Rocketbook, iPhone and Amiga?
When it comes to using an Amiga-based system I figure that there’s a whole lot I will never be able to do. One doesn’t pick up an OS from the 80s and expect to use the latest and greatest of the hispter tech out there. In fact, I don’t even expect to be able to use the latest and worst... or even the comparatively middle-aged!
For some time, I’ve been an owner and user of the Rocketbook. The Rocketbook allows you to take notes on special notebooks using Pilot Frixion pens. When you’re finished, you scan in your note using the Android or iOS mobile app to send it to the digital destination of your choice before wiping the notebook clean with some water and a cloth (included).
It really is a joy to use these smart notebooks and the process, once set up, is really simple.
When it comes to ‘sending’ your scanned notebooks, you can choose from OneNote, Evernote, Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive, Trello, Slack, Box, iCloud, eMail or simple messaging.
The output files can be PDF or JPEG but it will also convert any text it finds in the image to selectable text in your output document, having a good stab at OCR on your handwriting.
Can you see where I’m going with this?
I notice that within AmiKIT there’s the option of configuring a DropBOX client, presumably to sync your files between your Amiga system and the cloud storage provider. I think I’ve seen something for Google Docs as well, but if you’re using an emulator, you can use shared folders so that, for example, you can access your OneDrive or iCloud files within your Amiga environment by sharing those folders through WinUAE.
The upshot of this is that you can sync your Rocketbook notes to your Amiga and manage them on your Amiga.
It really is as simple as using the Rocketbook app as you would if you were using a PC or Mac and sending the image to a cloud service provider.
In my Amiga environment, open the folder in OneDrive to where my Rocketbook files go to see the file I sent (note the filename is automatically set to whatever I place within the double-hash characters) and using the Poly Net dock, I drop the PDF file onto the RNO PDF Viewer icon and there it is.
I like using paper notebooks but I also like using tech. Rocketbook is one of those things that lets me combine those two likes (even though the advertising can sometimes such badly, IMHO).
I’m sure Rocketbook isn’t the only solution for this kind of analogue/digital combo, but it’s a good one.
