All I have right now are a set of boot-floppies that can be used to install the transnote. They are based on the XFS and HP OmniBook 500 boot-floppies.
To use the boot-floppies place the rescue floppy in the usb floppy drive and reboot the machine. At the boot: prompt type linux.bin usb_root_floppy=/dev/sda to install.
A collection of development notes is currently being compiled.
| Install Debian [ 100 % ] | All better. Had a problem with the boot floppies |
| Communicate with Thinkscribe [ 50 % ] | Using ComLite32 to collect data on the communications between the TransNote and the ThinkScribe |
| Handwriting Recognition [ 5 % ] | Playing with libstroke |
06-07-2002 - Major progress. I now have a way to sniff traffic between the ThinkScribe and the TransNote! The next task is to get some basic control over the ThinkScribe. Hopefully the next update isn't too far off. If you would like to help feel free to e-mail me.
The serial ports need to be configured on the TransNote. This can be done by adding the following lines to /etc/serial.conf:
#Flip Touch Display /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A port 0x03f8 irq 7 baud_base 115200 spd_normal skip_test #ThinkScribe /dev/ttyS1 uart 16550A port 0x02f8 irq 10 baud_base 115200 #IrDA Port /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A port 0x02e8 irq 3 baud_base 115200 spd_normal
I have an outline available of the process used to create the
boot-floppies. This is, at best, unfinished. But feel free to peruse.
Making Boot-Floppies for the IBM TransNote
I finally got a source for the Transnote SDK. So I've thrown together Ink2Txt a little utility to convert Ink Manager .nbk files into text. It's not pretty(or very accurate) but it's better than nothing. Currently I'm working on getting it to break recognized text into lines, words and characters in an attempt to improve recognition accuracy.