README for python-neosmartpen

Python library for reading and manipulating Neo Smartpen data

neosmartpen

Requirements: just python3

Usage:

import neosmartpen
pages = neosmartpen.parse_pages(path_to_neonotes_file)

• pages will be a list of page dictionaries:
• Page dictionaries contain a bunch of parameters and a list of strokes:

Field	Description
neo	‘neo’ (check)
file_version	File version
note_type
page	Page number
width	Notebook width
height	Notebook height
ctime	Created timestamp (ms)
mtime	Modified timestamp (ms)
modified	Flag if data modified
strokes	Stroke list

• strokes are dictionaries with properties like color, and list of dots:

Field	Description
type	0=stroke, 1=voice memo
color	(A,R,G,B) [0-255]
thickness	[0-2]
time	Start timestamp (ms)
dots	List of point data
extra	?

• dots are (x,y,pressure,dt) tuples that define the stroke.

dt is the time delta between points in ms.

pen2pdf

Convert neonotes file to multi-page pdf.

Requirements: python3 and reportlab

Usage:

pen2pdf.py pen_file.zip output.pdf 
pen2pdf.py -h

pen2reveal

Convert neonotes file to index.html for use with reveal.js

Usage:

pen2reveal.py neonotes_file index.html 
pen2reveal -h