmc (that's right a bold user willing to risk a brik).
However, over time I'd had the opportunity to pickup another tab for the geek (HP Touchpad for that oh so low price).
Since the Nook Color is now really being used as a e-reader only again (with a few Apps from the BN app store), I've restored it to stock with the 1.3 update.
No root, nothing except a blank SD card for extra content.
The BN stock Nook reader software is night and day in terms of stability and performance in comparison to the "Nook for Android" application. It doensn't have that cool page turn animation, but why does the "Android" app pale in comparison when both technically are Android apps?
Granted, I don't have Amazon or Google book content access any longer, but I can use them on the other tab if I desire. But I've been finding that I prefer to purchase my books on BN and Amazon/Google vendors have only gotten my "Free" book purchases in the past.
I can also get my enhanced books again.
If BN decides it needs to add some services to help compete with the forth coming Amazon Tab, like video and audio rentals/purchases, you might see official support for NetFlix or Hulu as a counter. Reason is that BN would need to build that infrastructure, but providing NetFlix or Hulu Plus might be good enough to compete with Amazon Prime.
I really do like my NC again on stock. Without another tab to root/mod, I'd still be on CM7 (the beauty is I'm watching the CM7 development for the HP, so soon).

perknite said:
I just received (from a lovely wife) a Nook Color for my birthday. I intend to use this solely as an e-reader. In that, I also like to diversify my e-book collection by using multiple providers (you can see where this is going, I'm sure). I would really like to be able to use B&N, Amazon, and Google Books to download content.
However... I've seen that there are a few things that don't work as they should after rooting. I'm not sure I'm willing to live with that.
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I've had my NC for about six months, and have used rooted stock (versions 1.01, 1.1, and 1.2) and am now almost exclusively using CM7 on the SD card. I use it for a lot more than an e-reader, but I do read a lot on it.
1) The stock reader software is much nicer than any Android reader apps out there. That was why I stuck with the stock software for so long.
2) I don't know of anything that's working on an unrooted Nook that is broken by rooting. Can you elaborate on what you meant by that?
3) If you really want to have an ebook collection that isn't dependent on a single vendor, you should look into Calibre and the tools that are available to strip DRM from books you buy. Then you can buy a book from, say, Amazon, strip the DRM, load it into Calibre, and convert it to any format you wish. This involves a bit of work on the PC side, so you're not able to just download directly to the reader, but it's one way to keep your stock unrooted Nook and still use Google or Amazon to buy books. And it means you'll always be able to read those books, not just when Amazon or Google or B&N decides you can.

I've been running rooted stock 99% of the time since I got the device. I did hammer it very early on (I think I tried installing one of the SD-card targeted froyo builds to emmc) and just so I could at least fiddle, ran the honeycomb off sdcard for a look. I've run cm7 and miui off sdcard, but I've never liked the alternate roms more than I like the stock, enough to flash them to emmc and certainly not enough to run them as daily drivers off of sdcards, since then my sdcard slot is obliged to be full.
I'm not clear on what, in the current rooted stock, isn't working that the OP refers to. For me, all the stock apps work fine, and I have access to Netflix and the free fridays books.
My preferred reader is fbreader - I like true night mode and landcape, and I have no problems with that reader crashing.
I would rather use the Nook for Android app, for the same reason that I like fbreader and for the additional benefit of very simple cross-device sync. I also have an ST, and am using fbsync and fbreader on both in conjunction with Tasker to sync reading positions.
I'm very unimpressed with the 1.3 firmware. In my hands, the device is more sluggish when running it than when running 1.2, but I know there are some folks that it helped to have (networking issues in 1.2.)
But overall, I can't think of anything that doesn't work on rooted stock that does work on vanilla stock, so more input on that would be helpful.

The only thing I'm aware of that doesn't work on rooted stock is the reading now button. I haven't tried the latest enhanced books for 1.3 yet, but everything else I've tested successfully.
My family has 3 nooks - my wife and me, plus my mom. My mom is a voracious reader and has literally read at least 100 books since Mother's Day. I offered to turn it back to stock for her, but she told me that there just a handful of android apps (not available through B&N) that she wants to keep. So she stays rooted.
For my wife, she's a big reader too (not as much as mom) but she has more than a handful of apps she wants, particularly a host of free games from either the market or android appstore, so she stays on rooted stock. Both have zero complaints. Both are also overclocked to 1200 using Dalingrin's OC kernel.
For me, I've been toying with CM7 on sd card for about 2 months now. I love how smooth it runs and I'm extremely satisfied with it. My only knock is the reader. As others have said, the stock nook reader is still the best, although both fbreader and moon reader are very good as well. I'm probably 50/50 on reading vs other stuff on my nook.

Thanks for all of your replies! I saw somewhere (I believe the ManualNooter thread) that there might be crashes with apps that required imei (forgive spelling). I have no idea what apps might require that. I went ahead and took the plunge. So far I like it! I have not figured out how to turn off gmail email sync yet, but I really like being able to access books from all three major providers!
Thank you all for your input!
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Perknite, also take a look at using Calibre for book management, and the tools for managing the security of your ebooks discussed at apprenticealf.wordpress.com.
You can read books from each of the vendors both on your computer and in any app you like on the NC, if you configure the tools and have the computer app from the vendor plus a program called Calibre on the PC.
I used to do a lot of this manually, and recently learned that Calibre will do huge amounts of it automatically if it has access to the install data from BN and Amazon.
Information security is a triangle: availability, confidentiality, integrity. DRM breaks your control over availability and integrity in order to deliver confidentiality - not to you, but to the vendor of your files. The tools discussed in the Apprentice Alf blog let you manage the availability and integrity of your data for yourself. You owe it to your ebook vendors to maintain confidentiality -- but you owed them that to start with, and it was in the agreement as you purchased the books.

tf in ministry

Anyone using your TF in ministry? Particularly in preaching or teaching! If so what programs are you finding useful?

if you consider showing off how android is better and more useful than iOS to Apple fans as preaching or ministry (honestly its not far off!!), then yes I do!

Haven't worked on it much lately, but I started writing a tablet optimized Bible app when I first got the Transformer. At the time there wasn't really anything available that took advantage of the tablet real estate. Search Bible by bedoig in the market.
I haven't looked for good tablet bible apps in a long time. I'd be interested what people are using these days as well.
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Logos has an app that allows me to access my Logos collection from the tablet.
If one does not have Logos (ridiculously expensive! I bought it in seminary many many years ago.) then a good and more affordable alternative is Olive Tree:
I use Kingston office of the stock reader to view the sermon while preaching saving many trees....
Blessings
RevJonG
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Unfortunately there are not many ministry app available for the transformer. I use Bible from "YouVersion" because it allows you to acces multiple versions of the bible and save many of them on the transformer for offline use. It looks pretty good on the tablet as well. The bad part is there is no real way to save notes along with scripture, or to jump to pre-determined passages (bookmarked passages). Its been awhile since i've looked at ministry apps. As much as i love my transformer and how powerful it is, ive honestly been considering the ipad 3 when it drops simply because of the developer community and the apps it has available. i really dont want to though.

eep02b said:
Unfortunately there are not many ministry app available for the transformer. I use Bible from "YouVersion" because it allows you to acces multiple versions of the bible and save many of them on the transformer for offline use. It looks pretty good on the tablet as well. The bad part is there is no real way to save notes along with scripture, or to jump to pre-determined passages (bookmarked passages). Its been awhile since i've looked at ministry apps. As much as i love my transformer and how powerful it is, ive honestly been considering the ipad 3 when it drops simply because of the developer community and the apps it has available. i really dont want to though.
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I have also been considering the iPad 3 but as you said I really don't want to. My son has an iPad2 and he is using it in ministry and currently using it while preaching or teaching. I have not gotten that comfortable with my TF but I would like to use it more effectively in ministry.

It's not sounding like much has changed since the last time I looked. I like YouVersion on my phone but found it lacking on a tablet. I've looked at Logos and Olivetree in the past as well but they weren't really what I was looking for.
The main reason I started working on one was to have a built in notes pane alongside the bible. I also added scripture identification within the notes to automatically create hyperlinks that open that section of the bible when clicked. I'm not a minister so I was more focused on the note taking scenario, but several ministers have told me they have found it useful.
Might just have to start working on it again since it doesn't seem like the options have improved much.

I'm using it for teaching and preaching currently.
I spend a lot of time at my laptop for work, the dropbox app has been great for syncing my documents between my laptop and my transformer.
I type my messages in Word or Kingston Office/Quickoffice Pro HD. Once they are finished I'll format them for my tablet (increasing font size, changing the margins, bold, highlight, change color and ensure that each page looks appropriate) and then save as a pdf.
There are some excellent pdf viewers out there, but I simply open my messages up with the Kindle app when I'm teaching/preaching. I prefer the swype or tap to navigate vice any scrolling.
I use Cloudprint to print from my tablet when necessary. I used to have a paper copy of my message as a backup just in case something... ahem... went wrong. However, now I just keep my Bible with me and I can pull off a sermon or teach from a prior study in an emergency.
I've added folders to my tablet to keep finished sermons/lessons by using ES File Explorer app (allows folders & shortcuts).
I've changed some of the icons out using ADW Launcher Ex to pretty things up a bit and further customize.
It's quite fun actually. We've got a good sized church 700 folks, so our platform is filled with iPads each service. I'm one of the few with a non iPad tablet but I'm certainly not complaining. LOL!
Hope this helps.
There may be more, but I'm still learning how to get good use out of the TF myself.

I use OliveTree
I do not preach often, but do enjoy OliveTree for my main Bible app. Great for Bible studies as it can have a synced comentary right on screen at the same time as the Bible. Very helpful when someone asks a question about a more elusive verse.

I used a mindmap in the Thinking Space app to preach a sermon when i left my hard copy at home. Went well and no-one noticed.
I only take my Tab to meetings and use calendars and Thinking Space to record notes or decisions.
Use Cardre Bible NRSV
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Also finding that i am leaving the notebook at home and taking the tablet. Just seem to be transitioning to a new mode.
I have orders of service and planning material in a dropbox that i share with a music and worship group. When near wifi it syncs to tablet. Thinking of implementing wifi in church facilities.
I am using more ad more ebooks and also working towards a paperless office. I am scanning articles and important sections of books and having them available with me. It is greatvfir reading/preparing on public transport or while waiting somewhere.
At the home office I can use tablet to read ebooks or pdf docs like a second screen as I prepare oos or sermon.
I am also a psychologist and have a folder for each client. Test and reports are at hand where-ever I am. Have used it when doctors call to check details.
I have parish directory in word format and in dropbox. I can quickly find an address when on the road and have used googlemaps to find my way. Also fiund that i can tap a phone number on my phone and instantly dial.
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There is an app called cam scanner, great at scanning in docs, pictures, whiteboard sessions, etc. and also syncs with dropbox.
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The best app that I have found is one called Mysword. It has numerous bible translations, commentaries, notes, dictionaries, and a huge community that is constantly releasing additional add-ons.

ezPDF might be helpful if you have PDFs of the books/book you need for the things you preach. You can even leave notes on the margin in ezPDF - that might be usefull. (And the post with dinosaur was really funny. )

Personally I would think the usual web/office needs would apply to preaching as much as anything similar; my pastor still uses paper. For bible+notes, I would rather think a Kindle version of your favoured translation would be the best bet. You get stuff for navigation the way a dedicated app could offer, along with the ability at marking and noting stuff that only a PDF file or dedicated bible reader might be able to offer. What would be lacking is the ability to cross reference other translations and sources easily or go straight to specific verses by number. For other books and stuff it should work fine and be less trouble than semi-illegally OCR'ing stuff, when whatever book you're interested in is available in the Kindle market.
As a Christian, I think you folks need to lighten up. Even GOD has a sense of humour, if you know HIM then you know that. If I was one of the people you should be reaching out to as a preacher instead of pushing away with behaviour like this: I'd look at this thread as a reason not to follow our saviour: he has too many people like you following him.
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Joey563 said:
The best app that I have found is one called Mysword. It has numerous bible translations, commentaries, notes, dictionaries, and a huge community that is constantly releasing additional add-ons.
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agree with my sword and yes i use my TF preaching and Teaching even using it in my Sunday school class to watch a video series....
e-sword modules can be converted to be used with my sword i have the
NIV--NKJV---AMP BIble
well i was using it until it died yesterday back to my good ole Leather Nelson Study bible until it returns to me...

@OP and the rest of you guys....please don't feed the troll. Instead report him like is supposed to be done
@tehtroll...don't comeback here mate. If you don't have anything nice to say...keep your opinions to yourself.
Cheers,
M_T_M

Tony Maroney said:
I'm using it for teaching and preaching currently.
I type my messages in Word or Kingston Office/Quickoffice Pro HD. Once they are finished I'll format them for my tablet (increasing font size, changing the margins, bold, highlight, change color and ensure that each page looks appropriate) and then save as a pdf.
This was helpful. I have converted to a pdf but I have not found the right font size or margins, etc. I'll keep trying.
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revjwb32 said:
agree with my sword and yes i use my TF preaching and Teaching even using it in my Sunday school class to watch a video series....
e-sword modules can be converted to be used with my sword i have the
NIV--NKJV---AMP BIble
well i was using it until it died yesterday back to my good ole Leather Nelson Study bible until it returns to me...
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I love e-sword on my laptop. I wish they had an android version. I'll look into converting them. Thanks for the tip. I hope you get you TF back soon.

budven said:
I love e-sword on my laptop. I wish they had an android version. I'll look into converting them. Thanks for the tip. I hope you get you TF back soon.
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Mysword is the android version of esword.

[Q] Prime Borrow & Nook

I have a prime account but not a kindle but do have a STR. Is there anyway to get the Amazon borrow working with the nook? I see the first generation Kindle is very cheap $10-$20 used. Can I get that register it and then transfer it over to the Nook (or Kindle app on my Nook or computer)? Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks,

Well it turns out the old Kindles that are working are a little more than $20. However, the only I can figure getting the prime borrowing working is to buy an old Kindle, use Calibre to take off DRM, read book on nook and then delete book when done. I don't think it is worth the effort I'm assuming most of the Amazon Prime borrowing books are older books anyways. Sadly though I think Amazon has a small competitive advantage in this area over the Nook.

dpippin said:
Well it turns out the old Kindles that are working are a little more than $20. However, the only I can figure getting the prime borrowing working is to buy an old Kindle, use Calibre to take off DRM, read book on nook and then delete book when done. I don't think it is worth the effort I'm assuming most of the Amazon Prime borrowing books are older books anyways. Sadly though I think Amazon has a small competitive advantage in this area over the Nook.
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Doesn't Prime borrowing work with the Kindle for PC app? If so, you obviously can skip the step of buying a Kindle. Then, once you've stripped DRM and converted to epub, you shouldn't ever have to delete the book from the Nook.

Sun_Cat said:
Doesn't Prime borrowing work with the Kindle for PC app? If so, you obviously can skip the step of buying a Kindle. Then, once you've stripped DRM and converted to epub, you shouldn't ever have to delete the book from the Nook.
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It does not work with the apps (PC, Android, iOS) only the hardware Kindles.

Kindle on Watch: Wear or Vanilla?

Hi all!
I've always found this forum extremely useful, but it's the first time I find the topic I'm interested in is't already touched. Let's change that.
I want to read on my watch.
I see there are several apps to do that on Android Wear; however you have to load text files to them. Instead, most of my books are on the Amazon Kindle platform; which unfortunately doesn't seem to support wear at all, nor it supports exporting its books to anywhere else at all.
After researching, it seems I have two options:
1) buy a full Android watch-phone, like the No.1 D6
2) buy an Android Wear device and try to sideload the Amazon Kindle app
Both options come at about 100$ of cost, give or take.
Downside of full Android: they usually are made by shady Chinese companies; it's common to have them even blatantly lie on specs, so it's really a bet on the quality of what I'll get. What is sure is that most use an outdated version of Android; 4.4 is the most common and 5.1 the most recent I could find.
On the upside there is probably more choice of forms and size.
Downsize of Wear is of course that I'd have to hack it; no problem with that, but I'd like to have some idea of what are my odds of succeeding before spending a somewhat relevant amount of money. Several apps are known to work, but several others crash, and for all my searching, I couldn't find someone having attempted to sideload the Kindle app.
What do you guys think?

għassa said:
What do you guys think?
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I think you have really good vision [emoji6]

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I think you have really good vision [emoji6]
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I have not, but I know what I'm doing
I didn't mention it since it's not directly related to the problem, but i plan on using the "word runner" feature of the Kindle app.
When I use it on the phone it feels like a waste... it literally only uses an area which is roughly that of a watch! Hence the idea.
There are plenty of apps doing this on Wear... but as I said, no way to get Kindle books there.

I haven't tried, but how difficult is it to hack the kindle e-book format? maybe you can bust your text free.

I will try to install Kindle on my Ticwatch E today.

I tested a few things on my Ticwatch E which is a Wear OS (formerly Android Wear 2.0) watch. I can confirm that the Kindle app does not work. You can access your Kindle books on the web with the Kindle Cloud Reader at www.read.amazon.com. I installed many web browsers on the watch, but the only one that worked was FireFox. It did not work completely. I was able to access www.read.amazon.com, but it was slow and I couldn't scroll the web page up and down. It was unusable. You can convert your Kindle books to PDFs with a program called EPUB converter. I would guess that you could succeed with the Kindle app and the Kindle cloud reader on a Chinese Android watch. I, however, think that it's not worth $100 for a Chinese Android watch (except maybe a Ticwatch 2). If those Chinese watches were about $50, I would probably get one. I am very happy with my Ticwatch E which costs about $150. Hope this helped.