# samsung-notes-format: decoding Samsung Notes handwriting

> samsung-notes-format reconstructs the handwriting geometry stored in Samsung Notes .sdocx files. Its Python reader parses page objects and pen-stroke deltas, then renders strokes to SVG; accompanying notes describe the ZIP container and structures traced through a jadx decompilation of the Android app.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/bxff/samsung-notes-format>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/bxff/samsung-notes-format/blob/6f4b92abc1f7f5f5ccc152159d66bba0a4922cf6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/samsung-notes-format-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/samsung-notes-format-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/samsung-notes-format-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Python 3 and a Samsung Notes .sdocx file.
- **Scope:** The implementation focuses on stroke geometry; pressure, tilt, color and full-ink rendering are outside its stated scope.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/bxff/samsung-notes-format/blob/6f4b92abc1f7f5f5ccc152159d66bba0a4922cf6/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/bxff/samsung-notes-format/blob/6f4b92abc1f7f5f5ccc152159d66bba0a4922cf6/RESEARCH.md>

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