The manual mentions iTunes is better if I want to sync music, which I don't, but I may wish to sync books, either ebooks or audiobooks, in the future, so I assume iTunes is better for this also?
I do use bookmarks but, although I know there are ways for some of the assistive tech ebook readers to create notes/annotations, I've never really tried using that function. My method is to create a DRM-free plaintext file, and then add my notes actually in the text, using the string . Then I retitle that file TitleOfBook annotated.txt, and when I want to locate my notes, just search for the <kes .
It doesn't have the immediate functionality of the more integrated notes, but it works across different readers and editors, and it lets me easily "see" the note in context and edit it.
I use two tools to do this--Gladys and Drafts. Both support dictation, extensive share sheets, and Shortcuts.
Frankly my brain is too watery to create Shortcuts, and there are script-happy communities that create them. Theoretically, Shortcuts would mean you could select something then say "Siri, clip that to my non-fiction file" and the text would be appended there.
Argh! I just began writing a Dreamwidth entry about my first 24 hours with my new iPhone, and I accidentally closed the window and lost everything.
Is there a way to get that back? perhaps a draft version through Dreamwidth?
Did I mention that, by the time I could order my iPhone, all that was left was "rose gold," and yes, that means pink.
A new cover is on the way from Amazon as we speak.
I'm beginning to think I may actually use some of these, to me, elaborate apps. I mean, I really don't do a lot of social media, but more methods for composing and posting metatext about my favorite books--I'm beginning to hear the siren call of the dark side.
Oh, and have you tried a Pop Socket? Round diddleywhack which (non-destructively) self-attaches to back of phone/case and provides a pop-out post. I thread the post between two fingers and it holds the phone without me having to grip at all, which is nice on the arthritic fingers.
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Re: What's your goal?
Date: 2019-05-08 11:57 am (UTC)Re: What's your goal?
Date: 2019-05-08 04:18 pm (UTC)Frankly my brain is too watery to create Shortcuts, and there are script-happy communities that create them. Theoretically, Shortcuts would mean you could select something then say "Siri, clip that to my non-fiction file" and the text would be appended there.
Re: What's your goal?
Date: 2019-05-08 05:25 pm (UTC)Is there a way to get that back? perhaps a draft version through Dreamwidth?
Did I mention that, by the time I could order my iPhone, all that was left was "rose gold," and yes, that means pink.
A new cover is on the way from Amazon as we speak.
I'm beginning to think I may actually use some of these, to me, elaborate apps. I mean, I really don't do a lot of social media, but more methods for composing and posting metatext about my favorite books--I'm beginning to hear the siren call of the dark side.
Re: What's your goal?
Date: 2019-05-08 06:08 pm (UTC)Anything longer than two sentences I write in an external editor and then paste into the DW form.
I have seen rose gold, and it's really not pink pink. The phone is a much subtler color, with less chroma.
Re: What's your goal?
Date: 2019-05-08 06:10 pm (UTC)Re: What's your goal?
Date: 2019-05-08 07:21 pm (UTC)