Rick Minerich reviews a precursor to a digital commonplace book in Sony Digital Paper DPT-S1 at Lambda Jam 2014.
Limited to PDF files which you can highlight text, attach annotations (which can be exported), and you can use the DPT-S1 as a notepad.
To take the DTP-S1 a step further towards creating a commonplace book, it should:
- Export highlighted text with a reference to the text of origin
- Export annotated text with a reference to the text of origin
- Enable export target of note pages in the DPT-S1
- Enable pages that “roll” off the display (larger page sizes)
- Enable support of more formats
The first application (software or hardware) with reference preserving cut-n-paste from a variety of formats to the user’s note-taking format, will be a killer app.
And one step closer to being a digital commonplace book.
BTW, one authorized re-seller for the DPT-S1 has this notice on their website:
PLEASE NOTE: As of now we are only authorized to sell the Sony DPT-S1 within the Entertainment Industry. This is a pilot program and we are NO LONGER selling to the general public.
We understand that this is frustrating to many as this is a VERY popular product, however at this time we can provide NO INFORMATION regarding sales to the general public. This is a non-negotiable aspect of our agreement with Sony and regrettably, any inquiries by the general public will not be answered. Thank you for your understanding.
(Text color as it appears on the website.)
I can think of other words than “frustrating.”
Hopefully the popularity of the current version will encourage Sony to cure some of its limitations and make it more widely available.
Resellers for legal and financial, law library, entertainment, and “all other professions.”
Or perhaps someone else will overcome the current limitations of the DPT-S1 and Sony will regret its overly restrictive marketing policies.
I first saw this in a tweet by Adam Foltzer.